Offered here is a Finnish Civil Guard M28/30 Mosin Nagant rifle in 7.62x54R, Finnish serial 124xx. The barrel carries the SY Civil Guard mark, and the stock is stamped SY in a circle. The rifle is Finn matching, with the earlier numbers lined out and the Finnish number stamped on the barrel shank and the Westinghouse/Remington bolt. Metal and wood are in very good to excellent condition, and the bore is a mirror bore with sharp rifling. It comes complete with its cleaning rod.
The M28/30 was the service rifle of the Suojeluskunta, Finland’s Civil Guard, which marked its property SY. It traces back to the Army’s M27: the Civil Guard first strengthened the front barrel band to create the M28, then in 1930 refined it further with a screw-adjustable front sight, an improved rear sight, better barrel bedding and a modified magazine box that prevents rim jams. Production was handled by SAKO, the Civil Guard’s own workshop, Suojeluskuntain Ase ja Konepaja Oy, which built the rifles on reused Russian receivers. The rear sight was a new design made for the model, with its leaf graduated from 200 to 2,000 meters, and the trigger gained a mousetrap spring around its pin. The model uses a 27-inch barrel and measures 46 3/4 inches overall. Because some M28s were later brought up to M28/30 specification, collectors of military surplus rifles expect individual examples to show a mix of features.
Specifications
Country of origin: Finland
Model: M28/30 Mosin Nagant (Civil Guard)
Action: Bolt action
Caliber: 7.62x54R
Serial: 124xx
Matching: Finn matching, earlier numbers lined out
Bolt: Westinghouse/Remington
Barrel: SY marked
Stock: SY in a circle
Bore: Mirror bore
Rifling: Sharp
Condition: Very good to excellent, metal and wood
Included: Cleaning rod
