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Receiver tang markings indicating 1904 Izhevsk manufacture.
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2
Buttstock with buttplate removed to show repairs. Notice the plywood re-inforcing, the toe splice, the dowel splice and the left side of the buttstock spliced over with a walnut patch.
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Serial number, SA stamp and CG district number.
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Full length view of rifle.
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buttstock. Notice the repaired toe, remnants of a tsarist roundel and a CG district number.
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stock wrist
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action view.
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right side of barrel chamber area.
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front end of rifle with muzzle cover in place.
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buttstock showing walnut stock patch.
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left view of action.
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Notice the Finnish sling hangers
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Notice the front handguard crossbolt, an early C.G. modification to M24's and some M91's in CG service.
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Note the CG crest, the tsarist receiver eagle, the "Christmas tree" marking and the CG district number.
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Note that on this rifle, the Russian Arshin measurements are not cancelled out.
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Here we have the ranges in metric added by the Finns. Also note, the sight is not modified for a 150 meter range.
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SIG markings on the barrel.
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bolt, renumbered matchign by the Finns at the time the rifle was built.
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HV = jamb free operation magazine, a Finn invention.
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mag floorplate.
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oval-buckle sling.
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SA cartouche on the sling.
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nosecap area and front band cross bolt.
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Note that the M24 retained the Russian type rear band retention stud.
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Muzzle cover affixed.
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Note the early unstepped front sight blade.
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Note the =S= civil guard acceptance stamp on th cover.
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cap removed.
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maker's marking on cap - meaning unknown
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buttplate tang and small stock repair at the bottom of the picture.
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Bottom of plywood reinforcement in buttstock.
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