Finnish M39 Service Rifle
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Took the Finn M39s out to the range for a review, you guys have been asking so we have delivered. I went into quite a bit of detail about these rifles just because they embrace such a rich history, I hope you find the information interesting and learn something that you may not have known.
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I want to share this story. I was 15 years old about 10 years ago and I had girlfriend. I was interested about Simo Häyhä and read his book. After that I was exited and told my gf about Simo. My gf talked with his father about Simo (he has sharpshooter/marksman military training) and what did her father tell her!?! You know girl, you have sitted on the Simos lap in the 90's! Her father worked in Simos farm (in Ruokolahti) like over 10 years when he was young, and he was very good friend of Simo. We had so unreal feelings.. But thats it, very good film!! :)
That's actually really cool
Jyrgenstrator voi perkele
I`m glad that you are interested about Finnish history and weapons. My grandfather injured many times in ww2 and finally injured from shrapnel to lung. All those injuries took so heavy toll from him that he paralyzed after the war. My mother said that he was so active person that he recovered well and lived a full life after all that. His wife my grandmother lost three of her four brother`s in same war Those were really hard years for all finns. I`m proud of those strong people who lived through those times. They didin`t give up.
tuomas kaakkuri peace be with you and yours my brother.....
+chopper browning Thank you! It feels really good to read comment like that!
+tuomas kaakkuri Respect to the finnish soldiers of ww2!
tuomas kaakkuri peace to the fallen
Hey, Eric, the finnish sniper was Simo Hayha, he took down 542 soviet soldiers in 3 months only using his iron sight, of your rifle, he died on April 21 2002, he was overnamed ´´The white death´´.
There are 2 different counts said that Simo killed lol... and more likely is the bit smaller number....
Wekki Meif 505 rifle kills and 250 submachine gun kills. Both verified.
@@wekkimeif7720 yeah the bigger number is 700+
I bought one of these at a gun show about a year ago and I absolutely love it. The recoil is so light it feels like a 5.56 and you'd never know that your shooting a full power 7.62x54. It's accurate enough, and once you get the hang of it the straight bolt handle can be operated fairly quickly. I just love this gun so much. Not to mention it's Finnish which adds a good 25% to the awesomeness factor.
Its said that this rifle is the most accurate mass produced bolt action from ww2.
Each rifle was not allowed to leave the facility if it was not at least 1.3 MOA (1.3 inches if you did not know) at 10o yards. If they did not meet those standards, they would be scrapped and built till it was.
norman ee 10 yards is quite the distance
Shadow Oh crap sorry XD 100 yards.
Swedish M/96 and ´Swiss K31s are also very accurate.
Killjoy45 Most accurate Mosin? No doubt in my mind, he even said they were built from the ground up as match rifles compared to the Russian made ones. But 'most accurate mass produced bolt action from ww2' I highly doubt that. Firstly, because its such a sweeping statement (and painting something with broad strokes means theres going to be more exceptions) Secondly, The Mauser's (gew 98/k98, 1903) Lee enfield, and especially the k31 (if you count it as a WWII rifle) all had comparable accuracy in real world scenarios. But its definitely equivalent to the aforementioned rifles. Especially when you compare them to Russian made Mosins, which did have slightly lesser accuracy compared to other WWII rifles.
*random drunken Finn shows up*
*gigantic fucking thumbs-up, keep up good work*
*bye*
My grandfather used this rifle in the war, respect to him and everyone else that defended our country.
Simo Häyhä: 542 sniper kills (almost all with ironsights), 200+ SMG kills on top of that. In THREE months. Guy got wounded by a Russian explosive bullet to the jaw (explosive bullets were banned by the Geneva convention but the Russians didn't care). He wanted to join the Continuation War after the Winter War, but the higher ups wouldn't let him. He was too big of a hero to lose.
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sorry but russians got them with mortar fire not explosive bullet
Nope. It was an explosive bullet, look it up.
Yeah he got shot in the face.
They were verified, but apparently not initially (which is why some sources cite 505 rifle kills instead of 542). in addition to his rifle kills he also killed over 200 Russians with an SMG.
