Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant to 1,100yds: Practical Accuracy
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The Finnish Veterans Day/ kansallinen veteraanipäivä is April 27th, let us learn about the Finnish soldier in remembrance of the tales told!
🎯 Long distance reached (1,000y+) for iron sight service rifle
The Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant is nothing like it's Russian predecessor. Outside of the receiver, the barrel, trigger, stock, and sights have been thoroughly upgraded. When paired with the proper ammunition, the M39 is a true force to be reckoned with, especially in arctic conditions. We take it to 1km away and see what happens.
This episode is dedicated to Staff Sgt. Jouni Kuokkanen and his grandfather Cpl. Esa Kuokkanen who fought in the Continuation War under 1st Lt. Lauri Törni, who later served in the Waffen SS and then the U.S. Army Special Forces.
Ammunition used: hand loaded 7.62x53Rmm Finnish spec cartridges, 200grain D166 Lapua projectiles to match the WW2 Finnish spec cartridges. This load was developed by IV8888 • Video .
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Distance Conversions:
150y - 137m
200y - 182m
250y - 229m
300y - 274m
350y - 320m
400y - 366m
450y - 411m
500y - 457m
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1, happy Finnish Veterans day
2, The 1km shot is at 6:05
3, Sorry for misspelling "Finland".
Nice!!!.. I hawe m-39 its best bolt action rifle ww2... Greetings from here 🇫🇮 my grandads brother use it winterwar and continuation war and hes 97 years old but still remember that" targets" newer end!!.. Russians geep goinng and going.. God blessed those rifles😊💥💥💥💥💥 wats moovie named wintterwar or in fin talvisota!!.. Good war movie... I think you migh like it 🇫🇮🙂.. Ps sorry my bad english😏..
I want to support your channel, how can we give money? You say you don't actively run a patreon, can we donate monthly to it?
Got an M39 great video great shooting
Guys like you are such a great encouragement to us! I'd like to finish patreon or a donation channel by the end of this season. It would help with ammunition consumption as we do end up expending a decent amount of ammunition on the familiarization process. Thank you again!
finna spell finland
"Open sights at 1100 yards, who do you think you are?"
Simo Hayha wants to know your location.
Simo Häyhä already knows it and has decided whether you should live or die.
@@PalleRasmussen simo has decided to be merciful today.
@@LOGIBEAR01 the farthes ive shoot and hit steel with my sks was 750 with a number 2 condition barrel
Stole my idea
Simo Häyhä doesn't care about the M39.
This bloke must have some amazing eyesight. I've got no idea how he can even see the target at 500 yards, let alone 1100.
I know. Eyesight is so important for rifles, and some people just don’t have it. I got an astigmatism so I know about that all to well. I got problems seeing signs while driving, let alone seeing a small target at 1100 yards
He's good, and shows how good the gun is too.
I think its a mix of training and genetics. I remember taking the time going to the range and initially I couldn't make out much but as time went on id slowly pick up details. regardless its still very impressive on this guys part.
Thats standing target in good weather on grass, its not that hard to see or sight rifle if target is standing still and you know where it is. Obviously not hard if you are very good experienced shooter.
yeah, I can´t even see traffic sign letters that are 50 meter away. Thats a beautiful rifle though.
Imagine doing that 1km shot with no spotter, and in real battle conditions. Simo Hayha was a beast
And in 1 meter of snow...
Naked
I don't think I ever killed someone that far lol
Highly unlikely Simo ever did a shot out to 1km. While a sniper shot like that wasn't necessarily unheard of at the time, the majority of a World War-era sniper's work would be within the 300-500m distance.
Of course, we can't say for certain that he didn't pull a 1km shot. With Simo Hayha's prowess coupled with a solid rifle system, he could be able to do it. But likely not in the middle of Russian mortar and sniper fire while bundled in the snow.
One German sniper (forgot his name) killed an enemy 1000m far
And the story of Simo Häyhä is legendary. Best parts are when you realise how much effort he put in to preparing for few shots. Always reconed the position at least day before, Freezing the snow in front of his position to avoid snow puffing, ate snow to avoid breathing give him away, only used iron sights for lower head position and reliability, didn't shoot secondary soldiers if there were higher value targets, memorized the terrain in enemy position to see even the smallest changes enemy sniper created... That man was something else.
I think one of the craziest things is about Simo and his war time stories is the fact that at one point, Simo and 30 of his fellow Finns were holding off 4000 Russians at the Kollaa front (where Simo did the sniping), north of Lake Ladoga. The Russians didn't know this, and probably not the Finns, too.
