Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. Phillip Peterson
V.G.
Pre-1986 manufacture with new receiver
| Exc. | V.G. | Fair |
| 7500 | 5000 | 3500 |
RIFLES
Remington Rolling Block Model 1870
Made by Remington for Egypt. 60,000 were purchased between 1870-1876. Chambered for 11.43x50Rmm. Identified by the Farsi markings on the barrel and rear sight. Many have been imported to the U.S. Some were used as training rifles and had the firing pins and extractors missing. Usually found in fair-poor condition.
Fabrique National Model 1949 or SAFN 49
A gas-operated semi-automatic rifle chambered for 7.92mm. It has a 23" barrel and military-type sights. The fixed magazine holds 10 rounds. Egyptian crest on top of receiver.
NOTE: Many Egyptian FN 1949s were restocked and reblued by Century Arms in the early 1990s. The new stock is a light colored wood that is stained to resemble walnut. Brass or plastic buttplate. Deduct 25 percent for a restocked rifle.
Bayonet for Egyptian FN 1949
FN made bayonet with Farsi numbers on the pommel. See listing in Belgium, Fabrique National for information and image. Price range 75 – 40.
Hakim
A semi-automatic rifle chambered in 8x57mm Mauser. It has a 24-inch barrel that ends with a large recoil compensator. 10-round detachable magazine. This is a copy of the Swedish AG-42b rifle and was designed with the help of Swedish engineers. Made at the Maadi factory. Many were imported in the late 1980s.
Hakim Training Rifle .22LR
A semi-automatic rifle chambered in .22LR that is patterned after the Hakim. Marked “Made in Italy.” A few came in with the regular Hakims.
Bayonet for Hakim
Wood handle. Muzzle ring. 8.25-inch double edge blade. A close copy of the Swedish 1896 Mauser bayonet except for the wood handle. Steel scabbard. Price range 80 – 40.
Bayonet for Hakim
Rashid
Rashid
This is a native Egyptian design; basically a scaled-down Hakim chambered in 7.62x39mm. It uses a 10-round detachable magazine. A folding bayonet is attached to the barrel, similar to the Soviet SKS. About 8000 were made in the 1960s. Some were imported to the U.S. in the 1990s.
AKM
Maadi semi-automatic, pre-1994
A close copy of the Soviet AKM series. Chambered in 7.62x39mm. Two semi-automatic versions have been imported to the U.S. One was the first semi-automatic Kalashnikov offered on the U.S. market. These appeared in the early 1980s and were imported by Steyr.
Maadi semi-automatic, sporter
The second was imported after passage of the 1994 “assault weapons” law and had a thumbhole sporter type stock installed to comply with the terms of that law. The importer called these the MISR. (Maadi Industries Sporting Rifle).
FINLAND
Finnish Military Conflicts, 1870-Present
Finland was annexed by Russia in 1809 but was allowed considerable independence throughout the 19th century. Finnish nationalism began to grow during the latter part of the 19th century, and, by the early 20th century, Finland established its own parliament in 1906. Finnish independence was declared in 1917. Beginning in 1918, a civil war erupted in which the White Guard aided by German troops defeated the leftist Red Guard supported by the Soviet Union. As a result of this conflict a republic was established in 1919. In 1939 Soviet troops invaded Finland, and by 1940 Finnish forces were defeated, despite a heavy cost to the Soviet troops. Finland joined the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. Finland was again defeated by Soviet forces by 1944. Finland was then forced to expel the Germans which resulted in a massive loss of life and property to the Finnish people. A 1947 treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union ceded some Finnish territory to the Soviets, and in 1948 the Finns signed a mutual defense pact with the Soviets. During the postwar period, Finland attempted to stay neutral and preserve its independence. By 1990, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 1948 treaty was moot and in 1995 the Finns joined the European Union.
NOTE: The Finns established their own arms factory soon after independence. It was called Souojeluskuntain Ase-ja Konepaja Oy (SAKO). In 1926 the Finns constructed a state rifle factory called the Valtion Kivaaritehdas (VKT, later Valmet). Also in the 1920s another state arms plant was built called Tikkakoski (TIKKA).
HANDGUNS
NOTE: During the 1920s and 1930s the Finnish army relied primarily on the Model 1895 Russian Nagant revolver and the Spanish 7.65mm self-loading pistols, the Ruby (Model 19). During World War I the Finns were supplied with the Mauser M1896 Broomhandle in a late wartime commercial configuration. In the early 1920s the Finns adopted a commercial model of the DWM Luger, called by the Finns the Model 23. By the late 1920s the Finnish military decided to adopt and domesticly produce a 9mm self-loading pistol of their own. It was called the Lahti.
The Finns, more recently, have used the FN M1935 in 9mm and the French MAB PA-15 pistol in 9mm.
M35 Lahti
This 9x19mm semi-automatic pistol was adopted in 1935 and built at VKT. This pistol is a locked-breech semi-automatic that features a bolt accelerator that does much to make this a reliable firearm. This pistol is the same as the Swedish Model 40 Lahti, 4.7" barrel and 8-round magazine, except that it has a loaded chamber indicator on top of the pistol, a different assembled recoil spring, and the Finnish pistol’s grips are marked “VKT.” Finnish army markings on top of slide. This pistol was designed to function in extreme cold and has a reputation for reliability. About 5,700 wartime Lahti pistols were produced.