tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659715953846222592.post7093591763164177237..comments2023-11-03T02:59:20.738-07:00Comments on BLACKFORK: TSRA Gunshow at Mesquite Rodeo Convention Center.Robert Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659715953846222592.post-17345148807332594862014-06-28T19:58:24.983-07:002014-06-28T19:58:24.983-07:00The target rifle is a Finnish Mosin Nagant model 2...The target rifle is a Finnish Mosin Nagant model 28/76. I have one- the peep sights make it a very accurate shooter. It was the last upgrade they made for the 7.62x54r round just before the 1980's- after that they joined the 7.62x51 NATO round with the TKIV 85 aka "Tak 85", of which none I know of have ever made it to American shores. The $700 price tag on this one would make it sell quick nowadays. Only I think 700 M28/76 made it into they country and it seems everyone wants one & no one is selling. The bent bolt on it is to scope it, but I enjoy it's unique peep sights far to much to put glass on her- plus the proper Sako scope mounts are fetching ~$400. these days... D:Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557441610909723012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659715953846222592.post-9465442723445886022012-02-29T08:34:58.355-08:002012-02-29T08:34:58.355-08:00That rifle is a Finnish Mosin target rifle used fo...That rifle is a Finnish Mosin target rifle used for training and competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659715953846222592.post-62387704185559504592012-02-27T10:14:15.880-08:002012-02-27T10:14:15.880-08:00Blackfork:
A late family friend fought the Russian...Blackfork:<br />A late family friend fought the Russians in the Russo-Finnish War. <br />He was an American but Finnish in extraction. Went to help out <br />the mother country. <br /> <br />Fought for a month as a machine gunner running a Lahti-Salorata light MG.<br /><br />I think he was issued a <br />Browning HP as a pistol. So long <br />afterward it was hard for him to tell but the BHP looked most like it to him.<br /> <br />He told me that was enough combat for him and the war ended then anyway. He didn't stay for "The Continuation War." <br /><br />Later he was in the Coastal Artillery in the U.S. Army. He lost most of the sight in one eye when a gun blew up.<br /><br />Ocean going sailor after the war. <br />Fanatic ice fisherman after he <br />retired. <br /> <br />Good guy, missed by all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com