8/31/2017 0 Comments Tikka Serial Number Year ModelThe Finnish Model M2. Civil Guard's Rifle “Sotilaskiv. The final order of barrels from. Tikkakoski for the m/2. Ase- ja Konepaja. Oy abbreviated as “SAKO” was looking to. Tikka and SIG. SAKO had begun a limited run. The first order. of business would be to make improvements to the. Civil Guard Ordnance Captain Harry. Mansner. In 1. 93. Winchester 101 History, Factory replacement parts and accessories from most major manufacturers including Browning, Beretta, Benelli, Bushmaster, Remington, Colt and. Back To Finnish Section Of Mosin Nagant Dot Net. The Finnish Mosin Nagant Rifle-Carbine. Production Information And Notes. Brent Snodgrass. In the chart below one. Browse all new and used Winchester Shotguns - Model 21 for sale and buy with confidence from Guns International. We take pride in our products and deliver what we promise. Every Tikka rifle has to go through accuracy testing to prove the rifle can perform under 1 M. Russian based. Konovalov rear sight of the m/9. The old. Konovalov sight had received some minor modifications. Finnish armourers had ground off the rear. L” shaped. plate to the rear of the sight with a “U“ shaped. Its primary. fault was that it was too delicate in design, unprotected. Some of the rear. A new sighting. system was required and the development of the program. Capt. His first designs. In a drawing. submitted to the General Staff of the Civil Guard. 1st Year Production Remington Model 760 Gamemaster in.300 Savage! Description: Remington started producing the Model 760 "Gamemaster" in 1952. FINAL MODIFICATIONS IMPLEMENTED-THE M/28-30 TAKES SHAPE. At this time testing and review of the rifle dictated. Warranty Information for Firearms Distributed by Beretta USA Corp. Beretta firearms carry a One-Year Limited Warranty to the original purchaser for defects in. Horst Auction Center “The Voices Of Experience” Gun Auction September 10, 2016 -- 9 AM. Click here for accessories list. Click here for important gun. September 2. 9th 1. Mansner developed. This sight. used a series of small holes located on the right. Only one side of the sight was. General Malmberg accepted. April 2. 8th of 1. While dating your Model 70 by serial number can be difficult, and there are many “legends” about why the historic serial number records for Winchester rifles and. SAKO undertook the trial production of the. These. new rear sights were fit to existing m/2. Civil Guard districts for. In addition a new safety system was tried. The bolts were fit with a Mauser inspired. Major A. E. J Mantsas. This new front. sight blade assembly would replace the current version. The front sight block adjustment. While being adjusted, the front sight blade. ![]() Swiss short rifle model 1. Seeing this. new tool, Capt. Mansner was inspired to develop a. Civil Guard rifles. It was far more convenient and economical. In co- operation. SAKO's Department Chief Onni Paronen, he soon. In the summer of. The first of 3. 0 improved. Initial. tests found that additional modifications would be. These changes were basic to ease production. Also refinements. Inspector of the Infantry. Gen. The new design. Konovalov set up. Also. the sights finish itself was changed from a blued. These numbers would be blued. In addition. the rear sight graduations were impressed on the. At first, just the rear. This total numbered only 2. Mansner designed sights. The new. sight proved to be a success and it was decided that. SAKO would continue with the new rear. The rifle would be redesignated. The “2. 8” referring. These first. 2. 70. April) and the first rifle. May 1. 0th 1. 93. Jyv. It is not entirely clear. Mansner or the workshop. These early sight. SAKO. gear wheel located just in front. Also the left side. These. features disappear on the 1. SAKO. gear wheel logo alone. It is my opinion that these. SAKO for the above mentioned reasons as well as. There is. a subtle difference in location and alignment indicating. This. would be very unlikely for a serial production process. When these serial numbers disappear. The font is now a more deliberate. This would be an indicator. SAKO was moving into full time mass production. The cost of the new sight system was expensive. Fmk. (Finnish Markka) per Mansner sighst was an acceptable. A cardboard. sighting wheel or chart was developed that translated. This was used for quick reference. It was decided. as well that in order to accommodate the new rear. The new. sight base was flat at the front edge and the handguard. The. new 2. 8- 3. SAKO. but be subcontracted out to firms that specialized. The m/2. 8- 3. 0 handguards. Finnish army and weapons production, the. Malmin Puujalostus Oy and Palmin Lestitehdas. Porvoo. Another minor change that would be made was the creation of “dimples” on. This was done by pressing the. This. simple modification would help prevent the rims of. Russian designation of 7. R). rimmed shells from interlocking and create a failure. The dimples. forced the shells into an alignment that was proper. FINAL MODIFICATIONS. IMPLEMENTED- THE M/2. TAKES SHAPEAt this time testing. The first change. Early Finnish weapons production. The steel used. for producing the rifle barrels was purchased from. Sweden to be exact. This quality steel from. Swedish Fagersta works was excellent but a domestic. The new barrels. of the m/2. Finnish high quality steel from the Lokomo steel. Another change would be an improved front. While the rear. windage adjustment plate that was used on the earlier. The protective front sight ears. This effectively. While. earlier m/2. The magazine also. These. new factory magazines would be marked with a “HV”- an. Finnish word “H. In another effort. This was changed to. Also an improved cleaning rod retention. This acted in a fashion to “float” the. These modifications. April of 1. 