There are plenty of sources that verify this data, where as Marjomaa is just a single source. I'd like to see what exactly he bases his argument on. The reason why someone has for now managed to edit his claim to Wikipedia uncontested is purely due to the obscurity of the topic.
You will not be able to find verification for Häyhä's kills anywhere. These actions even in principle can't be verified retrospectively by anyone.
There simply are no sources. If you say there are "plenty" can you say what is their original source? Nothing but hearsay and possibly what had been told to some foreign news reporters in 1940 and copypasted or just inflated by them.
If the Finnish National Biographies and Mr Markku Palokangas for instance had had a number in a reliable source they certainly would have said it's 524, or whatever. "A couple of hundred" is the best and closest estimate we will ever get.
There is actually a further evolution of this rifle still in use in the Finnish military, it's called the TKIV 85. It's a very good rifle, although a bit heavy. Extremely accurate up to 800 meters. I shot it just last year when I was in the army, I hit very well to 750 meters to a 40cm by 45cm sized target. They all have a 4 times magnifying scope on them from Schmidt & Bender and some other manufacturer that I can't remember, my rifle had a S&B scope. Other more modern rifle in use is SAKO TRG 42 with 338 Lapua.
I also had my RK62 with a folding stock, only reason for jam in these guns is a rare bad magazine spring (people occasionally use them as barbecue sticks). I wouldn't want any other rifle out there in case shit hits the fan. In my opinion the best AK variant out there. I think my rifle was made in 1983 if I remember correctly. Again, extremely accurate.
My 1911 on the other hand was a piece of shit, totally worn out. It was a FN Herstal Belgium High Power, or something like that anyway. Extremely unreliable. Luckily those are being replaced with glocks, which are a lot better in every aspect.
I got to shoot a couple other guns too that our platoon had in in our use but those three guns I mentioned above were my personal issue weapons. Fun stuff and good times.
I live near the Torneo river, and i can tell you one thing: the scars of the Winter war still shows to this day. and my grandfather's cousin served in the Frivilighetskåren. Swedish Volunteers that fought with the Finns.
Wow, it's very nice to see an American with a very wide knowledge! Greetings from Finland!
Teqo7 I really appreciate what the Finnish people endured, especially during the Winter War. Just incredible!
This was a really good historical lecture about M39. Being a warhistory nerd myself I can explain, why we Finns got most of the information about Rssian troops's movements and supply droppings. From the Russians themselves. You see, the educational level of the Russian radists was not nough high at the beginning of the Winter war. So they could not use the code book, but were forced to use plain Russian. Naturally those who were receiving were correctly informed, but so were also the Finns. They were listening the frequences which the Russian military was using, and recorded the transmissions. There were pople, who understood Russian perfectly (most of them were native Russian speakers) and they made the translations and informed the military leaders. At least in Suomussalmi, Raate and in north of lake Ladoga this information was very, very important and contributed to the Finnish success in the northern front. In the Karelian isthmus the situation wass much more difficult for the Finns during the whole Winter war.
All this sound so familiar from ruSSias attempt to take Kiev from Feb 24th -22.. i guess the ruSSians never change//😂
I live in Fin(e)land and i was just wondering that its amazing how much you know about Finnish history! Very interesting!!
Salute from Finland. Very nice video!
i live in finland and i have never heard them called m39 they are allways been referred as "Ukko-Pekka"
Or "Pystykorva".
pystykorva is a different rifle, its official name is infantryrifle m27
kamalatharat
Thats a dog too isnt it? :)
Fredrik Häll Yes, it's also a dog. And the rifle was nick named after the upright 'ears' protecting front sight, somewhat similar to spitz.
kamalatharat
Awesome!
I just figured why: "Spets" in Swedish language (as in "Spetshund" (Spitzdog)) means "tip/point"..As in pointy ears! :D
Never thought a cute dog would give name to a weapon! :)
Nice to see a familiar face on your show. :) And like we say in finnish: Torilla tavataan.
Jep torilla tavataan :)
***** Helsinki ...
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Kimi Raikkonen
Great video! Regarding the point of reusing Russian ammo - interestingly enough, when I did my military service in 1992-1993 we were still building demolition charges using explosives captured from the Russians.
Chad has got some mad rifleman marksmanship skills.
