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M28, full length view
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buttstock, made from a recycled M91 stock.
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view of action.
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View of rear sight, marked in meters, also note the SYT acceptance stamp in the finger groove found on all original M28 stocks.
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view of nosecap area. Note the Mauser-like nosecap. Only the M28 and M28/30 used this type of cap.
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View of trigger guard, recycled off a russian M91.
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Note the X carving in the stock, not sure of origin. floorplate is mismatching, as is usually the case on M28's - the manufacturer didn't generally bother to renumber them.
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cleaning rod channel and rear band.
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cleaning rod and bayonet lug.
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closeup of civil guard district number (93825 is Vaasa, on the western coast of Finland), the two =S= civil guard acceptance stamps found on all Tikka barrelled M28's, and the SYT in an oval stock cartouche, the acceptance stamp for M28 stocks successfully converted from M91 stocks.
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Note the rear sight base has been regraduated in meters. Also note the altereed rear sight leaf characteristic of the M28, as well as some M24's.
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Note the early Civil Guard SY rollmark and the imperial eagle on the receiver, crudely cancelled out with an X.
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Here we see the M28 modified rear sight.
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fulle length view of M28.
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Nose of rifle.
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Note the older Arshini markings which are not struck out on the left side of the sight base.
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Note the serial number. the is an inspector's stamp, R beign the first letter of the inspector's family name.
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handguard.
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action.
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buttstock.
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Notethe buttplate stamped with the last 2 digits of the serial number.
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Note the cocking piece is an M91 type part.
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Note that the bolt has been renumbered and is an older M91 bolt recycled into production.
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closeup of front sight.
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note the milled nosecap.
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Note the front sight with forward set screw, unlike the M27 rear setscrew.
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Note the M28 rear band is narrower than an M27 band with an undressed forward edge and smaller screw.
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Nosecap.
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This rifle is an older Marathon import from the US, circa 1980's.
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Note the trigger was lightened by the civil guardsman who owned this rifle by filing down the cross section of the sear spring.
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Tikka barrel assembly number.
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Note receiver was once a 1915 Izhevsk M91. Also note the M28 trigger spring.
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VIII marking inside buttplate. Meaning unknown - perhaps someone was keeping score?
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Similar VIII marking on buttstock.
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