There's a deal taking place right now to show the new Fire & Ice video about the russian/finnish winter war on PBS check you local listings for when it will be aired. Don't miss this great story about this forgotten war how this little country held off the russians while being drastically out numbered. You will see a lot of our toys if you look quickly there's a lot of M24's and M27's. Wether your into mosins or not you will enjoy this video. Remember these countries fought when it was one of the worst winters we ever had too it was between 40 to 50 degrees below zero. Enjoy...
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Winter War Russian/Finnish Fire&Ice
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They don't mention it in the video but in the "Rifles of the White Death" there was a battle were 32 finnish soldiers fought against 4,000 russians and the russians retreated with 3,600 and there was 5 finn's left alive. I think this new fire & ice dvd has caused the prices on the finnish mosins to rise.
They don't mention it in the video but in the "Rifles of the White Death" there was a battle were 32 finnish soldiers fought against 4,000 russians and the russians retreated with 3,600 and there was 5 finn's left alive. I think this new fire & ice dvd has caused the prices on the finnish mosins to rise.
There is two different M24 models one is like the 91/24 and the other is a M24 carbine it has a front site like the M27/M39 has. Here are some pics of all of them. www.mosinnagant.net/finland/M24-Rifle.asp
I could swear i seen a really short carbine that looked like an M24 but it could of been an M27 along side an M39. It could be that they have some ultra rare carbines still in Finland for war games. I'll have to watch the DVD again and see which one it is.
I could swear i seen a really short carbine that looked like an M24 but it could of been an M27 along side an M39. It could be that they have some ultra rare carbines still in Finland for war games. I'll have to watch the DVD again and see which one it is.
It was to me too when i first seen it. I was at a gun show once and came across a strange stock on a mosin it had double sling loops on the rear of the stock. The guy had two of these strange mosins. I went home and checked mosin site and found out it was a Finnish Ski Troops rifle. Both rifles were pretty crusty because they were probably under the snow for quite sometime. I went back the next day and the better gun was gone. It sure makes sense to study the different mosins now for sure because we never know what will show up. I have been looking for an M27 & M24 carbine but the carbines are very rare. I'm sure they are out there somewhere?
I did pick up 6 of those M91/30 Finnish Civil Guard rifles from Samco a while back. Three of them have skinny mosin stocks and three of them have pot belly stocks but there all in Excellent+ condition. Five of them have the [SA] and one has the number #41 on it. The bolts matched but they were counterbored. I stayed buying them because they were in great condition and each one is different. Now I wished I filled a room up with them because no one wanted these back then and look at what their worth now. Just kidding but its true some guys have houses full of swede mausers.
You sure they're 91/30's? You should have an M24, M28, M28/30 or M39, if it's a Civil Guard rifle.
Check out which model you have here:
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinID.htm
Check out which model you have here:
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinID.htm
YUP its a Finnish M91/30. But they are different dates or different manufacturers. The wood is 99.9% and bluing is 99.9% too on these.
I picked up a VKT M39 over 25 years ago and it was shot once and its been in the safe growing roots with all my other Finn's since. If you remember if your that old or were into surplups then this was the time when the 7,62x54 ammo was scarce. Just before the 7,62x39 ammo dried up the first time. I managed to get a half case of copper washed chinese 7,62x54 it was the last one for $99. I got a "B" barrel and a Sako M39 from the last time that Southern Ohio Gun had them a few years back. Everything is in the blackhole in the safe.
I picked up a VKT M39 over 25 years ago and it was shot once and its been in the safe growing roots with all my other Finn's since. If you remember if your that old or were into surplups then this was the time when the 7,62x54 ammo was scarce. Just before the 7,62x39 ammo dried up the first time. I managed to get a half case of copper washed chinese 7,62x54 it was the last one for $99. I got a "B" barrel and a Sako M39 from the last time that Southern Ohio Gun had them a few years back. Everything is in the blackhole in the safe.
Changed - Watch to make sure you're buying the video. There's also a "Fire and Ice" on PBS that's on Nature. NOT the same one.
I've ordered a copy of it. Cheap enough, $24.95 shipped, AND they do PayPal.
http://www.mastersworkmedia.com/fireandice/
I've ordered a copy of it. Cheap enough, $24.95 shipped, AND they do PayPal.
http://www.mastersworkmedia.com/fireandice/
http://www.winterwar.com/mainpage.htm
Found this while looking for info on my latest acquisition, an M28 Finnish Mosin Nagant, the same model reportedly used by the Finn's top sniper, Simo Häyhä.
Found this while looking for info on my latest acquisition, an M28 Finnish Mosin Nagant, the same model reportedly used by the Finn's top sniper, Simo Häyhä.
Many a Ruskie died by Simo's firearms. From what I have read more were shot by a Suomi machine gun than the M28. He is a hero in Finland for his deeds during the war. I wish I could legally put this Lahti M26 back together.
It was pretty good. Not a movie but a documentary.
For movies I like Talvisota: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/
Thank You mr Surps 4 Me for imdb.com- adress, but there was a virus. The dokuments are ok. Those days was hard and honourable. Generalismus Josef Stalin was thinkig that it is 5-7 days and Finland is ours. False notion was expensive to Sovjet Union.
You can see a lengthy clip of Talvisota on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUbV7VTiJ8s
This is a great scene and a great movie. Someone told me it was made using captured weapons and vehicles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUbV7VTiJ8s
This is a great scene and a great movie. Someone told me it was made using captured weapons and vehicles.
