This Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant is chambered in 7.62x54R and was assembled with a 1942 VKT barrel, its shank stamped with the boxed SA Finnish property mark, the VKT logo, a D stamp, the serial 569xx and the date. The receiver is a 1905 Izhevsk Imperial Russian receiver, bearing the double-headed eagle on its top flat, and carries the same serial on its left side; the visible digits on the bolt handle agree. Imported by Tennessee Guns of Knoxville, TN, it is marked “M-39 FINLAND” near the muzzle. The bore is bright with strong rifling. It retains its cleaning rod.
The M39, nicknamed Ukko-Pekka after former President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, was adopted as a compromise between the Finnish Army and the White Guard to standardize Mosin Nagant production. It was derived largely from the M/28-30, designed from the start around the D-166 cartridge with a nominal .310 bore, and most examples have a semi-pistol-grip stock. Finnish rifles were assembled by VKT (Valtion Kivääritehdas, the State Rifle Factory), SAKO and Tikkakoski on receivers from Russian, American, French and later Soviet rifles, each stamped with the boxed SA, and armorers building M39s reused receivers dating back as far as 1891. Only 10 were completed by the end of the Winter War, 96,800 were produced afterwards for the Continuation War, and small numbers were assembled from leftover parts as late as 1973, for a total of about 102,000. This rifle pairs a wartime 1942 VKT barrel with a 1905 Izhevsk receiver.
Specifications
Manufacturer: VKT (Valtion Kivääritehdas)
Importer: Tennessee Guns, Knoxville, TN
Country of origin: Finland
Year: 1942 (barrel); 1905 (receiver)
Model: M39 Mosin Nagant
Action: Bolt action
Caliber: 7.62x54R
Receiver: 1905 Izhevsk, Imperial Russian
Serial: 569xx
Matching: Barrel shank and receiver
Stock: Figured reddish-brown pistol-grip stock with an old arsenal splice repair, solid; dings, dents and darker staining on the butt
Finish: Blued barrel and bands with wear
Bore: Bright bore
Rifling: Strong
Sights: M39 front and rear sights
Features: Boxed SA, VKT logo and D stamp on barrel shank; Imperial Russian double-headed eagle on receiver
Included: Cleaning rod