Thanks for the video! After buying my first MN from a friend, I spent the past 2 weeks on a crash course history lesson. I ordered my M39 last night along with an SKS. I cant believe i am loosing sleep over this. My son and i are very excited to get to the range!!!
Love the videos, keep up the good work!!!
How does your M39 shoot?
It a great gun. We love it.1.5in at 100yds. I bought the first m39 from Classic Fire Arms. I have since ordered a taller front sight and another M39. I have to say it's addicting!! Im up to 16 c&r rifles this year... it's good to be single. I blame Eric for several of them!!!
I am a proud owner of a Finnish M39 Sk.Y from 1942, complete with SK.Y marked Bayonet (two of them) and a SK.Y marked sling and SK.Y Marked oil bottle. This was the same exact rifle that was used by the Finnish Civil Guard and boy is it a beauty. From what I've researched, only 10,000 of these unique rifles have been made. I will never sell it to anyone and I will teach my kids how to shoot it and tell them to never sell it to anyone no matter what.
+GoreTorn16 Lucky bastard... Keep good care of those babies or i will come by! regards, jealous Finnish.
Tarzan Roger that!
The Finnish M39's are probably the most desirable Mosin Action series of rifles.
Absolutely wonderful to shoot. Wouldn't sporterize one, but you have to wonder how much of a tack driver it could be if you did.
Great vid Eric.
Simo Häyä had 505 confirmed kills using an M28 and around 200 kills with a Suomi KP/-31 SMG, assuring a confirmed kill count of over 700.
In about three months. He was 5'3" and weighed about 120 pounds. There were 600 pounds of skill and courage there though.
Plus 50 kills with a pistol.
Markku Myllykoski
the guy was a war horse with balls the the same size!
A great soldier with a quality gun and opportunity is always is an issue to the opposition.
his name was simo häyhä
(i know he just miss spelled it)
Holy shit
The Finns have been so good at improving russian firearms.
Even Rk 62/95 are better than AKs.
SO good that the old RK-62's are now modernized because none of the modern rifle tested as a replacement were able to reach the qualifications. But those RK-62's do have ground receiver so they will basically last forever.
@@YoopsYoops So the RK-62M is not yet reached your unit? All those rifles should be modernized at some point. 🤔
Thanks for making a great video. I have shot the M39 for several years. Took out a beaver dam using steel core. It's the perfect product improved Mosin. If the SHTF,,,, grab an M39 and toss it in the truck.
Great history lesson right here. it was quite entertaining
Little more, Häyhä train hunting dogs almost to the end of his life. He was professional hunting dog trainer and hunt for hobby almost whole his life.
Great video; I love my M39
Hey! I get to toss out some old USMC knowledge, gained training to fight the Soviets in Norway. Yeah, I'm not 21. The Finns did a lot more than pop off rounds and ski away. They would ski through the night through the wilderness to a road Russians would be advancing on. Bring the Russian column under attack and split the Russian units up into smaller, isolated units. Then, a superior assault force would reduce each of the smaller, isolated Russian units one by one. Then, they'd ski away into the night of the wilderness before the Russians could counter-attack with greater numbers. Brilliant stuff. Yeah, ski warfare at its best. Went to a big NATO op in Norway with 3/2 in the 80s, where we tried to employ some of the same Finnish tactics. The Russians may have never learned their lesson, though, cause they got hit with similar tactics in Afghanistan. (Motorized infantry sucks. If you can't fight on foot, you can't freaking fight.) Although, the intel on the six Russian divisions poised to invade Norway in the advent of WW3, that we got, was that they had several divisions of ski troops, purely ski troopers, who were assigned to clear surrounding wilderness areas when their armored columns drove southward into Norway. So, maybe they did learn.
Heh. Today, contemplating how to fight Russians does not seem out of place.
Armored warfare doesn't work very well in the north. If you have mountains or a wooded area, you cannot employ armor against infantry effectively, and it would be difficult to attack with ski troops against entrenched infantry positions in the woods/mountains as well. Armor would still be stuck to the road and be a liability for the attacker. All that ski-infantry could do is to prevent the total loss of the armor column, but the column wouldn't go anywhere.
pandahki
Will have to disagree, very much. You say all that ski infantry could do is prevent the armored column from being destroyed. Not true. They can stop the attack on the column in the first place by skiing ahead and on the flanks of the column. If the (defensive) ski troopers are out of position, and the column is attacked, Finn-style, they can attack the (offensive) ski troopers, either driving them off or destroying them in place.