True, but I just want to point out that bolshevism was never a legitimate regime in Russia, communists got in power by committing a coup d'etat, when they killed Tzar Nicholas and his family, and ensued to commit mass murder of Russians and kill the royal family and imperial Russia supporters. I don't think it's right to call communists Russians, many Russians had to flee to the colonies in order to survive, because they didn't support the bolshevik regime and we're being persecuted. Even because a lot of Russians in the red army didn't even have a choice and were simply used as meat to be sacrificed. When bolshevisks perpetrated the coup, people supported them because they were being deceived by their lies, claiming the Imperial Russia government was starving them (when actually it was the harsh weather that caused deficit of food in that time).
But not all Russians supported the reds, and Russians themselves were victim's of bolshevism, they were starved, used in slave labor, and murdered by the red army, just like other European populations
Russians now are utterly brainwashed into thinking the soviet "union" was the Glory era of Russia. When in reality it's no different than what's going on in China now, the population being indoctrinated by the red regime into thinking the whole world hates them and that only the CCP protects them. But even back in ww2 there were many Russians that fought against bolsheviks, many Russians joined German efforts in the Eastern front to liberate Russia from bolsheviks, there were wehrmacht units made up of Russians, Polish, Ukrainians, all fighting against bolshevism and Trotsky's red army. All this allied propaganda that claims Germans murdered Russians indiscriminately is a complete lie to defame European nationalism. There are historical proofs photos and videos, that show the populations in eastern Europe welcoming German troops, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, because they were freeing them from the red army, German soldiers even helped to rebuild villages and plant food that were destroyed by bolsheviks. But obviously that will never make it to history channel or other media outlets that promote the fake allied/jewish propaganda
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess thank you for that. I had a feeling that was true
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess , the what?
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Just like in China. The “government” is nothing but a group of criminals and traitors who just managed a coup while everyone was distracted and cut off from information.
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Our General Patton said we were fighting against the wrong side. Were it not for what the Nazis did to the Jews, I'd be in firm agreement with him.
"Rooftop Chinaman" had me cracking up from the get go. Really impressive work here.
Me too freaked me up
Now we need merch with that slogan 🤣🤣🤣
Almost fell out of my chair... lol
yep I lost it too, think i snorted my soda a lil
YOU WAN PESSSSSI COLA OR MOUN-TAN DEW!?!?!??
"There were a number of interesting facts that we passed on to the group in a short question and answer period. Mr. Häyhä stated that he used the Mosin Nagant M28 rifle as his "sniping" rifle; however, as there are photos showing Häyhä with a M28/30 rifle it is possible his memory of the model was incorrect. It is also possible he had a M28 that was upgraded to a M28/30 but that is just a guess not known as fact.. His rifle was a standard issue with iron sights, which is somewhat amazing as many of his targets were engaged at 400 yards or more. He had been given a Swedish Mauser equipped with a scope but he preferred the M28 or M28/30 to the scoped rifle . Häyhä noted the Swedish "sniper" rifle was given to him by a wealthy a Swedish buisnessman but the details of this rifle are not clear. The Swedes did not produce a scoped sniper rifle in 1939 so it is possible what was given to him was a Husqvarna made hunting rifle. Simo Häyhä told us there were many reasons he liked his Mosin Nagant over the scoped Mauser. One was that the Mosin was more suited to his size of 160cm. He also stated that the scoped rifle forced him to raise his head a bit more than he liked, and this added profile might have given a Red Army sharpshooter too good of a target. He also made the point that he had always used iron sights and was used to them. Lastly iron sights were not prone to breakage or fogging which was a real worry in the snow and ice of Finland during the Winter War. " from Mosin Nagant .net
I read that he didnt like the scope because the reflection of the glass almost got him killed one day .
@@odderotter8950 simo never used a scope so i would guess thats incorrect information
@@odderotter8950 No, what happened is that he saw a Russian snipers scope glint at some point and was able to engage that sniper when they were trying to counter snipe him.
@@luvirini yep, he got several russians due to their scope glints. also claimed the russians were slower due to their scopes, trying to find simo through their little tubes, while simo had the whole field in sight at all times
Simo was a country boy shooting for food.
It would make sense that he would find a scope foreign and unnecessary.
Being that the Finnish army would of had a very high ratio of troops with hunting/outdoor skills. The word would've passed around the Soviet troops that they were fighting ghosts in the forest.
