I’ve been debating over this rifle for a few days, guyis super nice and says this was done by a bubba. My friend believe the bolt is the correct angle, and noticed the scope mount dots on the receiver. My friend thinks it’s a sniper, but what throws me off is the serial numbers on the bolt head...

I recently acquired a Finnish M39 a 1944 Sako and wanted to know the date of the original Hex Receiver. However, I found no examples of any other single digit tang markings on the marking guide on 7.62x54r.net or on any of the other forums I have read. The tang marking is a single 8, or what...

Directly from a friend in Finland who has their own WW2 museum

Hi All, First, I'm new to this board...and fairly new to collecting. I have become increasingly facinated with the Finnish version of the Mosin Nagant. In particular the M39 (I have 4). I was reading the article about the M39 on MosinNagant.net and came across a notation that the highest...