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Adventures in Surplus! Finnish M28 "Ski Trooper" (Ad-free)
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Today we are going to take a look at just how much historical be read from the features and markings of an individual rifle. This is an early production Finnish M28 "ski trooper" Mosin Nagant that can be traced from Russian manufacture to WW1 Russian use, Austro-Hungarian capture, rechambering to 8x50mm Mannlicher, concession to Italy as war reparations, sale to Finland, rebuilding as a Civil Guard M28, use in the Winter War and Continuation War, transfer to the Finnish Army, and finally importation into the United States.
Comments
Benjamin Helton
Fantastic Ian! I would love a series like this, "The story of this gun", or something similar. I'm sure there is a ton of content here.
Guido Schriewer
WHAT a world cruise!
Guido Schriewer
had a rough life, huh. poor thing... . ok after all it isn't the biggest country. without a huge budget what could one do. that they didn't switched to mausers or maybe enfields... at least they had some firearms to issue, right.
