$950 for an $80 rifle ???

[david86440]

I agree they are over priced, but the point you are missing is that the Fins used Mosins as the base for most of their wartime rifles and being a relatively small country means there are a relatively few of these guns available and thus, are very collectible.



This is the email that I received from J&G. At what point did they take Mosin out of the description?


FINNISH MOSIN M28 TARGET RIFLES NOW AVAILABLE !!

These rare and unusual rifles from Finland will enhance any military collection! They are Finnish built target model 28's called the 28/76, using a Russian Mosin design receiver, a 27 inch barrel (some barrels may be Sako), a fully adjustable diopter rear sight with globe front sight, and a heavy target stock, with palm swells, accessory rails, and checkered buttplate. Also has a 2-stage precision trigger, and a bent bolt handle too. The were adopted as target rifles and adapted from the original M28/30 rifles. An interesting piece of history, now down to $949.95 each.

[tombogan03884]

Sorry to be picking nits here David, but if the "Russian designed receivers" were actually manufactured, rather than reworked, by the Finn's, it could be one heck of a rifle.

[twyacht]

Interesting read on the Finn Sniper "White Death" Simo Hayha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

was a Finnish  sniper. Using a standard iron-sighted, bolt action rifle in the Winter War, he has the highest recorded number (505) of confirmed kills in any major war.[1][2]



Häyhä used a Finnish variant, M/28, of the Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle (known as "Pystykorva" rifle, meaning "spitz"), because it suited his small frame (5 ft 3 in/1.60 m). He preferred to use iron sights rather than telescopic sights to present a smaller target (the sniper must raise his head higher when using a telescopic sight), to prevent visibility risks (a telescopic sight's glass can fog up easily), and aid concealment (sunlight glare in telescopic sight lenses can reveal a sniper's position). Another tactic used by Häyhä was to compact the snow in front of him so that the shot wouldn't disturb the snow and reveal his position. He also kept snow in his mouth so that when breathing the steam would not give him away.

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Many remember Simo Häyhä only as using the Mosin Nagant M28 or M28/30 rifle with open sights and only credit his high kill total to his role as a sniper; however, this is not entirely correct as Häyhä was also an expert with the Suomi K31 SMG and a large number of the Soviets that he felled were from his K31. 

Still don't know about $900 price though.

[david86440]

Sorry to be picking nits here David, but if the "Russian designed receivers" were actually manufactured, rather than reworked, by the Finn's, it could be one heck of a rifle.

I wouldn't pay the price, but that still doesn't change their collector value to those that are into Mosins.