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#Post#: 8822--------------------------------------------------
Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 22, 2014, 9:29 pm
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Today, I went to a local estate sale within a few miles of my
house. I went there to buy this:
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It's a 1927 Tikka M91 - I think 1927 was the second year for
these. It is Finn matching and is complete, minus the cleaning
rod. I suspect the cleaning rod was somewhere in a junk box,
but the auction company was pretty amateur and could not tell
the difference between an Enfield and an end table and had crap
mixed up like a cluster-. However, I will put up with some
irritation for a rare addition to the collection. Especially
when it can be bought for the same money as a refurb 91/30 - or
less.
Some marks on the underside of the barrel:
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Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 22, 2014, 9:33 pm
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Double SA marked:
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Chatellerault trigger:
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Bolt connector marking:
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Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 22, 2014, 9:36 pm
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M91 sight:
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And a nice splice:
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And a stock cartouche:
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Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 22, 2014, 9:55 pm
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The good, the bad and the ugly?
Luckily, I was able to pick this up cheap. It is not a stepped
barrel, but it is in excellent external condition and the
handguard is present and in good shape. That is the good.
It is missing the cleaning rod and it is the DIRTIEST milsurp I
have ever bought. The previous owner did not clean out all the
cosmoline before shooting it, so the bolt is still full of cosmo
and crap. Plus, the guy heated his house with a kerosene
heater, so there is a light coating of kerosene oil/gum on the
rifle - and that film has congealed all the dust and dirt and
insulation and whatever else happened to float by and land on
this rifle over the years. I think I am going to wipe it down
with turpentine tomorrow to try to clean the filth off the
stock. It really looks like it was coated in hairspray and
stored in a dog's bed. That is the bad.
And the ugly? The previous owner did like a lot of rednecks
around here do - he bought the rifle, shot some corrosive ammo
through it, and then put it up in a closet for the next 20 years
without cleaning it. The bore looked like a sewer pipe. I
brought it home to start the cleaning process. Usually, you
clean a gun until you get a clean patch to come out the other
end. This one, I didn't worry about whether the patches were
clean or not - I just cleaned until I could get a whole patch to
come out the other end. It was so dirty/ragged in there at
first, it was shredding the patches on the way through.
Luckily, the rifling is still there and it has cleaned up to
fair/shootable condition. I think I will be able to get it even
better with a few more cleaning sessions. However, it sucks
that the bore could have been so much better if the guy would
have just cleaned the damn thing. SMDH...
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Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: racerguy00 Date: November 22, 2014, 10:57 pm
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I'm glad you rescued it. Looks like it will be a keeper. I'm not
sure about the turpentine. I had a vietnam bring-back t53 that
had hung in a VFW since the early 70s and was gummed up from
cigarette and cigar tar. I used simple green and it worked for
me on the beat up stock. I'd double check with other collectors
to make sure your idea wont harm anything. It may not, I just
don't know.
#Post#: 8829--------------------------------------------------
Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 23, 2014, 11:15 pm
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I cleaned it up by wiping it down good with a mild turpentine
and pine tar mix. It is the top one on the rack:
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Not only did it clean the grime off the stock, it also took care
of both the dryness of the wood/finish and the mold spots that
were growing on the stock. And because Turp-N-Tar is basically
the normal Finnish finish anyway, it didn't alter the appearance
at all, other than it looks a whole lot cleaner now.
#Post#: 8831--------------------------------------------------
Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: clayshooter2 Date: November 24, 2014, 11:13 pm
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That 1927 Tikka is sweet!
#Post#: 8845--------------------------------------------------
Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: mat!_SW Date: November 30, 2014, 10:55 am
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Nice rifle! I think it cleaned up well, however would recommend
a less is more approach on the next dirty stock. Before going
turp n tar a light cleaner like remoil or similar may have done
the trick. Too bad about the auction house being a clusterfuk
with "junk boxes" I'd have been tempted to stick around to try
and find that rod.
Have you tried shooting it until it gets hot and then cleaning
the bore again? Sometimes this helps blast out a lot of old
gunk that brushes and patched can't touch.
Btw now you need to make posts about all those other rifles
pictured. Looks like you have some nice ones!
#Post#: 8848--------------------------------------------------
Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: East of Here Date: November 30, 2014, 8:19 pm
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I would have preferred to leave it alone, but it needed more
than just a scrub. The finish was dried and even had some light
mold-like spots on it. I tried to just clean it but it didn't
help and seemed like it hurt the finish more than helped. So, I
decided to hit it with the mild turp-n-tar and that cleaned the
crap off and appears to have preserved the underlying original
finish. That's all it's gonna get.
As for the others, it was not my intention to start a Mosin
collection. Originally, I only wanted a wartime 91/30, an
original PU and a carbine. But this past year, it seems like
every time I turn around, there is another nice variant for
cheap, and I just HAVE to buy it. I found the 28/30, the
Westinghouse and the 1904 Tula in pawn shops for next to nothing
- the N.E.W. and the Tula were in the same shop. I also found a
numbers matching 1960 T53 Vietnam bringback for under $100. It
is damn near worn slap out, but it should be, given its history.
There is a ton of stuff out there waiting to be found and
collected.
#Post#: 8854--------------------------------------------------
Re: Local Estate Sale Find - Early Finn M91
By: mat!_SW Date: December 1, 2014, 5:26 pm
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I hear ya, Sometimes deals fall into your lap. Took me 7 years
to find my NEW and Remington locally though. My mosin
collecting still lacks an m27 and m28 and I'm always on the hunt
for cheap local SCWs. I should probably grab one of those t 53s
too. Seems like you have a great Mosin collection. They
weren't kidding when they said its a sickness.
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