Finn M91 Question

[Langenator]

I've got a Finn M91 that I acquired a couple of years ago (actually, I found it kind of by accident-it was at the pawn shop that I was using to transfer the lower for my wife's AR). The barrel has the SA mark, VKT, 1942 and the D barrel mark.

My question is: how can I tell where the receiver was originally manufactured?

(Now...off to North Cape's website to order that Mosin book...)

 

[Chipperman]

I'm not sure, but I believe the Finn's have the same marks as the Russians.
Arrow inside a triangle is Ishevsk
Arrow inside a star is Tula.

 

[Ash]

Pull the action from the stock and look at the bottom of the rear tang. You'll find a two or three digit date and a makers code. C for Chatelleraut (but no date, however, it is pre 1898 so you have an antique that is perfectly safe for smokeless powder), T for tula (it's actually a hammer), a bow and arrow for Izhevsk, an arrow for Sestroyesk. If there is nothing, it may be Remington or New England Westinghouse (Savage-Stevens). It may also be scrubbed by the Finns. If the Czarist eagle is still on the top of the reciever, then it is not Remington or NEW.

You will also want to check out

http://www.mosinnagant.net

and

http://www.7.62x54r.net

and, finally, a great place for questions regarding your Mosin

http://www.gunboards.com/forums

Ash

 

[Langenator]

Ah-ha!

Sestroryesk, 1898. An antique, by golly.