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1924

Böhler

M24 Stepped Barrel

American Dad x7

M24 rifles are Russian M91s that have been re-barrled by the Finnish Civil Guard. Many M24s eventually became Finnish military property. This rifle does not have the SA mark, suggesting it never became a military rifle. Because of this it has a great bore. The numbers on the side of the barrel shank indicate the Civil guard District this rifle was used in. The stock is in extremely rough shape, but I like it.
I am VERY curious if anyone knows what the letters on the tang mean. It should be the date of manufacturing, but this one looks to only have the Tula hammer and the letters BN. The lower section of the tang has an SH. I can not find any info on this. It does not have a grease hole.
Thank you.

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American Dad x7
American Dad x7
Jan 16

You guys are so great! Thanks for the help.

It would also be really funny if 1894 is the reciever date because I currently have a 1904, 1914, 1924, and a 1944.

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German373
Jan 16
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Wow, all you need is to find 1934 dated mosin and you will have a full house!!! That’s cool!!!

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Big Sam
Big Sam
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Jan 15

I can't be 100% sure (I'm still researching this), but it is likely the receiver is an 1894 Tula. It seems during that year, they did not usually stamp the date on the tang, and they also did not stamp a crest on the receiver. After 1894, you should almost always expect to find both of those on a Tula receiver. Before 1894 should have a grease hole in the receiver

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German373
Jan 15
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Dear Big Sam! After your comment I remembered about one detail on the receiver, which differs tsar era receivers from early soviet ones; this is a stripper clip guide shape! Emperial receivers have more elegant shape of the clip guide, when soviet clip guide are more robust and angled! I quickly made a collage with comparison of photos of this m/24 receiver, my emperial Izhevsk receiver and 1924 Tula receiver:



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German373
Jan 14

Wow, beautiful rifle! It looks like the receiver is early soviet Tula production, because it hasn’t an imperial eagle, letters BN are actually V.P, in russian В.П.(военная приемка), military proof commission marking, can say it as Russian! But the letters S.H. are strange, but interesting! In the near future I’ll be in Tula arms museum, and will try to ask a familiar museum archive worker about this marking)

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American Dad x7
American Dad x7
Jan 14
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It would be amazing if you could check that for me! It would be interesting if it was some sort of special production.

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