Nice Finn Valmet M39 Mosin-Nagant on 1896 Receiver!

A quite nice condition Finnish Mosin-Nagant Valmet Model 39 with just minor handling wear since it was Finnish arsenal rebuilt. It was built using a Valmet (“VKT”) barrel and a 1896-dated Russian Izhevsk receiver.  The blue finish shows almost no wear, the stock is in amazing condition with hardly any handling marks and it has the WWII seam wood splice. (See the photos.) Has the scarce double sling swivel front band. The bore on this rifle is excellent — gorgeous bright and shiny with sharp rifling. It easily passed a bullet muzzle test.  Has a nice light but long trigger pull.  Serial # 3853X. The receiver tang is clearly dated “96” (under the wood). The cleaning rod is absent. This is very likely one of the Pat Burns “hand select” quality M39s. They are very hard to find in this condition, and on an antique receiver!  I’ve only found a few M39s that were built on antique receivers and they seem to sell immediately after I catalog them. (EPBN-039)