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And this was my first finn Mosin.....

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:51 am
by awo425
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Early one, without date stamp on top of the barrel.

Looks worn, but the barrel is like new and shoots accordingly:

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Chris

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:38 pm
by dhtaxi
What weight bullet did you put in front of the

46g N140 and what type of bullet was it.(Please)

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:55 pm
by awo425
I used the same bullet, as was used back in the 1930s, the VPT/LAPUA D46 weighting 185grn.

Lapua Berdan brass, RWS primer, 46grn N140, OAL 76mm.

Chronoed at 777m/s.

I have still some Lapua Match factory ammo left, it has a muzzel velocity of 748m/s out of the same rifle and used the D47 bullet 185grn.

This M28/30 has the D chamber modification and a groove diameter of .309".

I have one, that has the short throat(wont even chamber a D-cartridge!!!!!!!) and it shoots a tad better :mrgreen:

Chris

cool

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:29 pm
by RGRWJB
I love those early m/28-30s

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:00 pm
by stripperclip
that is a very nice one and a good shooter also.

GOOD BOOK

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:49 am
by RGRWJB
Good reading on Finnish Military cartridges is:

Finnish Military Cartridges 1918 – 1945 by Mika Pitkanen and Timo Simpanen

You don't see this mentioned much on the bigger sites but it is an excellent book. Like the Palokangas books its in Finnish with English reviews at the end of each chapter. A must for the Finnish rifle collector / shooter.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:42 pm
by awo425
Got the book, helped a lot to get my ammunition collectors licence :mrgreen: