First civil guard rifle
I have several Finnish Mosin Nagants with civil guard markings on rebuilt receivers or bolts from previous lives, but this one is a first for me. I picked this one up as the receiver and stock were matching.
Meriden factory New England Westinghouse, buttplate is numbered matching. Rear sites have not been Finnish remarked, and the civil guard number corresponds to the Pirkka-Hame district. The receiver markings were crossed out when presumably transferred to the army. Coincidentally, the bolt body is from Remington and Finnish matching. All in all a fairly original New England Westinghouse that I am happy to have in my collection, it was time for a civil guard m91.
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Meriden factory New England Westinghouse, buttplate is numbered matching. Rear sites have not been Finnish remarked, and the civil guard number corresponds to the Pirkka-Hame district. The receiver markings were crossed out when presumably transferred to the army. Coincidentally, the bolt body is from Remington and Finnish matching. All in all a fairly original New England Westinghouse that I am happy to have in my collection, it was time for a civil guard m91.
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The stock number belonged to Tampere Civil Guard, one of the largest individual Civil Guards. There is a museum in Tampere dedicated to the Civil Guard and the Lotta Svärd organisation.
- Tampere Civil Guard flag
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