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I completely disassembled my M39 for a cleaning & inspection & made some discoveries that left me feeling a bit confused.
Once I soaked the barrel & reciever in gun scrubber, after it started to dry off, light surface rust started to appear on the barrel, so I wiped it all down with 0000 grade steel wool then soaked it in Remington's Rem Oil so it hopefully won't come back. It appears that it'll immediately start to surface rust if it is not coated in oil.
Apparently the barrel that came on my M39 may have been manufactured in the United States. It is marked underneath M.39 Finland TU Knox, TN.
I'm immediately guessing this was made in Knoxville, Tennessee, not in Finland.
Next, I found at muzzle end of barrel a marking for the caliber.
Is this mark on the originals?
Here's markings I found on underside of reciever.
Beats the hell out of me what they are or mean.
I also found on topside of barrel, near front side a # 33 that appears to have been crossed out & a 78 underneath it. Does anyone know what this means?
Are they just inspectors #s?
The underside of the reciever tang is dated 1896 & under the trigger is a #34 & at end of tang is a # 3.
The barrel has the Sako mark & it's dated 1943, so, did Finland outsource barrel manufacturing to Knoxville, Tennessee in the 1940s, or am I missing something here?
does this Knox, TN mean something else.
Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I just wanted to know.
Thanks
Once I soaked the barrel & reciever in gun scrubber, after it started to dry off, light surface rust started to appear on the barrel, so I wiped it all down with 0000 grade steel wool then soaked it in Remington's Rem Oil so it hopefully won't come back. It appears that it'll immediately start to surface rust if it is not coated in oil.
Apparently the barrel that came on my M39 may have been manufactured in the United States. It is marked underneath M.39 Finland TU Knox, TN.
I'm immediately guessing this was made in Knoxville, Tennessee, not in Finland.
Next, I found at muzzle end of barrel a marking for the caliber.
Is this mark on the originals?
Here's markings I found on underside of reciever.
Beats the hell out of me what they are or mean.
I also found on topside of barrel, near front side a # 33 that appears to have been crossed out & a 78 underneath it. Does anyone know what this means?
Are they just inspectors #s?
The underside of the reciever tang is dated 1896 & under the trigger is a #34 & at end of tang is a # 3.
The barrel has the Sako mark & it's dated 1943, so, did Finland outsource barrel manufacturing to Knoxville, Tennessee in the 1940s, or am I missing something here?
does this Knox, TN mean something else.
Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I just wanted to know.
Thanks