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Nice Pystykorva!

But it was updates at least once, newer front sight base and stock has added crossbolt with two metal pieces inside the barrel channel. Usually one will find the early m/28-30 in this updated form, Non updated ones are rare as henns teeth, and remember: Simo Häyhä used one of those early m/28-30 rifles(unupdated) to do his work at Kollaa!!!!
Those early ones are real tack drivers, I have two and both shoot extremely well

 

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First m/28-30 came with m/28 front sight base, till around mid 1934 the later base with two screws was used, after that the enhatched base with the 8 dots.
Most early m/28-30 were fitted with the later, two screw, 8 dots base during inspection, at least all the ones I came across were.
Last year I was able to score an unupdated m/28-30 with old, m/28 style base still in place. Traded a nice K31 for it

 

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Here it is
Stock must have been replaced/updated somewhen, as it has the front crossbolt and metal stripes, handguard was also replaced, but it still has the old sight base and a quite nice bore.

 

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They pop up from time to time, just stop looking for them

Now here is the story how my fist m28-30 found me:
Back in time, when I was a not so well educated sport shooter(no collector by any means!!!!!) I visited a gunshop and spotted a strange looking Mosin Nagant in the gunrack. I did not know much about finnish Mosins, just that they exist. I examined the rather beaten up rifle, expecting to find totaly rotten bore from corrosive ammo(yes, back than I already knew about corrosive ammo!!!!!!!). But to my big surprise there were only some dust bunnies in a real nice bore!!!!!!!! From some reading on mn.net I thought it could be a m/28-30, but was not too sure. Anyway I put it on layaway and got me a slot in my licence to buy it. Back home I made sure, that I was right and some days later I got my new m/28-30 home, together with a deactivated m/91(sadly a B barrel) for spare parts, as the upper sling slot plates were badly damaged.
Back than I did not realize, that I had found a early example, I just was glad to have it.
Later when reading this forum, it dawned on my, WHAT I have! That was well after I had started reloading for that rifle and having won some club championships with it
Anyway, this m/28-30 was my fist finnish rifle, it was the starting point of my collector career and it is still one of my favorite and most precise shooters.
Needless to say, that CG rifles and especially m/28-30s are my favorite Mosins ))))))