No, divisions of Russian ski troopers would have been a big problem in the NATO defense of Norway. We did all of our training under the assumption that the most difficult fighting we'd encounter would be fighting against other ski troopers in the hills and valleys alongside roads.
ClockCutter My point was that the tanks would have such a long road to go, they would only have very limited areas of effective use in the northern Skandinavia outside of the tundra and bogs (winter only). Therefore the war would be fought with infantry with the armor being a non factor in wooded areas.
Now, talking about "NATO defence" I assume that you are talking about US troops fighting in the north due to activation of article 5? Yes, you would have trouble. Russians would own with or without tanks. :) Norwegian native soldiers, that's much better odds.
pandahki That's a silly assumption grouping both russians and americans into a single bunch. The fact of the matter is in the far north Russians would be facing Finnish and Swedish partisans with Norwegian Alpine Troops against their 'Spetznaz' ski troopers. Any armor would be bogged down due to weight and mines.
That being said, american armed forces know how to fight in adverse conditions and train with Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian armed forces for the specific purpose of gaining insight into fighting in nordic conditions.
They're not the masters of it, but will do in a pinch.
The guns that our grandfathers. Wonderful to see that people from other countries besides my own show respect towards these rifles. Nice video as always!
Tuomas Raatikainen The ukko-pekka is one of my favorite mil-slurps. You Finns are incredibly resilient!
Great production quality on this video, especially the intro. A lot of great info as well, thanks.
Sniper Simo Häyhä killed over 500 russians with a rifle and 200 with a machine gun. When the russians finally started rushing and finns running away. Then Simo turned around for one more shot. Then he got shot in the face with and explosive bullet. But he lived and died 2002.
This is a request. If at all possible do a video of the Suomi SMG.
Meton12765 They’re impossible to find.
We did the same thing with AK-47. In Finland the basic service weapon is RK-62, wich is basically a bit improved version of AK-47. Then there is improved version of RK-62 called RK-95. It is mostly used by Finnish special ops and military police and so on.. Hopefully we don't have to use them. Bit worried about this because situation in Ukraine. Google "mainilan laukaukset" sounds fimilar with situation in Ukraine? They were russians excuse to attack in Finland back then..
"bit" lol have some confidence, the finnish valmet aks are refered as the best aks used by any contry
@@danehampe2972 Yep, they are really really good and way better quality than the AK. Sako and Valmet made them.
I want them all!!! I love all these old bolt action rifles!!
both Norwegians and Finns had ski soldiers, the finns rekt the russians with guerilla tactics, they outsmarted the russians plainly, norway sendt military aid to that war.
XortiXz maybe because norway was invaded?
Jop3lius so? I just pointed out that there were swedish volunteers aswell.
XortiXz and did it in a way that was disrespecting towards norways volunteers, they had war in their own country, yet they had people to come over to finland to fight.
XortiXz
and i just pointed out norway helped. and you had to mention that your country sent more, also put 3 dots at the end of "norway sent 727"
Jop3lius fabbbyyyy , well im sorry if i sounded disrespectful. I didn't mean to be disrespectful to anyone. I deleted my comment now.
Impressive how a yank knows so much about our small country's war history. Props to you man. Great video.
tapio111 You people “took it to the Ruskies” in the Winter War and you used vastly improved versions of their own rifles! We here in the US greatly admire the resiliency of you Finns!
Thank You, this service rifle was my grandfather carried during The Winter War. Rifle calls in Finland 'pystykorva', because rifles front sight protection gave it look-alike hunting dog ears.
always loved the 39 ,it has always been one of the most accurate of my military rifles. And definitely the most accurate of the mosins
People advocating a ban for "assault weapons" conveniently forget that it is this rifle model that has the record of the highest body count.
Suojeluninja And that’s just the tally of a single motivated & determined solder. Over all, bolt action, single shot rifles did untold damage in both offense & defense.
