Finnish Civil Guard .22 rifle

RGRWJB · Post by **RGRWJB** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:25 pm

The Finnish Civil Guard used several types of guns for practice in the 1920/30s instead of their Mosin Nagants. The .22 was often used to hone their marksmanship skills. This one has the older Civil Guard mark on it. You will find this same mark on the m/91-24 Lotta rifle. This is a rare rifle in a private collection in Finland.

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tuco · Post by **tuco** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:29 am

Very nice. Have seen the Army versions but only heard of the CG ones. Looks to be in great shape as well.

Yuri · Post by **Yuri** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:42 pm

What does the S stand for? I would guess something like "Scharfschütze" which is like a sharpshooter? The shield looks like a coat of arms.

RGRWJB · Post by **RGRWJB** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:57 pm

an early one.

tuco · Post by **tuco** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:36 pm

S stands for

Suojeluskunta which is the Finnish Civil Guard – You can see more about them here – This article done by a Finnish researcher

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/Finl ... uction.asp

Yuri · Post by **Yuri** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:15 pm

Who is the researcher? I see no names there.

tuco · Post by **tuco** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:58 pm

By Jarkko Vihavainen for Mosin-Nagant Dot Net

Edited By Charlie Bowles -

First page - I guess you just did not see it.

RGRWJB · Post by **RGRWJB** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:00 pm

Yuri

Say Suojeluskunta 10 times real fast

Finnish Civil Guard .22 rifle

Finnish Civil Guard .22 rifle

Finnish Civil Guard mark

yuri