Q&A: Finland and Finnish Small Arms (From Berdan to New Sako AR)
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I figured that Finland would be a good subject for this month's Q&A, as I am visiting the country to shoot Finnish Brutality this month. In fact, this video was filmed during the trip (the match took place last weekend, and its video coverage will be coming soon!).
00:39 - Development of the Suomi and PPSh-41 submachine guns
03:24 - Oldest guns used in Finnish Independence War
04:40 - Biggest strength and weakness of the Suomi
06:43 - Soviet use of captured Suomis?
08:52 - Finnish Maxim guns
11:41 - Finnish alcohol
17:05 - Finnish small arms that could have been globally popular but weren't?
20:04 - Benefits of a small invaded country using the same weapons as its invader?
23:07 - Favorite and least favorite Finnish customs?
25:57 - "Finnish Mosin Nagant" book by Matt DiRisio
27:26 - "Sisu" movie
28:28 - Are the Finns masters of improving other peoples' guns?
30:08 - Pre-independence Finnish arms production
31:47: Shower beer or sauna beer?
32:20 - Why so few RK95 rifles made, and RK95 vs RK62M?
35:35 - Swedish Mausers in Finland
37:54 - Commercial Sako rifles before and after Beretta bought Sako
39:19 - Finnish gun laws, specifically CCW
40:58 - Interlude: Finnish Brutality 2025 match update w/ Jari Laine
42:24 - Did Finland improve the PKM and SVD like they did the AK and Mosin?
44:57 - 7.62x54R vs 7.62x53R
47:56 - Thoughts on new Sako AR for Swedish and Finnish militaries
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