Finnish M91/24
Mossin Nagant 7.62x54R
Updated Sep 2004
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This rifle was sort of a lucky find. A collector had died and his estate had placed all his collection up for sale in a gun shop.  I was drooling all over a Long Lee and a Lee Enfield Calvary Carbine but I could not justify the prices ($800 range)  Then I saw this rifle, I was just getting interested in Nagants, I had a M44 by this time and thought that I should add another to my collection.  Well the gun shop was not sure of what they had, they knew it was a Finnish Civil Guard rifle, but that was all.  It was priced very reasonable and I think I got it for a steal of a deal.  Since then I've seen similar rifles prices at almost twice what I paid.  Will this boost my retirement fund significantly, I don't think so, but its a nice addition to the collection.

Update

Well I guess its time to up-date the page.  I have done a lot more research on this rifle and I have taken it out shooting a few times.  Needless to say it shoots very well.  I am using older military surplus 174grn ball ammo, which I am assuming is corrosive.  So it's shoot then clean with boiling water and ammonia, followed by a normal cleaning and final oiling.  I have noticed a few other things about this rifle as well.  I don't know if it is in it's original stock.  The bands are Finnish but the sling swivels and, cleaning rod are the Soviet style.  But this may mean nothing as the original rifle was Soviet and the parts may have been swapped around in the field at some time, or were in good enough condition that they were never changed.

The rifle itself was manufactured by the Tula arsenal in Russia in 1904.  The Finns did the stepped SIG barreled Civil Guard conversions in 1926-27.  The bolt body and, bolt head were made in in the Izhevsk arsenal, as well as the trigger.  The trigger has a spring added as part of the Finnish rebuild.  The trigger guard is also of Izhevsk manufacture.  The Metal but plate has no serial number or manufacturers stamping on it.  The only mark is a very small A in a box near the toe

I have a lot of research to do on this rifle still. 
Hexagon receiver, barrel knox
You can see the Civil Guard logo, S with 3 fir tree branches in a shield as well as a triangular stamp "Christmas tree" that signifies that a barrel wear problem has been fixed by shorting and rechambering the barrel. 
The lower picture shows the Finnish Army acceptance mark SA in a box stamp
Barrel details 
SIG barrel makers mark.
=S=, Finnish Civil Guard acceptance mark
Front sight without the soviet style hood
The SIG barrels came in two types the lighter straight barrel (aprox 2500) and the later heavier steped barrel (aprox 5000) I have the steped barrel varity
Soviet style cleaning rod, the Finnish rod was narrower, but it seems common to have Soviet style cleaning rods on M91/24's 
Right side of rear sight
The Finns modified the rear sight.  Some had 150m or 200m notch filed into the sight, this one has the new style V notch and the ramp is the original Soviet style, only renumbered in meters.  The Soviets used a measure of ashkins (paces)