Väki hiljenee, kun Ukko-Pekka puhuu.
It roughly means that "people fall silent, when old man Pete speaks.", where Ukko-Pekka is the sobriquet of that rifle.
Näen o
And , in addition, they fall down dead.
When you and your fellow soviet boys take a trip to Finland and the snow starts suddenly speaking finnish. 👀
When you don't realize that Finnish communists existed. 👀
@@dan8085 The Finnish civil war fixed that nicely.
@@ericmckinley5777 Didn't fix nothing, you class traitor. Communism will win.
@@dan8085 Good luck with blue collar workers hating you.
@@dan8085 yeah, but during the winter war, the finnish communists were not too hot on getting invaded by russia
Greetings from Finland. Always lovely to see our old warhorse at work.. And you made ther right spec ammo for it. Class act. I'm glad I subsribed. Everything good and success to you boys over there.
Grandmother was Finnish, tuff as granite and wasnt someone to piss off. love to visit your fine country
Love those old war horses, especially with the modern day .30 caliber bullets and their high BCs.
I own a Finnish mosin, its a tack driver and will hammer targets at hundreds of yards easy.
Wow, what an Incredible rifle. The figure on the stock is gorgeous and the accuracy of both rifle and shooter speak for themselves. Shout out to the spotter as well, his camera shots in every video are excellent.
I LOVE their stocks. Arctic birch with that black pine tar finish look so sexy.
Just to note it out loud, the TKIV85 sniper rifles (that are still in service in FDF) were built around the best individual Mosins available at the time. That is, the same rifles that used to be M/whatevers and were built even back in late 1800's.
Though, from hand-picked parts including some new old stock receivers with flawless locking surfaces, and they were highly modified, with only the bolt head, magazine front screw and ejector w/spring being entirely original (although Sako and VKT/Valmet made new bolt heads, so they might not be original).
The bit of history in intro is a nice touch
The beginning made me feel so patriotic.
The Finnish Mosins are definitely the cream of the crop when it comes to the Mosin variants. Watching the video the performance of the M39 was impressive. The bolt throw looked very smooth also.
A Soviet officer was leading his soldiers through Finland in 1939. Suddenly, he heard a voice.
"One Finn is better than ten Russians!"
The Soviet officer responded by sending ten of his best soldiers to investigate. After a minute of gunfire, the voice called out again.
"One Finn is better than one-hundred Russians!"
The Soviet officer, now frustrated, sent one-hundred red soldiers to kill the enemy. After half an hour of heavy gunfire and explosions, the voice returned.
"One Finn is better than a thousand Russians!"
Furious, the Russian officer sent a whole battalion to destroy the enemy. A fire-fight ensued that lasted several hours, involving explosions, artillery, and even air support. Finally, there was silence. As the officer peered out over the hills to see the results, he met a wounded Soviet soldier using a tree branch as a crutch. The soldier, mortally injured, said to the officer,
"Don't send anymore of us! It's a trap!"
The officer, confused asked him what he meant. The man, with his dying breath answered,
"There's two of them."
EDIT: I should note that I did not come up with this joke myself, but heard it from someone else. I don't remember where I heard it, or from whom, I just thought it was appropriate given the content of the video.
I ❤IT ! Thanks ..
Best regards
@@user-hn2gy4ug9x Continuation war
@@user-hn2gy4ug9x Really? Last I checked they humiliated you and the US collapsed your Empire lol! Your Ruble is worthless. Funny every country left your Warsaw pact and you did....Nothing lol
God bless from 🇺🇸
@@user-hn2gy4ug9x Cry me a river commie.
Jääkärin marssi and everything!!! I salute you!
Jääkärimarssi*
@@readytodie7355 dont be a grammar nazi
@@zaganim3813 I think it's ok to fix the name of a song.
I think this may have been your best practical accuracy video. I greatly enjoy your commentary and historical additions. Please do more videos like this boys.
Simo Häyhä!!!! Y'all never stop amazing me with these shots. Just makes me want to hurry up and start practicing long range shooting!
Love the snippets of history and the added analysis and overviews. Production you guys put into this channel just keeps going further and further!
I had traded a Springfield 1903 a while back and ended up getting an m39, not really knowing to much about it. I was almost gonna trade it again for something else but after watching this I've been convinced otherwise lol. Great video as always!
