My Finn MN collection

[LarryHoosier]

Since many on this forum are into MN rifles I thought mine might be of interest.

I have collected MN's for a few years now, these are only the SA marked rifles. I will post my Russian and other whenever I get around to making a composite photo.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Ahhh, $69.99 and packed is cosmoline. Those were the days. I should have bought a rail car full.

I still have two Finns in the big safe.

Thanks for posting those.1

 

[92LX]

OOH LA LA

and this all there is to say about those....

 

[lmyer]

Nice Finns!!!

Les

 

[Don]

All I got is a lowly 1941 VKT built on a 1921? receiver.

 

[davedolli]

Great collection!

Dave

 

[johntheplinker]

Very, very nice! Love the stock on your M28, the 27 and 39 aren't shabby either!

 

[manygunsmike]

WOW a 1907 Dragoon! Very nice collection!

manygunsmike

 

[LarryHoosier]

Johntheplinker, I think the various stock configuration on Finn rifles is the #1 reason I was drawn to them. The M27 is a good example, nutwood rear portion and arctic birch front! I got it at an auction in Tulsa, OK and had to decide between it and a much rougher stocked ski-trooper. Tough call to have to make. When I did some research I found that the 1929 model is not too common either so I felt better. I found SA marked slings for both the M27 and M28 rifles, a pretty good stroke of luck! The most intriguing stock is the one on the M28. I think that the tiger stripe was painted on sometime in the past? It really doesn't look authentic and it doesn't go into the wood very far. Here is a closer look.

What do you think? Cool any way it ended up looking like this.

 

[Quad]

Very nice looking collection!

 

[johntheplinker]

Johntheplinker, I think the various stock configuration on Finn rifles is the #1 reason I was drawn to them. The M27 is a good example, nutwood rear portion and arctic birch front! I got it at an auction in Tulsa, OK and had to decide between it and a much rougher stocked ski-trooper. Tough call to have to make. When I did some research I found that the 1929 model is not too common either so I felt better. I found SA marked slings for both the M27 and M28 rifles, a pretty good stroke of luck! The most intriguing stock is the one on the M28. I think that the tiger stripe was painted on sometime in the past? It really doesn't look authentic and it doesn't go into the wood very far. Here is a closer look.

What do you think? Cool any way it ended up looking like this.

That striping doesn't look painted on to me. I think that the finish really brought out the grain on it. I've seen a few Finns with really prominent striping like yours. Arctic birch can have some really wild grain in it, sometimes tiger striped, sometimes marbling, very rarely both.