You guys could seriously record a movie. The cinematography in these videos is just fucking incredible. (sorry for the language, but it's true)
I just went to the Antique Arms Show here in my town of Las Vegas not expecting to buy anything.I saw rare Bulgarian Lugers,Japanese sniper rifles,very rare Pederson Device equiped 1903,and a super rare Air Service 1903 with a large magazine.Stuff you would see in a friggin museum.I came on the last row at the back end and found that Finnish M39 i had been looking for years.I managed to get it at $300.00 and took off running.That rifle must have been calling my name.The bore is good and tight.I have to shoot it on the range to see if it is as good or better than the old M28 i gave away foolishly.
I put mine on my lap as I watched this video. Still caked in cosmoline. Haven't even shot it.
That cosmo is eventually going to do a number on the wood stock. Get that gunk out of there.
Thanks for the tip. I'm getting on that.
It's been there 60 years probably, a few more minutes shouldn't hurt ;)
Just so ya know, that Finnish sinper is Simo Hayha. He quite possibly got over 700 kills with everything from his non scoped rifle, to his submachine gun. He was put into a coma by taking a goddamn sniper rifle round to the cheek, and woke up the day that Germany surrendered in 1945.
A true badass if I do say so myself.
He regained consciousness on March 13,1940, the day peace was declared between USSR and Finland.
yevgenz
oh, my mistake. I just heard it was when "the war" ended so that's where my mistake came from.
Jess James Maybe so but since they took the worst of german fur ''true'' or not the commies took the biggest bite and ate it to.
Your videos just keep getting better and better! The first part of this video was just beautifully shot, really great camera work. I hope you guys never cease to run this channel!
AWSOME video iv8888 Erick, I'm from Europe and your knowledge of European war history supersedes my own by leaps and bounds.
I love all Mosins. It's such a robust, overbuilt gun. I also love the 54r round. I just hope we continue to get some in. I have a fair amount but it's never enough.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO! more finnish gun reviews please... =) greetings from cold finland...
Sniper's name was Simo häyhä and here nice little fact:"He preferred to use iron sights rather than telescopic sights to present a smaller target for the enemy (a sniper must raise his head higher when using a telescopic sight), to increase accuracy (a telescopic sight's glass can fog up easily in cold weather), and to aid in concealment (sunlight glare in telescopic sight lenses can reveal a sniper's position)."
Good video, M39 was my initial service rifle with the Finnish Armed forces precision of that rifle is excellent when they test fired them @ 100 meters grouping had to be 25 mm or less otherwise it was rejected . At the end of my service Finnish version of AK47 ( made by Valmet )was brought out and became my service rifle as well I served with U.N Forces as well in Israel -Egypt war and Valmets AK was our service rifle there. Thank you from another vet keep up the good work!
When you're done shooting these are you Finnished?
Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
mse3700 Puns are the lowest form of comedy.
I absolutely love the Finn M39! I always wanted to make one into a sniper rifle, but I've never found one that was already altered when I had the money to buy it.
Just as an addition to the information provided in the video, the Finnish sniper that gained fame during the 1939-40 Winter War was named Simo Häyhä. He had 505 confirmed kills in just under 100 days, or more than five kills per day. He preferred to use an iron sighted rifle for several reasons. There was no chance of the scope fogging up in the sub-zero temperatures, and there was no chance of the sun glaring off the objective lens and giving away his position. If I'm not mistaken he also used a 9mm submachine gun for many of his kills. (Long range shots were not the norm in the evergreen forests of Finland.)
I enjoyed your presentation, it is nice seeing fellow collector's and people who actually study history. As for The White Death, he actually used a M28-30. It is actually on display too, I've always wanted to see it.
The snipers name was Simon Häyhä, and he was credited with 505 confirmed kills in 100 days, some sources say it can have go as high as ≈720. He was shot in the face with an exploding bullet by a counter sniper and was but into a coma. He did wake up, and lived to see the age of 96 years.
He was given a custom-built Sako M2/28-30 by the military command as an award for excellent service (This was one of many different weapons he used), he never utilized a scope, saying it would only give him away.
yeah he got 500rifle kills an 200smg kills
Funny story for you all we are still using modified mosin nagants as sniper rifles in our military which most have old soviet made bolts :)
They work good too, don't they.
