Hello, I just wanted to share a cool Finnish Civil Guard marked 1916 Remington M91 rifle I picked up from gunbroker a little while back. My main interest (obsession) is Russian Imperial/Finnish M91's and other variants, particularly Civil Guard marked. This one appears to have 3 separate CG numbers along with the usual SA stamp. Not only is this another Finn'd M91 for my collection, it completes the Remington years of production as I also have a Finn'd Remington 1917 and a Spanish Civil War Remington 1918. Along with the hard to find year and cool CG markings, the stock is a beautiful early Russian one piece stock with a French Chatellerault buttplate and several plugged holes for various sling attachments through the years. There also appears to be some sort of script writing on the left hand buttstock. Bore is good, strong rifling and reflects light, it's not great and didn't clean up much after a few rounds at the range but I didn't buy it for a shooter anyway. My only real problem with this rifle is figuring out how to add a sling as I'm kind of an accessories nut...I'm ok with leaving it alone though. Cleaning rod is Tula hammer marked, I don't see arsenal markings too often on my M91 cleaning rods so that was a nice bonus. The two CG numbers on the side of the barrel are 122063 and 124776, not sure about the number on top of receiver. Information from user Mangrove on Gunboards:
"S 122063 = Ylitornio Civil Guard.
S 124776 = Savukoski Civil Guard. Savukoski is the most sparsely inhabited municipality in Finland as of 2021."
I love the history of these Finn marked M91's, especially the thought of this rifle being used by some old weathered Finn guarding his home district, haha...
Please enjoy the pictures, any comments/additional information is welcome!
Thanks
-John
"S 122063 = Ylitornio Civil Guard.
S 124776 = Savukoski Civil Guard. Savukoski is the most sparsely inhabited municipality in Finland as of 2021."
I love the history of these Finn marked M91's, especially the thought of this rifle being used by some old weathered Finn guarding his home district, haha...
Please enjoy the pictures, any comments/additional information is welcome!
Thanks
-John
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