Most people never see or even don't know Finnish had made M39 sniper rifle. The reason for this is Finnish only made less than 1000 sniper rifles. There are three types M39 sniper rifles had been made.
First, the very rare M39 PH Sniper Rifle. This is without a doubt one of the most rare military rifles one will ever encounter as only 100 or so of these were ever made in 1943. To use the somewhat odd Physic scope a special raised cheek piece was added to the stock.
Top and bottom view of the M39PH Sniper Rifle
The scope of the M39PH is its case
The view from the scope
The odd stock that allowed the use of the scope on the rifle. A top view of the stock. The scope was fitted so far to the left of the rifle that this cheekpiece needed to be added so the shooter could get correct line of sight.
Second, The m/39 SOV was an attempt to use the captured top mount PE scopes and mounts that were coming in from the front in the conflict with the Soviet Union. It married the excellent m/39 and its exceptional accuracy with a rugged proven scope and mount design. The Finns made copies of the Russian mount and the work of fabricating the snipers was done at the State Rifle Factory or VKT. This was the most abundant of the snipers made by the Finn's with a little less than 200 being made.
The m/39 SOV scope and mount. This example from the authors collection has a Finnish marked scope as pictured-the boxed [SA]
The right side view of the scope and mount. The base is one of only a couple hundred made by the State Rifle Factory (VKT) and is marked VKT on the left and the boxed [SA] denoting Finnish military property
Third, very rare example of a M39 sniper is the M43 that is fitted with a Finnish Ajack type scope. Only 500 of these scopes were sent to Finland in 1943 and again these are a very rare rifle.
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