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A while ago, on a Gun Forum, a m/96 Swedish Mauser FSR Target rifle was shown with wood removed from the forestock, except for around the barrel bands. The OP wanted to know he should change stocks, or attempt to bed the one he had.
Notice Section "b" below. It tells where the rifle should contact the stock, and more important, where it should not.
Here is a translation from a 1917 Swedish Armourer's Manual. It should be useful for those who have these fine Swedish rifles.
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From a 1917 Swedish Armourers Manual --- translation by Swedish speaking person as best he could.
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IV. Stock fitting, linseed oiling etc.
1. Stock fitting.
Stocks and hand guards are supplied by “Carl Gustavs stad gevärsfaktori” ( Carl Gustav’s rifle factory) ready to be assembled. However, due to time in storage the stocks and hand guards may have dried and lost their true straightness or warped why the following must be noted in connection with the adjustment.
a) Inletting for barrel and receiver are rasped (filed) with round rasps (five each) with suitable diameters for the different steps in the dimensions.
b) The barreled action may not interfere with the stock anywhere but at the rifle bands, at the lower and rear sides of the recoil lug and the rear stock bolt. The rear round part of the receiver tang as well as the across going surfaces of the front of the receiver tang may not interfere with the stock. Instead a small clearance shall be present.
In order to investigate any interference between the barreled action and the stock, the underside of the barrel and receiver assembly are painted with a thin layer of red marking color. The assembly is then positioned in the stock. The marking color should appear only on the allowed interference surfaces. Other interference marks are adjusted with suitable tools until any interference is avoided.
Should the stock be bent it should be straightened until fully true. During the straightening process the bent area is soaked with olive oil (industrial use, 3 rd. press of the olive fruit also used as lamp oil) applied with a pad. The stock is heated as much as possible without burning it over a gas flame. The front of the stock is put into the cavity of a wooden block (firmly attached somewhere) and a wooden stool is placed under the bent area after which the straightening is carried out by hand. The straightness is checked against the barrel receiver assembly.
c) Marking color is applied to the trigger guard magazine assembly. The front tang shall contact the stock. The rear tang and the cross going surface of the rear magazine wall shall not interfere with the stock. Wrong contact surfaces are corrected with suitable tools. The fit should be such that the trigger guard magazine assembly can fall down into the stock inletting through its own weight.
d) After the barreled action and the stock has been assembled excess wood at the receiver tang and trigger guard is removed. The hand guard is fitted that the front part is slightly sprung away from the stock. However it must contact the stock very well when the rear hand guard band is attached. Excess wood is removed from the rear sight base.
e) The stock and the hand guard are numbered with complete rifle serial number……………….
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A while ago, on a Gun Forum, a m/96 Swedish Mauser FSR Target rifle was shown with wood removed from the forestock, except for around the barrel bands. The OP wanted to know he should change stocks, or attempt to bed the one he had.
Notice Section "b" below. It tells where the rifle should contact the stock, and more important, where it should not.
Here is a translation from a 1917 Swedish Armourer's Manual. It should be useful for those who have these fine Swedish rifles.
.
.
From a 1917 Swedish Armourers Manual --- translation by Swedish speaking person as best he could.
.
IV. Stock fitting, linseed oiling etc.
1. Stock fitting.
Stocks and hand guards are supplied by “Carl Gustavs stad gevärsfaktori” ( Carl Gustav’s rifle factory) ready to be assembled. However, due to time in storage the stocks and hand guards may have dried and lost their true straightness or warped why the following must be noted in connection with the adjustment.
a) Inletting for barrel and receiver are rasped (filed) with round rasps (five each) with suitable diameters for the different steps in the dimensions.
b) The barreled action may not interfere with the stock anywhere but at the rifle bands, at the lower and rear sides of the recoil lug and the rear stock bolt. The rear round part of the receiver tang as well as the across going surfaces of the front of the receiver tang may not interfere with the stock. Instead a small clearance shall be present.
In order to investigate any interference between the barreled action and the stock, the underside of the barrel and receiver assembly are painted with a thin layer of red marking color. The assembly is then positioned in the stock. The marking color should appear only on the allowed interference surfaces. Other interference marks are adjusted with suitable tools until any interference is avoided.
Should the stock be bent it should be straightened until fully true. During the straightening process the bent area is soaked with olive oil (industrial use, 3 rd. press of the olive fruit also used as lamp oil) applied with a pad. The stock is heated as much as possible without burning it over a gas flame. The front of the stock is put into the cavity of a wooden block (firmly attached somewhere) and a wooden stool is placed under the bent area after which the straightening is carried out by hand. The straightness is checked against the barrel receiver assembly.
c) Marking color is applied to the trigger guard magazine assembly. The front tang shall contact the stock. The rear tang and the cross going surface of the rear magazine wall shall not interfere with the stock. Wrong contact surfaces are corrected with suitable tools. The fit should be such that the trigger guard magazine assembly can fall down into the stock inletting through its own weight.
d) After the barreled action and the stock has been assembled excess wood at the receiver tang and trigger guard is removed. The hand guard is fitted that the front part is slightly sprung away from the stock. However it must contact the stock very well when the rear hand guard band is attached. Excess wood is removed from the rear sight base.
e) The stock and the hand guard are numbered with complete rifle serial number……………….
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