Finally had the time to take some pictures of my Mosin Nagant M39.
I own this rifle for about three years now and it was my first Mosin Nagant.
You could say this rifle started my Mosin Nagant addiction.
It’s a 1942 VKT M39 build on a 1906 Izhevsk receiver.
VKT stands for Valtion Kivääritehdas or State Rifle Factory.
The Finns never build their own bolts and receivers.
They modified and replaced stocks, hand guards, barrels, front sights and rear sights, but they never ever changed or replaced the heart of the weapon.
From the first Finnish Mosin Nagant M91 until the last Mosin Nagant M39 they used the original bolt and receiver.
IMHO a compliment for the designers Sergei Ivanovich Mosin and Leon Nagant.
A couple of years ago nobody wanted to buy these “Russian” rifles, so prices were relatively low.
Sport shooters however found out that some Finnish Mosin Nagant models, like the M39, were great shooters and prices went sky high.
I bought mine for about $ 100.00 in Germany.
Since then prices went up to about $ 175.00 to $ 200.00 for a M39……if you can find one.
Here are some pictures:
1942 Mosin Nagant VKT M39
Barrel markings
Top view on the rear sight
Left side view of the rear sight
M39 adjustable front sight
Some “nice to know things” about the M39.
1)The M39 is the last made Mosin Nagant rifle in the long line of Mosin Nagant rifles and carbines.
2)Only 130.000 M39 rifles were made.
70.000 by SAKO, 52.000 by VKT and the rest by Tikkakoski.
3)The early models M39 (about 6.200), produced by SAKO, have a stock without the “pistol-grip”.
These rifles are considered highly collectible.
4)Not one M39 left the factory before it had produced a 3 cm or 1.2” group at the 150 meter range.
The best of the modifications on the M27, M28 and M28/30 are combined in the M39.
Despite this, the M39 is a very recognizable weapon with its very own characteristics.
IMHO one of the best Mosin Nagant rifles you can buy.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Martin
PS: Pictures are a bit large.
Let me know when it becomes a problem.