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So im cleaning the VKT M-39 and Im looking at the net and info on the "W" smack'd into the reciver..... Any ideas? Its right after the serial # on the basicly scrubbed reciver, about twice as big....

Got a picture of it Hailstone.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

My greatest regret , in all ofd my "Yesterdays' is that my freekin' camera wont do closeups. No "Mac" flower to set, and 1 meter is the closest setting.


Howerver, it is a scrubbed reciver, with the serial # on the left flat, just below the top flat and a large "W" smack'd on... just a mark I cant seem to be able to find anywhere else.

any off the wall ideas? Serial is the same as the VKT barrels #, so its maby something the Finns did , Im thinking.....

"Winner" ?

Does it look a bit like the WWF logo on this piece of paper???
If it does, it's the Wiener Waffen Fabrik (Vienna Arms Factory) logo.
Pete gave me the hint.



Also check under # 9.
It's the same logo, but then found on a Mosin Nagant.



Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

Chip,

What does the bottom of the receiver look like? Are there any numbers stamped and letters on it and are the finnish lines on the bottom smooth and parallel or a little rough? Are the serial numbers original and not a restamp when it was rebarreled?

Greg

Austrian seems to be it, Tex and Ranger.
Thanx.
If the Germans sold it to the Finns after taking them from the Russians, then that guns been somwhere!
I havent taken it apart, but you have me thinking there Oldernavy.....I'll have a look when I can.

I am thinking its a re#'d reciver, as its the same as the Barrel VKT put on there, and the "W" is just a plian old "W" just very big, twice as big a the serial #'s

Nice way to look at the gun now

Chip,

I am pretty sure everyone is right about it being an Austrian mark. They liked to put letters after the serial # as all of my Stey M95s have a letter after the serial#. My other reason for asking about the bottom of the receiver is supposedly the Finns preferred Remington and Westinghouse receivers to make M39s and the only way I know how to tell is by looking at the finish and numbering on the bottom. I am just curiuous and wanting to see how many M39s were made from US M91s.

Nice try Don....