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Another interesting Finnish Mosin find.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 6:30 pm
by RGRWJB
Another great Puyallup Gun Show has come and gone. There is always a lot of nice mil Surp finds for everyone. I located a Finn m/91 Tikka dated 1940. What was strange about it was that it had the same type of wood as the walnut Swede m/96 that was sitting right next to it. I bought it for $75 and took it home for a take apart and cleaning. The bore was very good plus. The wood was great with fiddle back and a reddish tone to it like the European walnut. The stock was AV-3 marked with the crossed cannon symbol with a #9 in it. I have not seen a #9 before until picking up this gun. See the below pictures. (Maybe someone can give me a hand with the other pictures that will not show up.)
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 7:21 pm
by jd46561
75 bucks, holy crap !, what a steal. Beautiful wood to. good find!
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:28 pm
by Niner
That was a great find. $75 for a M91 Finn is a good deal. Oh, by the way, somehow you got a / added to the first "img" in each missing picture post. That's why the pictures weren't linking. Easy fix.
Nutwood
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:36 pm
by tuco
"What was strange about it was that it had the same type of wood as the walnut Swede m/96 that was sitting right next to it. "
These are not all that common and many call it nutwood in Finland. It is German wood that came to Finland in 1932 as blanks. Hickory wood is what it is and it is noted for the red-brown color.
sorry
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:55 pm
by TRAPDOOR50/90
I have been in the wood working business for 24 years and that is without a doubt walnut.
Hmmmm
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:03 pm
by RGRWJB
I'm not sure myself, but some people at the Gun Show that in fact works with wood said it was walnut. Maybe its not.
I know that the Finns had access to walnut on a limited basis for some of their rifles. Some m/39s were made from it too.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:41 pm
by tuco
I would refer to Palokangas' works were he refers to these stocks and what they are made of.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:06 pm
by Yuri
My grandpapa was a cabitnet maker in Leipzig. He often made custom cabinets and small bench seats out of a very hard wood he called "Kastanien Holtz" which is I guess literally translated to some kind of tree wood that makes a big nut like a walnuts. Many of his customers were English after the war and also called this kind of wood "Hickory" . It may be the same stuff depending on what part of the country it came from. he used to rub it with an awful stuff he made from fish oil and let it sit for weeks to make the color deeper.
Palokangas books
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:33 pm
by RGRWJB
I have two signed copies of those 3 volume books by Markko Brent and am very familiar with his writings about Finnish rifle stock wood. You are right about the importing of the Hickory wood. On this stock, I guess I will leave it up to the wood experts to which one it is. Either way it’s a rare interesting wood for these old mosins and really nothing to debate about.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:51 pm
by tuco
"really nothing to debate about."
Was not debating just stating what I think the wood is based on seeing these in the past and reading Palokangas's works. There is also mention of these stocks in regards to the M27 at Mosin Nagant Dot Net It is a good find and uncommon at that. You do not see these often.
