Just got this. I like it a lot. I want more.
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samsplacci71
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O/P, you can never just have only 1 Swede. I picked up my first a couple of years ago, and have bought 4 more since. Your rifle looks to be in very good arsenal refurb shape, the arsenal sticker is still visible at the top of the comb, indicating the year it was inspected when it left Sweden and surplused. Also, the range adjustment chart is still visible on the butt stock to compensate for the new 139gr. ammo issued in 1941. The rifle appears in unaltered condition and the stock disc, no reason to think it isn't original to the rifle at this time, indicates that the rifle barrel is graded a 2 (grades were no triangle or 0, best condition in descending order of 1, 2, 3. The triangle also appears on the 9, thus indicating that your bore diameter slugged to 6.49 mm. Now you can get yourself a Swede M38 short rifle. You will soon find that your addiction will run deep and it will be hard to turn down another Swede should it cross your path! Enjoy shooting your Swede
ONLY FOUR? These things breed and multiply. This is only part of the FSR Swedish m/96 target rifles here.
You will never be satisfied with ONE. The Swedes are one of the "best kept secrets" of the Milsurps side of collecting and shooting.
Nice rifle and a good start. One thing, take the stock disks on future purchases with a careful eye. They are easily changed, and some less than scrupulous people have changed them for one that indicates a better condition. You can even buy newly made unmarked ones or good used ones on E-Bay.
How do you decide which lady to take out the dance and which ones to leave behind, Buffdog ?
I say you take them all, that way the only decision is which to dance with first.
samsplacci71
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LOL Buffdog, you're only showing off your M96's and CG 63's, the rest of the Swedes must be hiding elsewhere!!!
O/P, see what happens after you buy your first Swede. Wait til Old Outlaw posts some of his fantastic collection! In all fairness, if you want to know anyone to ask about a Swede, start with Buffdog. He mentions a few good points about the stock disc. Vendors such as Anthony at Trade Ex, Jean at P & S militaria as well as Jeff at Accuracy Plus, will list the conditions of the rifles accurately. The care, assembly, attention to detail coupled with the formulation of the steel created one of the finest Mausers and one of the best milsurps out there. Find some ammo and shoot it. Even factory Prvi Partizan and even Remington corelokt ammo will shoot well in your new find! Once you shoot it, you will see your attraction has been confirmed! Enjoy
PS, my first Swede was a M96 FSR rifle with the rear dial insert. This rifle shoots like a lazer beam. My next 2 were M38 1941 Husqvarnas while the fourth is a sporter for $225 from Anthony at Trade Ex. Sadly, my sporter is an all matching 1917 M96.
O/P, see what happens after you buy your first Swede. Wait til Old Outlaw posts some of his fantastic collection! In all fairness, if you want to know anyone to ask about a Swede, start with Buffdog. He mentions a few good points about the stock disc. Vendors such as Anthony at Trade Ex, Jean at P & S militaria as well as Jeff at Accuracy Plus, will list the conditions of the rifles accurately. The care, assembly, attention to detail coupled with the formulation of the steel created one of the finest Mausers and one of the best milsurps out there. Find some ammo and shoot it. Even factory Prvi Partizan and even Remington corelokt ammo will shoot well in your new find! Once you shoot it, you will see your attraction has been confirmed! Enjoy
PS, my first Swede was a M96 FSR rifle with the rear dial insert. This rifle shoots like a lazer beam. My next 2 were M38 1941 Husqvarnas while the fourth is a sporter for $225 from Anthony at Trade Ex. Sadly, my sporter is an all matching 1917 M96.
Hah, I did that once by bringing eight Gewehr 88s to the range. I got some weird looks when I finished stacking them near my shooting bench. I have to say it was hard to decide which one to try first and I seemed to end up preferring one Gewehr 88 over another so I only take one or two on range trips now .
.I say you take them all, that way the only decision is which to dance with first.
How do you decide which lady to take out the dance and which ones to leave behind, Buffdog ?
Ah, yes, NABS, that is the problem. The two CG-63s at the end are a 7.62x51 (.308) CG-63E (England) and one of about 500 made for the NRA of Great Britain. The other one is a CG-63 with a four digit serial number - one of the 5000 from the 1900 Mauser Contract and one converted to a CG-63. A couple of the tall blondes are Prize rifles, and another is a Hemvarnet (home Guard) prize rifle. Most have plaques or name plates on them, and one once belonged to Erik Lundgren, a famous Swedish race car driver and manufacturer, who was known at the "Wizard of Ockelbo" because he lost very few races that he participated in. One of them, a low serial numbered 1900 Mauser FSR Contract rifle is a bit of an "unspoiled" one, and it does not have, nor is there any hole for a stock disk. Most of these 5000 rifles had a stock disk applied when they went through inspections.
While most of these ladies will behave themselves and "put out" if you treat them right, hold them right, and feed them the right diet, there is one that I reach for more than any when I get the urge to play. It does not look like much, has open sights rather than a target diopter sight set, and will faithfully put five rounds that you can cover with a quarter at 100 yards if you hold her firmly and caress her trigger gently. SMELLIE has been with me on occasions where she performed and did just that and has watched through the spotting scope when I have used her and "called" my shots on the target.
There are about 10 more of these Swedish Target ladies waiting in the wings for me to give them a proper display place, and a couple more on the way. The regular "plain Jane" military ones are getting jealous, and the sporters are crying for equal time. Some of them might be a bit disappointed as at 72 years old, my time is running out and might just be limited, and new ones keep arriving every month it seems.
Quote: O/P, see what happens after you buy your first Swede. Wait til Old Outlaw posts some of his fantastic collection!
Alas, I fear that I have been a bad influence upon OLD OUTLAW. Ever since he sent me an e-mail about three years ago, and we have been corresponding regularly since then, he has been infected with the Swedish Rifle Virus, and his wallet has suffered mightily for it.
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Wonder if he has the book?
CROWN JEWELS
THE MAUSER IN SWEDEN
BY Dana Jones
Collector Grade Publications Inc.
www.collectorgrade.com
Canada
CROWN JEWELS
THE MAUSER IN SWEDEN
BY Dana Jones
Collector Grade Publications Inc.
www.collectorgrade.com
Canada
