This is my 1895 Sestroretsk m91 Mosin-Nagant. Captions refer to the picture below the caption. Click to see whole pic and to zoom.
Tremendously optimistic sights.
If you zoom it you can see the [SA] , the Finnish Army mark in the lower left. This is an interesting piece. Made in 1896 by Czarist Russia across the water from Finland in Sestroretsk, it was then captured by Finnish forces as they won their independence from Russia during the 1917 Revolution. Later it was used against the Soviets in both the Winter War and the Continuation War. Finland remains independent to this day. The marks on this side of the sights are in arshins, used in Czarist times. An arshin is about 28 inches, that is, one pace. The Czarist soldiers measured distance in paces.
Here on the other side is meters, a more modern measurement.
Sling swivels and barrel bands--watch out! The threads are opposite: Lefty tighty, Righty loosey. You can see in these pics the two piece Finnish stock. They have these gnarly finger joints in the middle so the wood does not move and crack in the severe Finnish winters.
Cool markings in its original Finnish stock. It is finished in Finnish pine tar. No cleaning rod.
Bore is totally shot. I have not shot this old guy--I say he's retired.
CDFingers