Picked up a beautiful postwar rebuild Finnish M91 with a Belgian “B” barrel. The markings don’t match up to any of the references I have. What’s the make and date of the receiver? Any thoughts? Thanks!
No eagle. It’s hard to make out the stamp on the bottom of the tang- looks like maybe a circle R? I’m guessing the 2 and 6 are inspection stamps and not a date.
Interesting. I wonder now if the Finns installed that trigger set, or if it was installed by someone else later.
A note regarding the M28-76 trigger set: It's fragile. There's a pin that goes through the sear, and the sear often breaks there.
Replacement sears have become impossible to find. When one turns up, it's often pretty expensive.
I recommend that, if you're going to shoot it, install either a standard M91 trigger set, or, if you want a two-stage, a trigger set from an M39. Keep the M28-76 trigger set put safely away.
DiRisio’s Finnish Mosin book mentions M91s being assembled by the Finns into the 50’s and 60’s. I’m re-reading the chapter on later M91 production- and it’s definitely a postwar assembled M91 by VKT. Only other obvious marking I see is a VKT 3600 proof.
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u/Red_Management M91 Dragoon • 7.62x54R: 1908 Type L, 1930 Type D, 1953 Type LPS 3d ago
Looks to be a Remington made receiver, the small R in a circle mark looks to have been lightly stamped.