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Finnish Civil Guard .22 rifle
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:25 pm
by RGRWJB
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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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:29 am
by tuco
Very nice. Have seen the Army versions but only heard of the CG ones. Looks to be in great shape as well.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:42 pm
by Yuri
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.
Finnish Civil Guard mark
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:57 pm
by RGRWJB
an early one.
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:36 pm
by tuco
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
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:15 pm
by Yuri
Who is the researcher? I see no names there.
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:58 pm
by tuco
By Jarkko Vihavainen for Mosin-Nagant Dot Net
Edited By Charlie Bowles -
First page - I guess you just did not see it.
yuri
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:00 pm
by RGRWJB
Yuri
Say Suojeluskunta 10 times real fast
