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08-11-2013 07:17 PM
# ADS
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Very nice, an iconic weapon of the Russo/Finnish war!....
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Really nice. I had a line on one here in Canada once but the deal soured.
Mind if I ask what they sell for in Finland? Are deactivated KP/-31s hard to find?
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I agree , a super looking weapon and you can see the likeness with the Russian SMG's with the drum mag . What was it's performance like in the cold weather ? Thanks for showing it Aleksander .
REGARDS AL
We are the Pilgrims , master, we shall go
Always a little further : it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
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It was also very well made and very accurate weapon. It was not hard to get a deactivated one 5-7 years ago and prices were around 300 euros. But now I have not seen them any more in EU market. Maybe it is still possible to get fome from Finland.
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Thank you for all of the kind compliments.
I haven't read on the weapons functioning during cold weather, but I'm sure it was durable. As you know, the weather could reach -40 to -50c here during the Winter War.
The first model, without the muzzle break goes usually around 750 euros here. They have gotten increasingly more rare and pricy, during the last few years.
Last edited by Aleksander P; 10-17-2013 at 05:02 PM.
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Yes, prices are rising and deactivation rules are changing. Suomi KP is one of the best machineguns in WWII.
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As mentioned, they functioned well under extremely cold conditions like all the Lahti designed weapons but had a couple of serious disadvantages as they were heavy and even more so with the drum mag (they used box mags of various capacities as well) and difficult to make quickly. The reliability was purchased by using much precision machining with solid parts unsuited to mass production in a hurry. In that, they were similar to most other prewar SMGs.
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They dried up because they were cut up and sent to the US.
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