@Mr. Morningstar Yep, M39 is shooter's candy. I bought a never fielded, 1970 production M39 with no maker's mark. That thing is sweet as bear meat, I'll tell you what.
you traded a 03 Springfield for a mosin lol ? ok I'd make that same trade on a daily basis only I ll take the 03.
dont care about where it's made. I'd still take the 03 . if you dont agree I dont care about that either. the last 03 I looked at they wanted almost 2 grand for it there getting hard to find.
@@justinriley8651 they're *
@Mr. Morningstar didn't say there was . all that info is easy to get.
Congratulation on your *30th* episode of "Long Range - Practical Accuracy." An excellent episode I might add.👍
My friend I spent 30 years in the United States Army 20 years in the Ranger regiment and ten wherever I was needed. You are one of the best shooters I've ever seen. There are two types of shooters. Combat shooters and range shooters. With you in a over watch position I would be comfortable with you in a position watching the men move through a position to eliminate any threat. You're a natural. Great video. Keep them coming!
Outstanding work, as usual. Fantastic run and great historical insights at the end!
I requested this one a few months back!! Thanks boys!! Simo Hayha would be proud!
He did not use M39...if not mistaken he was using M28
George Karadov: Yes it was M28 but it is same gun with different stock. M39 has ”half pistol grip”. M28 has traditional Russian style stock. But M28 has Sako rear sight and ”pystykorva” front sight. M39 uses same sights.
@@juhomaki-petaja there is also the fact that M28 is National Guard and M39 is the army. The only M39 that are national guard are the SKY ones and the made only 10-11K of those
@@georgekaradov1274 SKY=SAKO
Yes. M28 standard russian Mosin but modernized by National Guard(Front&rear sight). Finnish Defence force took National Guards sights to M39 and also developed semi-pistol grip too.
@@juhomaki-petaja I got one of the SKY ones... :):)
The Fins make the best Mosin.....the M39 is a standard that sets the bar high. It looks the part. Great video....you did this rifle justice.
Some post-war M44 are incredible smooth and accurate weapons, you can find comparisons with Mauser and K31 in TH-cam
@@albertoamoruso7711 I have shot both...K31 always nice...some M44 are ruff...all can make a fireball ...Polish M44 are nice. My M39 looks beat...but it delivers....
@@cheesenoodles8316 Sovirt WW2 production often results in ruff guns. Post-war era weapons are a better example of the design quality.
th-cam.com/video/OZysz0X-lq4/w-d-xo.html
@@albertoamoruso7711 I do have a 1945 M44 Russian and it is a nice one. Not a post war refurb. Has some wear from handling. My friends think its a beast.
@@cheesenoodles8316 I've seen many WW2, rusted, counter-bored Mosins shoot decent 2'' groups @100 yards, and many others in better conditions literally missing the target. The rule of Soviet firearms in wartime is that there is no rule.
Ну всё !
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Держитесь там товарищи ))
You are Masters of your craft; I am in awe. Thank you both for the demonstration, and information.
Absolutely epic performance. You guys are going to continue to grow, I promise!
You guys should try a Winchester Model 70 with an 8x Unertl like Carlos Hathcock since we're on the famous sniper train
I would love for them to do that! I wish I had one to lend them
YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
@Joshua Bressel You know what to do
@Joshua Bressel You got to hold Gunny Hathcock's rifle.....amazing, Brother....Sniper Class 06-02 (2002).
@Joshua Bressel Damn, you're lucky. I wish could've met him before he passed. Gone too soon
I have a M39 mosin nagant from 1941 love it and it shoots amazing and very accurate for a 80+ year old rifle.
I love how this is a perfect example of the difference in speed of sound and light. Target moves, delay, TING.
When i saw that this episode was coming, i was intrigued after watching a Forgotten weapons video on this rifle a while back. After watching i can say i was even more impressed, by both the rifle and your shooting ability. Plus a bit of history to boot, good stuff.
So did you buy when after you posted this comment? If you waited very long you probably missed the boat.
After owning and shooting M39's I bought my son a Tikka T3 to hunt with. They have served us well. Thank you Finnland.
You guys like the t3?
The T3 will serve you well. It's a great rifle, very smooth and accurate.
At 100 m it can put 5 rounds in the 10 circle... of a 10m carbine target. Amazing what the standards of accuracy are these days.
Is your M39 a Tikka?
@Sean Price Sako made the most M39s but Tikka and Valmet also produced thousands of them.
Unironically, there's nothing more Texan than a Chinese guy with a British accent shooting Finnish modified 100 year old Soviet rifle at 1000 yards with iron sights. Great run! God bless this state. Subscribed
I found this channel following a recommendation on Forgotten Weapons which featured an excellent, albiet brief presentation by this highly experienced channel owner. Subscribed.
