No blank-firing adapter? No money for practice ammo? What you need is a wooden clicky-clacky noisemaker that locks into your Suomi!
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Mark I rattle for Lewis machine gun was developed in interwar period in United Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0T_ZhiVgUA
unlike one of SUOMI it did not prevented attaching magazine.
“You can’t scare me, Ivan! I’ve got a gun!” [Rattling ensues from behind a tree]
“Impossible! You should have run out of bullets by now!” [Pokes head up, gets a broom in the face]
This will never happen, folks.
The real genius in this device was the variable cyclic rate it allowed. This allowed for conservation of both clicks and clacks depending on the tactical situation, or the operator could open it up in a Broken Arrow scenario.
Great comment. The illusion that worthless “conservation of both clicks and clacks” could be an important idea, exactly describes the attitude so pervasive among armament decision makers and their advisors.
Very forward-thinking, those wacky Finns.
Great for Purim!
Reminds me of the old New Years wooden noise makers.
Called a rattle in Britain. One of my fraternity brothers had a plastic one that he used to whirl over his head at appropriate times at football games. Used by not only the French but by the British and US as a gas attack warning alarm.
For context I’d like to add that such rachet rattles are being used in Europe for religious ceremonies, and some traditional carnival displays.
My first ratchet was made by Mattel: M-16 A1 @ 3/4 (?) in 100% plastic
“ratchet” as a synonym for revolver and the 1903 “Browning” as French idiom for a semi-automatic pistol.
plus ça change, plus c’est pareil
I had a toy grease gun with the cocking crank that was actually a ratchet noise maker.
I had a micro uzi, with that in, as did everyone else… Best time in my life. Full scale battle, no deaths. Everyone went home… Fitter. Fat little feckers couldn’t run around like that now if they tried to stop murdering civilians on a xbox etc for an hour.
Should fit them to actual guns; and lose the bullet part, more of a joust… If we are thinking of WW3. A few injuries, with occasional participants in the joust taking it to far. But overall, everyone after can have big piss up and marry each others cousins etc.
Actual progress, for humanity at last…
If the cousins want to marry; bit 1485 wars of the roses of me there, if not… No problem, here drink beer eat a pig.
You may think the “Overweight” youth are thus an obsticle to actual war; however doubtless 3 million Eric Cartmans will be recruited to bomb everyone via Starlink wifi connected drones from 3,000 miles away etc. This Satan 3 Russki Nuke, now… Is this a bad thing in away “You know actually firing it” reset like, I feel sorry for the birds tweeting in the trees…
“(…)obsticle(…)”
What is this?
Historical precedent for this; modern wars are actually the exception to war in human history rather than the rule. A move on from war; back to “Jousts” etc… Would be progress vs Ludendorffs total war. Nuclear war etc. Tournement head butt a Russian and run off with his Mrs; make the rules fairly free. See what transpires. Obviously the participants don’t access to the Nukes. Hold it in, Switzerland every year. Peace.
Well I tried.
“(…)back to “Jousts” etc(…)”
If you want to minimize losses you might pity subsets of forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_300_Champions but if and only if both sides agree
“Should fit them to actual guns; and lose the bullet part,(…)”
This is similar to memo of citizen of Wisconsin against Vice President of United States, who suggested using guns for propelling chocolate bullets https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-upbeat/joe-biden-compliments-boy-chocolate-bullet-idea-204017789.html
Great idea, he he.