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Sako Pre WW2 Discuss your pre-WW2 Sakos here!

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All!

We´ve just put up a new forum where you can knock yourselves out discussing all those pre-war Sakos!

Enjoy!

Jim
 
Guys , I've never thought about but buying a Sako M-39 Mosin-Nagant until today at a gunshow. They're a bit pricey at $400 as far as mil surp goes but the Finnish workmanship is apparently recognized as superior....even back then.

It's got a 6 digit s/n 242xxx with a mirror bore and 1944 on the barrel. That same serial # looks stamped differently on the receiver....maybe by hand? It has Sako stamp on the barrel and 2 stamps on the stock. The normal gear trademark and another with a 'S' in a circle apparently indicating a re-arsenal mark. The stock's forearm is finger-jointed together. The receiver is hex shaped where the barrel threads in. The sights go to 800m.

It's got a a 2-line import marking on the top of the barrel near the fron sight.
Of course it's chambered in the 7.62x54R cal. The trigger feels fairly light for a military rifle though fairly long and really has a single stage feel to it.

What can you tell me about it. What to look for, what to avoid, etc?

I did not notice if the bolt matched or not. Anything would help

Thanks,

Phil

PS. I shot 1 of these a few months ago but, even thought it was a run of the mill Mosin-Nagant (non-Sako), it shot surprisingly well in an aftermarket stock, with a scope and mil-surp ammo.btheyre supposed to have 30-06 performance but it did not kick like my -06s. Maybe the extra weight helped as it felt more like a push on my shoulder rather than a punch.
 
I collect these things. These rifles have spirit and they like to go out and show you what they can do. Today was warmer, only about minus 12 celsius, and I took my M28 out. I had some Prvi Partisan 150 grain stuff I wanted to try out and also needed to burn-up some ammo in my BRNO Kar98 with wintergart. It's good to practice offhand with gloves. Ironically, Princess Auto had Milsurp Czech. army lineman's gloves with trigger finger on-sale! The M28 Nagant has a heavier barrel and a bizarre cocking piece modification that was dropped in subsequent models The receiver has a T-slot cut into it to engage the same geometry added to the cocking piece-like a T nut. This stabilizes the cocking piece giving it a crisper more consistent let-off after the long first-stage. To my surprise, the 150 grain stuff shot better off hand than the 185 grain Prvi-partisan stuff I usually feed-it. I think she was jealous because I had encased the 91 Jalkavenkivari to go but left it behind. She wanted to show me I didn't any other gun but her.
 
Not rifles but next best thing. I have rifles to match, M27 and M39.
 

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