Legendary rifle
Nice review, appreciate all the work you put into your videos. Keep up the good work.
1100yards - Iron Sights...lands rounds within 24 inches of the target right off the bat. VERY IMPRESSIVE this is marksmanship.
Great video. I remember one camping trip from my time in the army, when our group was led by sergeant major, who was carrying this rifle as his personal weapon instead of normal assault rifle. Now I understand why.
Nice video! I have a Finnish Mosin still in the OG 1891 model but was captured and re-arsenaled in 42.
Great look at the M39. I always am amazed at how well it shoots every time I take mine out.
For real. I have embarrassed some VERY expensive rifles with my M39 and some cheap light ball ammo.
Thank you for this video and all of the respect. Greetings from a finnish hunter and gun enthusiast.
your production quality and content is brilliant guys
AND JUST ANOTHER AWESOME COOL VIDEO, THANKS!
When the roofs start speaking -Korean- Chinese
Well, Mandarin or Cantonese actually. There is no language called Chinese.
@@The99lubie I wasn't sure if Henry speaks Mandarin or Cantonese so I got lazy
vncube1 he probably speaks some offshoot mountain dialect not even the mandarins nor the cantons can understand so we both could be wrong😂
I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese, but would not mind sharing a bibimbap with a "home-slice" in arms on a rooftop.
九孔~~~
Excellent episode, thanks for giving me the confidence for my Mile Mosin build.
Thank you for your service, Simo Häyhä!
I love these Practical Accuracy videos! It'd be interesting to see what a modern, inexpensive rifle like a Ruger American could do.
Damn fine shooting Henry!
Another quality video and fine marksmanship and riflery skills displayed.
What an incredible display of marksmanship...re-watching this and still blown away!
easily the best bolt-service rifle I have ever seen shoot, my friend has one, and it shoots sub-moa.
Most accurate? Probably. Best? The Mosin action kind of precludes it from such a distinction.
@warwick robertson none of that applies to the action.
@Sean Price I have, and it’s about as good as a decent 91/30. The action was the weakest part of the original Mosin and the Finns didn’t change that (understandably so)
My favorite video by them so far
I enjoy all of your videos. I love my Mosin-Nagant!
I love this channel! Great content!
Cool to see you guys include that bit of the Veteran's day. This might be oneof the last years we have veterans alive to celebrate it with.
snarf I’ve been hearing some stories from Staff SGT K that his grandfather told him. Legendary soldiers indeed!
@@9HoleReviews Indeed. There are a lot of great stories. A close relative of mine was one of the last finns to leave viipuri. He was commanding a troop of cars, whoose mission was to evacuate civillians. They were in the town so late, that his truck almost got ambushed by the russians. One of the trucks under his command was lost in that ambush. He made it out tho and only died last spring, a month before turning 100.
I might go out and see if i can find the article on him, tough its likely in Finnish.
(Edit: details, i found the article and refreshed my memory:D)
This brings back memories...
Great video and awesome demonstration! Thank you for honouring our veterans!
Also please try one of the RK variants (like 62, 95, m92s, or something in between)!
Your shooting, is absolutely fantastic. Very, very well done.
All of Simo Hayahs kills were from Dec '39 to Mar '40. Winter in Finland is no joke.
0:33 Now you gotta make a t-shirt and merch with that slogan!
you are providing a well and true service to us. after shooting my whole life 70yrs i am still learning. my longest was 680 and i know how far your working, and with open sights.. eagle eyes. vty rgw usa
Incredible!!! Thank you for sharing this video. Amazing!
Goes to show when you know the round, know the sight and have a cracking rifle; there's not much stopping the magic! Get your No4 out there with the fine adjustment iron sight, that'd be fun.
Awesome shooting! My m39 is one of my favorite milsurps. It outshoots my garand when I use good ammo.
Oh God yes. Lol
Just found your channel and wanted to say it's great. Looking forward to watching the rest of your vids / new content
Great video and great content! Keep it up 👍
When the spirit of Simo Häyhä guides your shots
Oh, me want one now. I like Mosins but I love these sights.
always a good day when 9hole uploads
What a rifle. That's amazing. Love your content.
This guy can surely shoot, goddamn.
He can rack the bolt so well too, he's skilled
Haha gotta love how the Korean's managed during the riots, nice reference.
