The MN with hex receiver was favored by the Finns who upgraded the captured rifles. For instance I have a 1944 Sako. I don’t know remember enough to identify if this is one but it may not be “communist” in final form.
Yes, we jokingly call all MN “communist rifles” here in the Outback. Seems like everyone but me has two or three of the shoulder breakers.
“1944 Sako.”
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