Amazing that almost 50 years after it was made the Finns used a reamer and opened up the throat to accept the D166 bullet.
I also noticed from the large "D" stamp.Jeremy, would you mind going into a little more detail on the D166 bullet and the alterations the Fins made to Russian rifles? This one is a Finnish capture, as you can probably tell from the arctic birch stock.
I also noticed from the large "D" stamp.
Once the Finns accepted the D166 200grn FMJ as the standard round they found the ogive on that rounds was a little farther forward than most x54 bullets. So to alleviate any chance of jamming the round into the rifling and causing a pressure spike...they slightly reamed the throat to open it up for the D166.
Once they were opened up they were stamped with a large "D" to denote it being ready for the D166 round.
Not sure..never shot the new commercial stuff. I use milsurp or handloads.
It will be a copy of the military light ball loadThe Tula stuff is 148grain. Not sure about the load data
Pics or it didn't happen!!One is an imperial era dated 1902...one is a tula from 1937...those are the finn captures. The m28 is finn built.
There is also an ex dragoon in the mix but it is not a finn