M28 FrankenFinn

[fintowin]

I picked up a SIG M28 at a show yesterday, but it is in an m39 stock. I think I got it cheap enough ($275 otd) to overlook that, while I keep on the lookout for a proper stock. I'm sure that wont be too easy, though. The bore is mirror perfect, and should be a good shooter with reloads, seeing that the barrel has no D or F stamp anywhere. The trigger is a really nice two stage. Rear sight is not modified.

[fintowin]

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[bunkysdad]

Well how about that. Now you just need a M39 in a M28 stock.

[fintowin]

That date on the underside of the barrel is '27

[fintowin]

Well how about that. Now you just need a M39 in a M28 stock.

Wouldn't that be something. At the same price would be even better.

[Gunowner99]

Looks pretty sweet!

[Sirex]

I think it looks nice as is, but if you really want a M28 stock, Liberty Tree had them last I saw. Not cheap, but then you could sell the M39 stock on Ebay to recoup costs.

[desdem12]

I saw this or one like it on Gb for a while.

[jonnyboy091373]

That date on the underside of the barrel is '27

How important is it that those witness marks line up on a rifle?
Beautiful looking rifle you have there. I bet it shoots amazingly.

[zeebill]

I think it looks nice as is, but if you really want a M28 stock, Liberty Tree had them last I saw. Not cheap, but then you could sell the M39 stock on Ebay to recoup costs.

Do not buy a Finn M28 stock as there is a good chance that rifle was put in that stock by the Finn's and not somebody here in the states. They did those sort of things especially to get a great shooting Finn M28 in the field, even after the wars this is possible. Post us some nice multiple pictures of the rifle channel and the insides of that stock and lets have a look for any fresh wood work. If there is none it is a good chance the stock work was done by the Finns. I am getting to the point where I freak out when I hear the phrase nice rifle even though it is in the wrong stock!!!! Who the heck appointed us God to decide that? Things like tang dates pressed in to the wood showing the rifle and stock as being together for quite awhile and show many naysayers to stock and action combination being wrong. No fresh wood work in the channel and dark older mods only point toward the combination as having been together awhile even if the combination is basically not right. You can not jump to conclusions and have to look closely at things before you cry foul on things with Finn rifles.

That is a very nice rifle and looks to be in great shape to be a good shooter too. Congrats! Bill

[Sirex]

I think it looks nice as is, but if you really want a M28 stock, Liberty Tree had them last I saw. Not cheap, but then you could sell the M39 stock on Ebay to recoup costs.

Do not buy a Finn M28 stock as there is a good chance that rifle was put in that stock by the Finn's and not somebody here in the states. They did those sort of things especially to get a great shooting Finn M28 in the field, even after the wars this is possible. Post us some nice multiple pictures of the rifle channel and the insides of that stock and lets have a look for any fresh wood work. If there is none it is a good chance the stock work was done by the Finns. I am getting to the point where I freak out when I hear the phrase nice rifle even though it is in the wrong stock!!!! Who the heck appointed us God to decide that? Things like tang dates pressed in to the wood showing the rifle and stock as being together for quite awhile and show many naysayers to stock and action combination being wrong. No fresh wood work in the channel and dark older mods only point toward the combination as having been together awhile even if the combination is basically not right. You can not jump to conclusions and have to look closely at things before you cry foul on things with Finn rifles.

That is a very nice rifle and looks to be in great shape to be a good shooter too. Congrats! Bill

Wow. I simply stated the rifle looks good as it sits. He suggested it was in the wrong stock and specifically stated he was on the look out for a M28 stock, all I did was point him in a direction. I never suggested it was wrong or that he SHOULD swap the stock. That was his idea, read his initial post.

[Junk Yard Dog]

He will have a beard down past his knees, and the US economy booming with the deficit paid off before he finds a good spare M28 stock, rare as hens teeth comes to mind. I would also tend to think the Finns did the stock job, it looks too finished, and correct.

[zeebill]

I think it looks nice as is, but if you really want a M28 stock, Liberty Tree had them last I saw. Not cheap, but then you could sell the M39 stock on Ebay to recoup costs.

Do not buy a Finn M28 stock as there is a good chance that rifle was put in that stock by the Finn's and not somebody here in the states. They did those sort of things especially to get a great shooting Finn M28 in the field, even after the wars this is possible. Post us some nice multiple pictures of the rifle channel and the insides of that stock and lets have a look for any fresh wood work. If there is none it is a good chance the stock work was done by the Finns. I am getting to the point where I freak out when I hear the phrase nice rifle even though it is in the wrong stock!!!! Who the heck appointed us God to decide that? Things like tang dates pressed in to the wood showing the rifle and stock as being together for quite awhile and show many naysayers to stock and action combination being wrong. No fresh wood work in the channel and dark older mods only point toward the combination as having been together awhile even if the combination is basically not right. You can not jump to conclusions and have to look closely at things before you cry foul on things with Finn rifles.

That is a very nice rifle and looks to be in great shape to be a good shooter too. Congrats! Bill

Wow. I simply stated the rifle looks good as it sits. He suggested it was in the wrong stock and specifically stated he was on the look out for a M28 stock, all I did was point him in a direction. I never suggested it was wrong or that he SHOULD swap the stock. That was his idea, read his initial post.

Sirex sorry I pulled the wrong post in my haste to point out the rightness of the stock it is in. My bad! Apologies extended! That is what happens when you get burned out being set up at a slow gun show in bad weather and come home and try anything that should make sense! Duh!!!! Again Sorry! Bill

[fintowin]

I know the stock is nearly impossible to find. I mentioned it in my initial post. I will have no problem living with it the way it is, though. By the way, is there a particular date on these that is harder to find than the rest? This one is '27.

[Teleoceras]

I think it looks nice as is, but if you really want a M28 stock, Liberty Tree had them last I saw. Not cheap, but then you could sell the M39 stock on Ebay to recoup costs.

Do not buy a Finn M28 stock as there is a good chance that rifle was put in that stock by the Finn's and not somebody here in the states. They did those sort of things especially to get a great shooting Finn M28 in the field, even after the wars this is possible. Post us some nice multiple pictures of the rifle channel and the insides of that stock and lets have a look for any fresh wood work. If there is none it is a good chance the stock work was done by the Finns. I am getting to the point where I freak out when I hear the phrase nice rifle even though it is in the wrong stock!!!! Who the heck appointed us God to decide that? Things like tang dates pressed in to the wood showing the rifle and stock as being together for quite awhile and show many naysayers to stock and action combination being wrong. No fresh wood work in the channel and dark older mods only point toward the combination as having been together awhile even if the combination is basically not right. You can not jump to conclusions and have to look closely at things before you cry foul on things with Finn rifles.

That is a very nice rifle and looks to be in great shape to be a good shooter too. Congrats! Bill

I have to agree. That stock is a post war stock and it is a very real possibility that the Finnish placed the barreled action into an M39 stock just to make a serviceable rifle. If that is the case, then you really do a a very rare bird there!

[bunkysdad]

Yep, maybe even more special.

[Gunowner99]

I'd not pass it up.

[vis_ionmas_ter]

Is the extra spring behind the trigger a bubba job? Ive looked into doing that with my m44, but can never seem to find the right sized chip clip to remove it from.

[fintowin]

Is the extra spring behind the trigger a bubba job? Ive looked into doing that with my m44, but can never seem to find the right sized chip clip to remove it from.

I read on the 7.62x54r.net site that the Finns put the "mousetrap" spring in the m28's.

[qz2026]

Wow, that M28 looks too cool in the M-39 stock. I'm with the dog. Looks to good not to be professionally fitted by the Finns. Awesome