My Korean gf wasn't as appreciative lol
Great shooter and my admiration also goes to the spotter - perfect eyes, gives clear, timely indications an dis of immense value in such instances.
Epic review, you guys deserve far more views!
Simo Hayha even called the "the white death" By the Soviet.. Heard he Bagged more than 500 Soviet soldiers with this rifle without scope..
The exact rifle I wanted you to test, I own one
This is awesome work. My first milsurp was a 1967 built M39 which interestingly had an American made bolt from a Westinghouse WWI Russian contract rifle. Even had the original arsenal hang tag. The resilience and make do attitude of the Finns is an interesting history for sure.
Thanks! You just solidified my desire for an M39.
Simo would be proud
Yes sir indeed
I love my M39! Actually taking it out to shoot this afternoon! #rooftopchinaman
What round do you use 53r or 54r?
@@ayarzeev8237 54r is a little faster and stronger
maxximus2012 I have a pre Soviet Finn m91.
With a 1917 tang date and a 1943 Tikka barrel. It’s scary accurate
I love it when you put some history in the vid.
Beautiful finally M39
I wish to have your eyes.
Seriously.
GIVE ME YOUR EYES!!!
You have to headshot him then
Impressive. At 1100 yards, with no scope, it would be hard for me to even see the target. Respect.
whoa that action is sooo smooth
Great tribute. Nice to see the rifle in excellent hands.
That is still one of my dream guns on my list that i want to get. Bout to be 21 in about 2 1/2 months and i hope i can find one by then.
I sure hope you started looking immediately after your birthday!!! These things are going for obscene prices now that the supply has dried up. And why the heck do you have to wait until you’re 21 to buy one?
@@hansgruber9685 I didn’t have that good of a job back then so I couldn’t really spend money on anything. Sadly I still don’t have that finish mosin today
When you, a Soviet soldier taking a walk in Finland: Current Objective... *Survive*
@Murat GadjievYes, but Finland was such a different environment for the Russian, while they won, they lost a lot of good soldier cause of the terrain.
@Murat Gadjiev BUT it seem Finland road had a 50% chance of being a lake, cause a lot of Soviet Cargo fell into those lake. Finland on the other hand don't have such issue, since they ski across the land
@Murat Gadjiev to be frank, soviets had little experience of fighting in such conditions before the winter war even if they (partly) lived in similar conditions.
and then after three and a half months past Finland accepts the defeat as they can't sustain losses no more, lol. It was a typical WWi-esque meatgrinder for both sides, it isn't something over the top by that time's standards, apart from magical finnish snipers propaganda.
@Murat Gadjiev first of all, major population centers of Russia is located in less harsh enviroment, and the wars were usually fought over more populated and economically important areas, such as Baltics, for example (which has quite a mild climate). Leningrad/Saint-Petersburg is a place of compartable conditions, but there were no major wars in it's areas since the Great Northen War of 18th century (which was halted for the winter period like any wars of the era). Actually, russians took a great deal of experince during the Winter War in the winter logistics and operations planning which later helped them stop germans in 1941 near Moscow and conduct the first large offensive operation against the germans. And yes, it wasn't only the snow, but rather dense woodland/rocky hills/swampy terrain covered with the snow. Even today land north of Saint-Petersburg to the modern finnish border isn't much of a difference to the siberian forests (I'm basically live here and I was in Siberia once or twice). Finns were mostly sitting on prepared positions and russians attacked, so the attacker initially took most of the casualties due to limited recon capabilities and natural obstacles. And then finns surrendered.
Wow incredible!! I mirrored 30 seconds of it on my channel. Of course gave you guys credit. I love my mosin and I love your channel. Wish I had a range that big close by
This was BEAUTIFUL
Maximum load for D166 with N140 is 46,1gr according to a very popular finnish reloading manual by Mr. Esa Paananen.
Thanks for this . My VKT M39 is incredibly accurate with off the shelf privi 182gr . I have just started doing my own loading .
Looking down at my scoped K98! Shaking my head.
Amazing shooter. You are fantastic. Great job by Josh as well.
Amazing shooting from open sights incredible well done
Just happens to be the same day my granddaughter is being born. Guess im looking at buying a m39 now. Lol
I knew the Finn Mosin was good but I never dreamed it could beat a K31.
Time for some Thinking Drinking.............lol
People say the Swedish Mauser’s and K31s are the most accurate, but I’ve seen Finnish mosins beat both of them with high quality ammo.
I just got one of these. I cannot wait to take it for a spin.
Nice video chaps, really enjoying the content