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Little OT- finnisch Match rifle

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:23 am
by awo425
Today the Big Yellow Truck dropped of a Big Brown Box and that was inside:

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9789 ... onagk5.jpg[/pic]

Like new "Suoem Leijona" .22lr Matchrifle made by Valmet the year I was born.

Now I look like this :bigsmile: for one week at least.

that is a fine looking rifle

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:04 am
by Niner
The stock looks like a sculpture all by itself.

Noticed the wording on the metal. Was it made particularly for sale in an English speaking country or were all of them made like that, do you think?

Finnish Lion

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:22 pm
by dromia
"Suoem Leijona" the Finnish Lion. The crest on the receiver.

Lovely and very accurate rifle Chris.

Here's the link to the Finnish Lion pages on the HARC web site stickied at the top of this forum

http://rifleman.org.uk/Finnish_Lion.html

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:52 pm
by awo425
Yes, the Lion crest is cool, saw many differnd models of the rifle on my visit to Tampere Gunshow, prices were pretty high and most rifles were used much.

There is not mcuh information on the net, the artikle on the english site is by far the best.

Anybody got a manual for the gun???????

Chris

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:50 pm
by dromia
One of my gunclub's sold one recently for peanuts.

I didn't take it as it had a thumbhole stock for a righty and I'm a left hander when I shoot.

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:01 pm
by awo425
Got a left hand Weihrauch HW52:

http://milsurpafterhours.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4193

Chris