Finnish MNs in film

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KSFreeman

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That MN bolt handle thread reminded me of something I have been meaning to ask the learned forum. Several months ago I was watching the Finnish film "The Winter War" about the Russo-Finnish War of 1939. One of the soldiers urges his comrades to take the bolts out of the Soviet weapons and put them in the Finn rifles.

What's the deal with this? Anything? Gun shop commando crap that got into a movie? Anyone?
 
Russian bolts are made with looser tolerances then finn ones, so in extreme cold, when you have a problem of frozen oil and ice buildup on the bolt, Russian bolts will function better then finn.
 
Oktagon, thanks for input. Really?!

Hmmmm. You think the Finn inginears at Sako would have thought that it may get extremely cold in Finland. Well, Sako's main factory is in SOUTHERN Finland and it is owned by the government (maybe that explains a lot).
 
Most likely complete BS.All bolts and receivers used with
finnish rifles were made in Russia.And it was russians
weaponry that had malfunction problems!!

Ps.I have seen this film and obviously need no subtitles
or sound dubbing and the original line at finnish was"Take a russian bolt and so you won´t have problems with sand"
 
Knutzke, Are you sure about that? Finland didn't make recievers but they made barrels, stocks, and some small parts. I have a M39 Mosin with the Sako gearwheel and 'S' on the rearmost bolt piece. My assumption was that that part was made by Sako.

The frontmost bolt piece (containing the bolt face) controls the headspace. The Finns might have held tighter headspacing tolerances than the Russians.
 
AC,
Your conclusion about tighter headspacing tolerances is true,
but if headspacing tolerance is increased to size of a sand grain
that particular gun might be more dangerous to shooter than
the enemy!However,the bolt swap might help to freesing problems.
 
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