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To: Scutter
What is superior about the Finnish m39 version?

The heavier barrel, the sights and sight guards, the feeding assembly in the magazine [with pressed *dimples* to better guide the rimmed cartridges and prevent rim hangups during feeding] and the sling swivels, suitable with a wider sling that spreads the weight of the rifle over a wider area of the shoulder preventing fatigue during long marches- or skiing- with a slung rifle.


74 posted on 05/04/2012 12:20:39 PM PDT by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: archy

Yeah, after I posted that I did some research. It seems that the 1939 version got all the improvements that were made to the rifle over the years.


77 posted on 05/04/2012 5:58:55 PM PDT by Scutter
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