93. 4 the first rifles with all. The first rifle to be produced with these. With. the production of the rifles now being done completely. Finnish supplied materials and parts, the SAKO. Civil Guard issued rifles. Production. would continue into 1. The m/2. 8- 3. 0 was. SAKO. works located in Riihimaki. These same problems had plagued the Army in. While the m/2. 8- 3. Civil Guard in watching the. Army’s folly with that problem, that a solution. Just as. the Army had decided on a new reinforced nosecap. In 1. 93. 5. new m/2. It was now of a two piece spliced. Finnish stocks of the time. This heavier/thicker. These new forend pieces. Malmin Puujalostus Oy (Malmi. These were ordered as early as 1. Army. had been doing on its m/9. When. these first couple thousand of stocks were found. In October of 1. 93. This crossbolt was knurled. This crossbolt connected/passed through two. Just as in other Finnish. The first. m/2. 8- 3. The immediate pre war and Winter War. Stocks made postwar for replacement. Now a square finger joint spine is used instead. The stocks. and handguards of new production were undertaken. Malmin Puujalostus Oy and Palmin. Lestitehdas but during the wartime additional facilities. These firms were Oy Haikka Ab and. AV1). These stocks. In. 1. 93. 7 SAKO itself began to produce new rear sections. The stocks that were deemed. Civil Guard Sk. Y logo of an “S” with. The. date of production was then stamped branded below. The first stocks to be so marked are. The finish applied. Stocks made from walnut. A departure from. After the varnish in the barrel channel. The outside of the stock was also. Two coats of . With the World Shooting Championships. Helsinki in 1. 93. SAKO was ordered. As. each participant would be using the m/2. Prior to 1. 96. 6, the shooting championships. For the 1. 93. 7 championships. Civil Guard) was chosen. Army’s m/2. 7 because of its excellent. The serial number block that. Of these rifles 8. The event was opened. President of Finland himself P. E. Svinhufvud. an avid shooter. When the event had closed it was. Finnish team left standing on the winner’s. This team. was led by the individual gold medal winner- Olavi. Elo, a long time competitive shooter and previous. It is said that he. Helsinki. The m/2. After the event, the 8. Finnish Sports Museum and the. With the onset of the Winter War. November of 1. 93. Well liked by the troops it was issued to. The m/2. 8- 3. 0. Civil Guardsmen. well into WW2 (Continuation War) when it was then. MARKINGS / IDENTIFICATIONThe m/2. As mentioned previously in the text. A stylized. SY marking was the identifying mark on the m/2. The second marking. Sk. Y markings. This marking. SAKO gearwheel logo on the barrel. The. Civil Guard issue district was stamped on the right. There is no date stamped on the first. The third variation. The. width of the letters was changed slightly to an ever. In addition the. date was added below the serial number on the rifle. Finnish barrels. to come. The font was not changed in any significant. It still remained a simple single. Civil Guard headquarters. Sk. Y. The SAKO logo was however moved. Sk. Y logo to accommodate the. This marking would. The SAKO gearwheel was still. Sk. Y identification marking and. This change would affect both the. This style of markings and location was. SAKO production of the. Civil Guard during. Continuation War (1. Lapland War of 1. German forces. This conflict was forced upon the. Finns by the Peace document signed with Russia to. Finland in August of 1. The fifth logo. or lack there of is the “late date” m/2. The rifles are of m/2. The. barrel shank is devoid of markings completely but. SAKO pressure. proofs on the wood line. They will lack the Sk. Y. markings or the SAKO gearwheel. The Sk. Y was ordered. Second World. War and the weapons manufacturing plant at Riihimaki. SAKO) that produced the m/2. Red Cross to avoid its seizure. Russian authorities in violation of the peace. The final marking. The. extra markings of the word “SAKO” without. SAKO gearwheel logo. Riihimaki below that was added to these. These rifles bore the special. Other markings. found on the m/2. In the first. guns of 1. The inspectors marking of < KE> was. Civil Guard. ordnance inspector Kosti Eakola. His marking remained. In 1. 93. 6 this left side. SAKO 3. 60. 0 pressure proof now that the serial. From. research into the serial numbers and physical examples. This move was done. This serial. number was preceded with a capital “S” for. This system was originated. It continued to be placed on rifles contracted. Civil Guard until the organization was disbanded. In addition to the “S” number. Sk. Y headquarters acceptance. Rifles that later were accepted into. Army service after 1. D” to indicate that the. D- 1. 66 bullet in use in the Finnish. Defense Forces (FDF). SNIPER RIFLES. m/3. The Civil Guard. was one of the first in the Finnish military to recognize. It. was not until the advent of a more prominent use. Finnish. hunters and shooters did the military make an inquiry. It. was the images that would actually be the first military. Germany for trials on a. Japanese rifle in inventory. This experiment proved. The bracket was. of a wedge shape and was very similar to that of. Maxim machine gun bracket used on the machine. Upon examination of an example in a Finnish. I am struck by the similarity of the mount. Soviet side mounted version. These rifles. only numbered 1. It is not known why, either from. Civil Guard service and. Continuation. War. This early effort did prove successful enough. Civil Guard- the m/2. Again the images looked. Germany. These initial. Zeiss and the Busch optical. Markku Palokangas indicates in his extraordinary. Bush. Visar 4. 5x Dr.
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