airbornetrooper
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As many here probably already know, I am huge fan (and collector) of Finnish Mosin-Nagant rifles with brass unit discs. I managed to acquire this one last month. This is a M91 made by New England Westinghouse (NEW). As with all NEW M91's it is marked 1915 for the year of production, even though this was not the case. Unlike Remington, NEW kept the date of the contract as the year stamp on the barrel throughout the entire contract. Every NEW will bear the 1915 date.
The stock disc is a pre-war example (post war examples are usually zinc) and bears the mark of "II/RT2 34" which would mean this is the 34th rifle of the 2nd battalion of the 2nd Coastal Artillery Regiment. RT1 through RT5 were all pre-war Finnish units, with several more added once the war started. They crewed the substantial coastal artillery emplacements and garrisons on the Finnish coastline (see link & pictures), including battleship caliber guns.
https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/COASTAL_ARTILLERY3.htm
The rifle itself is almost all original NEW parts. I do not believe the stock is original to the rifle, even though it is a NEW, because the buttplate has been scrubbed. The rear sight, internals, magazine, and all the bolt parts are NEW, with the bolt being original matching.
The stock disc is a pre-war example (post war examples are usually zinc) and bears the mark of "II/RT2 34" which would mean this is the 34th rifle of the 2nd battalion of the 2nd Coastal Artillery Regiment. RT1 through RT5 were all pre-war Finnish units, with several more added once the war started. They crewed the substantial coastal artillery emplacements and garrisons on the Finnish coastline (see link & pictures), including battleship caliber guns.
https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/COASTAL_ARTILLERY3.htm
The rifle itself is almost all original NEW parts. I do not believe the stock is original to the rifle, even though it is a NEW, because the buttplate has been scrubbed. The rear sight, internals, magazine, and all the bolt parts are NEW, with the bolt being original matching.
