. "Finland"@en . . "1918"^^ . . "12.42"^^ . "11.61"^^ . . "After gaining its independence in 1917 and after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, large numbers of Model 1891 Mosin\u2013Nagant rifles were in the hands of the Finnish military. As the old barrels were worn out, they were replaced by new 7.83 mm (.308 in) barrels and the leftover 7.62\u00D754mmR cartridges being in short supply, a domestic product was needed. This gave birth to the 7.62\u00D753mmR. In the late 1930s the Finnish Army started loading military cartridges with domestically produced 7.87 mm (.310 in) diameter D166 bullets as the production of new M39 \"Ukko-Pekka\" rifles barreled for 7.62\u00D754R diameter bullets started. This change was due in part to allow the use of captured Soviet ammunition and machine gun ammunition which often was of a slightly greater bore diameter than its Finnish counterparts. The rifling twist rate was also changed from 300 mm (1 in 11.81 in) to 254 mm (1 in 10 in). The 7.62\u00D753mmR cartridge remains in military use to this day, although it is now only used by the 7.62 TKIV 85 sniper rifle. PKM machine guns and other Russian weapons in use by the Finnish Defence Forces use the 7.62\u00D754mmR exclusively. The Finnish Defence Forces issued instructions that when ever possible, personnel issued with a rifle chambered for 7.62\u00D753mmR (effectively the TKIV 85 rifle) should use 7.62\u00D753mmR ammunition only, and that use of 7.62\u00D754mmR is only allowed when 7.62\u00D753mmR is not available.[citation needed]"@en . "yes"@en . . "7.85"^^ . "53.5"^^ . "After gaining its independence in 1917 and after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, large numbers of Model 1891 Mosin\u2013Nagant rifles were in the hands of the Finnish military. As the old barrels were worn out, they were replaced by new 7.83 mm (.308 in) barrels and the leftover 7.62\u00D754mmR cartridges being in short supply, a domestic product was needed. This gave birth to the 7.62\u00D753mmR."@en . . . "185.4"^^ . "3960"^^ . . "390"^^ . "7.62"^^ . . . . "77"^^ . . "FMJ"@en . . "The 7.62\u00D753mmR (also known as the 7.62\u00D753R Finnish) rifle cartridge is a Finnish design based on the Russian 7.62\u00D754mmR round dating back to 1891."@en . "7.62"^^ . "812"^^ . "1.6"^^ . "1918"^^ . "Rimmed, necked"@en . "The 7.62\u00D753mmR (also known as the 7.62\u00D753R Finnish) rifle cartridge is a Finnish design based on the Russian 7.62\u00D754mmR round dating back to 1891."@en . . "7.62"^^ . . . . "7.62\u00D753mmR"@en . "300.0"^^ . "8.55"^^ . . . . . . "4.16"^^ . . . . . "1918"^^ . . . . . . "14.4"^^ . . . . "yes"@en . "Berdan"@en .