Deactivated WW2 Finnish captured Russian Mosin Nagant Infantry Rifle

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  • Product Code: 91finn
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  • £395.00

This is a Winter War Finnish captured Russian Mosin Nagant Infantry Rifle with battle damage. In 1939 Russia attempted to claim back lands lost during the Russian Civil War in 1917 when Finland declared independence from Russia. Russian forces we ill-prepared and were repelled by a much smaller Finnish army and as a result suffered a humiliating defeat. The Finns captured large quantities of Soviet weaponry that were quickly reworked in-house and then put back into service. These captured weapons will often have both Russian and Finnish markings, as can be seen on this one. The receiver has the Russian Tsar Peter crest and barrel has the Finnish property stamp "SA" within a box and Tikka arsenal symbol. Below the serial number and only partially visible it looks be the date 1939, and appears to have had damage / repair to the receiver. During WWII Finland sided and fort along side the Nazi forces. As you can imagine these rifles are very uncommon, few, if any being seen in the UK! A very interesting piece of war history. This example comes fitted with its original wood work with battle scar , cleaning rod and sling hoop. Deactivated to current specifications with moving and trigger. This rifle is available and is currently at the proof house being certificated.

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