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a Question for Karl H
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:15 pm
by RGRWJB
Karl
Have you ever seen a modified Finned mosin like this before?
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:08 am
by tuco
Austrian rear sight base. It is not all that common to see these but not super rare to encounter on a Finn either.
interesting
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:01 pm
by RGRWJB
This is the first one I have seen and I haven’t seen anymore on the Internet.
But I'm sure your right about the rareness of it.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:48 pm
by tuco
"This is the first one I have seen and I haven’t seen anymore on the Internet."
You should get out more
All kidding aside (as I am just kidding above).... I should have stated that better as this is rare indeed. What I should have said it was more common to see on Finns than on non Finns. I assume that most of these ended up in Finland so seeing these without SA marks or on say a Tikka or VKT is not something one comes across often.
I will check as I think that I have one of these in my collection but I can not recall for sure. Examples of these have been posted on Gunboards in the past and I would bet there is a photo of this base in KH's book (volume one or two) Nice item and a very good find. Always fun to add something new to the collection.
