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More commonly referred to as the M24 in America, the Finnish M91/24 would start the trend of Finland re-barreling Mosin Nagant rifles. In the early 1920's, the Finnish Civil guard found many of their Mosins needed new barrels, and because domestic production had not started yet, they would contract with Germany and Switzerland for 26,000 new Mosin barrels. The money was provided by the Lotta-Svärd, who collected around half a million Finnish marks for this project
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The easiest way to identify one of these M24 rifles is the Finnish Civil Guard shield that is found on the center of the barrel:
Finnish Civil Guard bicycle troops at night during 1940
Thérèse Bonney © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. This work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Finnish soldier with stepped barreled Mosin taking a break on the road to Heinola
Thérèse Bonney © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. This work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Three Finnish soldiers on the road to Heinola
Thérèse Bonney © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. This work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
The field bishop happily chatting with the men
Uutujärvi. Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva
Finnish soldiers transporting grain using a sled
I/JR51 has had to fight in the area of five 1:20,000 map sheets, so the cargo transport has been difficult. In the picture, a "market sleigh" found on the island, which the boys have deemed suitable for transporting grain. The soldier on the right has a Finnish Mosin with a stepped barrel
Finnish soldier with heavy barreled Mosin & feldspaten
Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva
Limit crossed
Note the Boys Anti Tank Rifle. The soldier on the right has an M91 with a stepped barrel. Virolahti, terrain between Koskelankylä and Himaniemi. Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva
Kyrönsalmi bridge guard
Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva
Warrior type in Kollaanjoki I/JR.
Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva
At Suistamo on the third day of the Winter War
This soldier is using an uncommon Mosin variant which has a stepped barrel. Photo courtesy of SA-Kuva