Yeah but they start to be little outdated ;D
You can find pics from google with TKIV 85
Suomifinland perkele!
lol
koksi kaksi kolme!
ryssää turpaan ja karjala takas perkele
salo Kiva tietää :D Kiitos että kerroit.
Zcheick Ole hyvä vaan.
Got one of these back home. It's modified as it was not allowed back then to own military caliber guns in personal use. Seen lots of afterbored M39 around here and in the internet.
So it's made by my father for moose hunting. He was a gunsmith in the army in '63 were these guns still served as the most used handgun. He bought these used parts from there, took them home and after he finished his year in military he went back work continuing his metal worker/machinist career. There at work he machined the barrel from 7.62 to 8.2mm, original barrel was so slack it was useless anyway for it's own caliber. He also hand made the stock from birch, goes to about halfway of the barrel.
I enjoy shooting the gun, its light and easy to use, accurate and powerful. Stock is made so nicely, you could shoot it all day without any pain in your shoulder :)
Only bad thing about it is that the 8.2 ammunition is now days only made by Sako, and their 8.2 hammerhead cost from 2 to 3€ per bullet :(
It is difficult to choose a most favourite aspect of your videos ... you make an attempt to inform viewers about the weapons you are using, which is done without using very much jargon at all (so thanks for that!). I also enjoy the way that you approach the rifles honestly (you also show when you miss the target). Perhaps for me, as someone who is getting back to shooting full-bore, I enjoy the part of your videos when you have a friend to share the experience with - it has been many years since I had a shooting buddy. Your shooting buddy is there to see the misses (that all good friends stay quiet about!) but they are also there to see the unlikely or improbable hits ... Good times.
Keep up the great work and stay safe!
And the finnish WON the war, by defending! I love being finnish! I. LOOVE!
technically they didnt win but yeah id still call it a victory
They won in statistics, not really, because soviets got some of their land...
The Kamikaze the general said ”we got just and just enough land to bury the dead”
@@The_Kamikaze in terms of statistics, the finns kicked commie ass
Zombi_ripper fugggg :DDD
I blame YOU, Iraqveteran8888.
I blame you because...
I now own 3 of these damn things, and I love them all.
Haha my third is a 'cracked stock' from Classic Firearms that I plan to refinish. I plan to fix the cracks obviously, but I'm also thinking about staining it black, adding tru-oil to make it shine, or original finish (haven't decided yet), and maybe adding a repro PE scope from Accumounts, and of course the original-looking bent-down bolt. What do you think?
man just fix crack in stock an leave original finnish dont de value that rifle
I got mine from Classic as well....after seeing Eric’s “M39 Part II”. Sako barrel. Excellent shooter! My only complaint was the condition of the bore. It was slightly corroded from the Berdan primers, no doubt.
Man Eric, I love your videos. Thank you and keep em coming
I really liked the brief period of time where @Iraqveteran8888 was doing these intros. Very professional looking. Great stuff, love the channel.
What camera do you guys use? i really need to know for my videos xD
I'm guessing they are using some Canon DSLR.
Go to 240p on the gear on the video and you will be able to watch the video.
or 720 for hd
The best video about the M39 on TH-cam. This guy knows what he's talking about! Unfortunately despite a common belief the White death used another Finnish variant of Mosin known as M28 "Pystykorva" and not M39 "Ukko-Pekka".
M28-30 if I remember correctly
Congrats on the shout out from FPSrussia, this means you're a celebrity now.
Sweet milsurp rifle!
"One of the most decorated and honored snipers in history".
No! Simo Häyhä is not "one of the most", he IS the most succesful sniper in the history of the humankind.
Finland was the only country in WW2 which could turn down massive sadistic soviet attacks thus maintaining independence and not becoming a slave vassal state under the worst dictator in history.
And it was done by far smaller and poorly equipped army.
David Lee Roth such a beautiful story
Finland wasn't the only country to take on the Soviet attacks, Germans rapidly made success in the eastern front until the battle of Stalingrad
right on. nothing against russians. only communists
I have a really beat up M39 we pulled from a pawn shop. It slugs with a .309 and shoots beautifully. The receiver is dated 1895 from... Châtellerault france! The stock is beat to hell and the metal is almost 80% in the white, but who ever carried it took really good care of the bore. It has a beautiful trigger, breaks clean and cycles smooth even after 100+ rounds of surplus through it. M39's are beautiful rifles!
