Since I live about 100 miles from the finnish border I have heard many, many stories about Lauri Törni or Larry Thorne as you know him.
One of the more amazing stories, wich apparently is the thing that made him a wanted man by the Soviet authorities is the fact that he singlehandedly took out 40-50 russians at one night.
It was deep behind the enemy lines and that made the russian platoon a bit too brave, they only had a few guards scattered around the camp. Lauri took them out silently and cut the throats of about 40 sleeping or barely awake russians
another one of his more famous achievments were when he was commanding his own jaeger company. They succeeded in halting the soviets advance by destroying all of the ferry-crossings over a river while they were severely outgunned. That's what earned him the Mannerheim Cross (finnish Medal of Honor).
I for one can't believe he's dead. That man was/is NOT human.
About the fact that he favoured the 1903 Springfield rifle with attached scope.. He grew up with hunting, and the sprinfield is somewhat of a hunters rifle. And it's a clean bolt action.. one shot, one kill or detection = death.
Except the fact he was in the Waffen Schütze Staffeln (SS) I admire Lauri Törni/Larry Thorne very much.