[TheSovietSamurai]

Hey everybody, spotted this on a local site just now, anybody know what it is?

http://firearmsales.com.au/listings/view-listings-premium.php?listing_id=8303

 

[ggoldens]

Based on 7.62x53R, something Finnish?

Hey everybody, spotted this on a local site just now, anybody know what it is?

http://firearmsales.com.au/listings/view-listings-premium.php?listing_id=8303

 

[martin08]

In America, we say the same thing about the platypus, "What on earth is this?"

You folks have some strange ones, Down Under.

 

[TheSovietSamurai]

Hehe, well, I have no clue what it is but I'm going for it.

 

[Nick]

PKY (Latin) is not the same as РКУ (Cyrillic). "Р.К.У." looks Russian, while the cartridge designation is probably from the importer/seller.

 

[Blighty]

That handguard looks familiar. I posted something similar last year.

 

[Doby]

Wow! $650! Collecting must be quite expensive in Oz.

Blighty, my eyes are still hurting from seeing that recoil pad. looks like it was installed with a small axe and a screwdriver. Sad to see that Bubba also lives in Australia, lol.

 

[Ken in Iowa]

Hehe, well, I have no clue what it is but I'm going for it.

I will be quite interested to see it if you get it.

 

[Blighty]

Nope. This one was in Finland. I suspected at the time that the handguard was off some carbine variant. Now there are two of them. Interesting.

 

[ggoldens]

PKY (Latin) is not the same as РКУ (Cyrillic). "Р.К.У." looks Russian, while the cartridge designation is probably from the importer/seller.

The third letter looks like a Latin "U", not Cyrillic "У".

 

[Doby]

Nope. This one was in Finland. I suspected at the time that the handguard was off some carbine variant. Now there are two of them. Interesting.

Ah, that is different then! if in Finland, it isn't a bubba. It is a Pikkuveli, lol.

 

[ggoldens]

Ah, that is different then! if in Finland, it isn't a bubba. It is a Pikkuveli, lol.

Pikkuveli => PiKkUveli => PKU! Brilliant, mystery solved.

 

[TheSovietSamurai]

Im familiar with the seller and have purchased many Mosins that he has imported, Finn related Mosins are his specialty. He gets the majority of Mosins from Germany and Austria, I'll have to ask where he imported this example from.

 

[Nick]

The third letter looks like a Latin "U", not Cyrillic "У".

True, didn't see it well enough. Ain't no Russian gun, then.

 

[TheSovietSamurai]

The markings on the receiver remind me of the occasional 'F.L.P.' marks found on Finn and other non-refurbished rifles, which if I remember correctly were Latvian-used rifles. Could this rifle have originated from Latvia?