I passed up buying a few cherry M39's years ago. I have regretted it ever since. After watching your vid. I lament even more.
Excellent M39 history lecture. Enjoyed very much. What was the name of the Fin marksman?
+Tommi Salo I will look him up and read about him. Thanks
+Thomas Harrell There was saying in frontiers:If army had problems with enemy snipers,Simo Häyhä was called there and problem get resolved.
+Topi Valtanen when I see those guys shoot. I realize just how fantastic Hayha was. He would shoot an enemy soldier and vanish before anyone could return fire.
+Thomas Harrell To me most amazing thing was conditions he did it.Just imagine if temperature is allmost -40Celsius and you have to dig yourself in snow and lie there hours.That time wasnt any kind of goretex clothes and electrically warmed gloves.
+Topi Valtanen yes. Hayha had to be made out of saddle leather and whoop ass. And he surly had a severe dislike for the Russians. A real human wolverine.
Gotta give it to Simo. The White Death.
Think. Just what do you need to do to get That nickname. It's not from coming your own initiative, it's not coming from your own mates. Your Enemy called you with that name. Your Enemy. Goddamnit.
msumungo stuffed his mouth with snow so the enemy couldnt see his breath
Beautiful rifle! I wish Classic Arms in Monroe,NC still had the M39 “Sako”. I would love to have one! I enjoyed watching your tour of their place and opening the crates and boxes! Hearing the banding straps “release” was awesome! Again, beautiful rifles. Thanks for sharing the video of that event!
Based on my experience with my M39, it's quite accurate but the Swiss K31 is in a class by itself.
Then again, my K31 very clearly got used less than my M39, and the Swiss GP11 is essentially match-grade ammo. Maybe if I handloaded I could close the gap, but I'm too lazy for that.
Wow, eagle eye Chad never misses.
Very cool!
Without a doubt one of, if not the best firearms channel on youtube. You guys have come a long way since your early videos (which were still great). Love learning the history of these guns along with the reviews.
Excellent video and display of marksmanship. I really enjoy your channel. Stay warm!
Those guns nailed many ruskies !! So handle it it like your first lady ;D
Classic Firearms just got a bunch in.
14,000 rifles to be exact
I have a Mosin Nagant 91 30 with all matching serial numbered parts and its complete with the Bayonet, and two weeks ago I picked up an M39 in excellent condition, one of the nicest M39's I've seen for $200.00... Excellent review, and some nice shooting I might add......
Where in the hell did you see M39s for $200.00
+Shinobi V 101 I'm in Minnesota and they had a couple in North Branch, Mn. at Bullseye Gun Shop & Range last year and I picked one up, didn't have any extra money at the time or I'd picked up a couple of them.
I have an M39 as well. A VKT 1941 built on an 1897 Sestroryetsk receiver. It can reach way out there and touch things. 400 yards out there.
YEAH FINLAND
You should try Sako RK 62 or RK 95. Finnish assault rifle. that one in my picture.
Very expensive rifles in United States. About 4000-5000 dollars a piece. And you can´t get them anywhere.
***** sad they dont make those anymore they are very pricy here in finland as well, when they were still produced they were much cheaper
***** Really? My dad bought one for my birthday for about 750€ Good deal was that.
Glad to know I'm not the only one obsessed with that rifle. Best AK rifle in the world and possibly the best assault rifle in the world. Too bad they are expensive as hell.
RyuakiraX nowdays they cost 1500e here in finland
I recently purchased a M39 and cannot wait to get it out to the rifle range. Keep cranking out the great milsurp videos!
About time someone gave the wonderful M39 some love. I own a M39 and it's my favorite milsurp rifle. Mine is a 1944 VKT D barrel and is extremely accurate....Thanks IV8888. Love your channel.
Cool stuff I wasn't aware of these rifles and actually, I wasn't aware than the Finns were fighting the Russians prior and early in WWII so I learned quite a bit here!
