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1941 M39 Finnish Mosin Nagant (Sako)
1941 M39 Finnish Mosin Nagant
(Mfg by Sako, straight stock variant)

Caliber: ....................... 7.62x54R
Barrel Length: ............. 26.96 in. (685mm)
Rifling: ........................ 4 groove, right hand twist, 1:10"
Overall Length: ............ 46.6 in. (1185mm)
Weight: ....................... 10.0 lbs (4.55Kg)
Magazine capacity: ....... 5 rounds.
Qty mfg: ...................... Approximately 116,800 total M39 production, only 6,200 made with straight grip stocks.  In production from 1940 - 1945, 1967-1970 and 1973)

Source: The Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Terrence Lapin, ISBN: 1882391217, production totals obtained from www.mosinnagant.net

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M39 Straight Stocked Sako, full length view.

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Buttstock, note the Sako cartouches.

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action.

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Rear sight assembly

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middle band.

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Nose cap area.

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Note crossed-canons stockmaker's cartouche and the Sako Rihimaki branding.

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Rear sling swivel.

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Buttplate.

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Buttplate tang, note the plug where a knot used to be in the stock.

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Note the rounded wartime finger splice joint between forestock and buttstock.

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Note the magazine roughly renumbered when this rifle was built in 1941.

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Middle band.

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Nosecap/front band.

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Cleaning rod.

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Front band.

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Note the front sight height is stamped on both the blade and the barrel just behind the front sight assembly.

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Note the punch marks signifying windage adjustment.

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nosecap.

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bandspring.

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rear sight graduations.

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Note the Sako firing proof and the SA property stamp.

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Bolt handle is numbered on the ball.  Evidence of an older number means this handle was likely recycled off an earlier Finnish rifle.

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Rear sling swivel.  Also note the two piece buttstock construction.

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