I seen this rifle on Gunbroker the other day. It sold for $3000 + fees. It needed to be imported and shipped from Germany. You gotta be a very serious collector to shell out that much for a rifle you can't see in advance. I never heard of this model before it's called an M/27rv. Must be very rare. Maybe its some kind of a proto-type. Anyone ever heard of this model before?
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I seen this rifle on Gunbroker the other day. It sold for $3000 + fees. It needed to be imported and shipped from Germany. You gotta be a very serious collector to shell out that much for a rifle you can't see in advance. I never heard of this model before it's called an M/27rv. Must be very rare. Maybe its some kind of a proto-type. Anyone ever heard of this model before?
Thanks Jason, That was a good read, I've been to that sight before,but must have overlooked that article. With only 300 rifles surviving the winter war, that explains the high price. Very rare indeed.
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This m/27 cavalry carbine or m/27rv is truly one of the rarest of Finnish serial production. With less than 3000 being produced and less than 300 surviving the war to remain in inventory as serviceable it is rarely if ever encountered today. This rifle served with great distinction with Finnish Cavalry regiments that served as an elite rapid deployment force.
The buttstock of the rifle was patterned after the Kar98a that it replaced. The brass unit disc identifies this rifle as belonging to the Häme cavalry regiment and was rifle number 85.
The m/27rv used a unique stock found only on the cavalry carbine. It's handguard and rear barrel band pictured here was fashioned just for use on this weapon.
In another trait that can be traced back to the Kar98a, the bolt was bent down on the carbine and a recess cut into the stock to accommodate this. The underside of the bolt was checkered just as the Kar98a bolt.
I got this from that link if anyone couldn't find it. Pretty cool stuff!!
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