Jeez, where did you go to school? Until now you never heard of the Winter War or the Continuation War? It's called "history" and they used to teach it out of "books" back when an education was worth something. The story of the Finn's struggles against the Soviets is well worth looking up and reading.
bret thompson No need to be condescending about it. I did a quick Google search about the subject and it seems many who knew the basics of WWII history were not familiar with the Winter War. Anyway, I'm probably like half your age and for what it's worth, I'm a Canadian so I went to school in Canada. I don't think anyone would dare compare the US educational system to ours... or any other 1st world nations for that matter. So who are you to ask where I went to school?
From 1809 until 1917, Finland was a semi-autonomous Grand Duchy within of the Russian Empire.The Czar would appoint a governor to rule over Finland, and several of the later governors tried to wipe out Finnish culture and force the Finns to "become Russian". The Finns were...not happy with this, to say the least. And when Czar Nicholas II was overthrown, they took the opportunity to break away as an independent nation. Immediately afterward there was a civil war between the "White Finns" and the communist "Red Finns" (backed up by some Soviet Russian troops). The Whites won, leaving Finland with large stocks of Mosin-Nagants (both captured during the war and from former Russian military bases that the new nation inherited).
yeah thats nonsense. modern academia is quite aware of all these events. winter war isnt well known mainly because of the huge developments and tensions all over the workd at the same time.
RedXlV Actually most of the 19th century was a very good time for the Finns, especially compared to the previous centuries with their almost constant warfare. It wasn't anything "semi-autonomous", we had our own laws, currency, postal system, the Customs, army etc. Finland also had her own government and was the first country in the world to grant the universal and equal suffrage (both the right to vote and stand for elections) to everone of age regardless of gender, ethnicity, wealth or social class in 1906. Finns were finally able to study in Finnish (and didn't have to study in Swedish) and papers and books started to be published in Finnish. There is still a statue of Tsar Alexander II in the middle of Helsinki, erected by Finns.
The Russians made a big mistake of facing a cornered beast.
I purchased a M39 dated 1941 VKT 2yr ago to add to my C&R rifle collection. I read a fair amount about it and use in the Finish military. It's great to watch a quality video putting the M39 through the paces>
Simo Häyhä is the sniper's name. He also used the Suomi SMG to get kills. His career ended with a bullet in the face. It didn't kill him, but his soldiering days were over. He lived to an old age, and I believe he died in 2002
M39 käteen ja ryssä jahtiin ja putin hirteen
Akseli Ruokonen kyllä!!!
Ja ryssistä riistaa!!
Akseli Ruokonen LOL
Jykä Käteinen ennemmin, saatana.
Akseli Ruokonen suomi yksin ei pärjä venäjälle nyky sodassa
Thanks for posting and watching and Simo Häyhä has a confirmed kill count of 505 with a Finn M27 and 200 with a Soumi Sub machine gun for a total of 705 and is known as White Death by the Russians and did not use any optics with his weapons to utilize a low profile for better concealment.
Of course as I'm Finnish I must tell u two words. Simo Häyhä. He used this rifle whith it's iron sights and has still record as worlds top sniper. He killed 500-550 soviets during winter war that lasted just 3 months. He injured to his jaw by russian bullet and his war was over but he didn't die on that and lived 96 years old. :)
Loved this video, heard a lot of finnish war stories from my grandfather & my father who retelled many of them to me. The M39 is a truly beautiful rifle! Keep up the good work!
This vs the Swedish m/96?
Hey, just saw FPSRussias video using the Moss Pawn Mosin
right!?! I was like OH SHIT lol
I have an m39 that i bought at a pawn shop. It's the best rifle i've ever shot. I love that thing. Nice video.
This might be the best camera work I’ve seen in any of yalls videos
yea theres just audio, screen is black. and the audio is glitching out too. keeps briefly pausing.
refer to my post above
change ur video quality it then works
AUDIO ONLY!?!?!
What the hell happened?
change ur video quality it then works
same thing happened to me, go HD
I have a M39 and I love mine. I saw on the Discovery Channel a few weeks ago a program on Alaskan Homesteaders and there was a Eskimo woman and she was using a as issue M39 to protect her children against wolves. It was nice to see one in real use other than just on a range.
Im Finnish and i was told facts i didn't know about my country. Thank you guys