Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

In 1939 this rifle was a Russian capture re-worked by the Finnish army and issued to their own troops. You see when Russia invaded Finland they got the living shit kicked out of them as the Fins used Guerrilla warfare to push them back.

The Russian losses were enormous as the Fins captured so much (unused) equipment/rifles that they'd shoot the (tens of thousands) captured rifles to find the real shooters, issue them to their own troops, and then throw rest in the melting pot.

Anyway, the Fins who were always outnumbered are brilliant military strategists and well, perfectionist. S
Finally, what makes my rifle so valuable? It came with a maintenance logbook numbered to the rifle. Not only has that rifle been in combat, but in the back of the book there is a section titled (translates to) "broken sticks". Many logged broken sticks.