1912 Carl Gustav M96 - price check

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I have been presented the opportunity to purchase a 1912 dated Carl Gustav m96 but i know only what ive read here tonight about them.

The guy who owns it claims he has had it for almost 30 years and never fired it. The rifle has a lot of hard dark grease present so I believe him.

The rifle has a very nice dark stock with minimal dings. I cannot say if its beech or walnut though. I only briefly held the rifle, and didnt get to check serials, but he claims its a complete matching example. I did not see any accessories with the rifle so i assume its just the rifle and attached cleaning rod. It has a brass looking muzzle/thread protector and the stock disk is intact. I didnt know what it meant at the time, so i cannot comment on the bore condition stamp.

I complemented him on the rifle as i passed it back, and thats when he said he was selling it. Thing is, he has no idea what its worth and asked me to make an offer.

You guys seem to be more educated then I am on these things, So can I get a feeling as to what the gunnutz collective thinks it worth?
 
If all matching, with walnut stock and excellent bore, I would say $400.00 and up.

If the bore is so so, the stock is only dark from dirt and grime, some mismatching parts, $300.00 and less.
 
300 to 400 range depending on bore condtion could be less ,hard to tell without pics .There are quite a few on the Tradeex site that range from 249 to 375 range with good to very good bores and some of them are equipped with target sights which to buy seperately are very expansive.I have seen doipter sites on ebay for 300 to 500 for the site alone
 
I have bought two in the past 2 years, paid $400 for one, and $325 for the other. Both were all matching. The $400 rifle had near new bore, the $325 rifle somewhat used. Accuracy wise, they were about equal. You can get an idea of how much a rifle has been fired by looking at the bolt face (providing the bolt matches), and see how much of a primer ring is showing. A much fired example will show a quite visible ring, whereas in a nearly new rifle, shot little, it will be faint.

The swedes used Walnut, until approximately 1915-16. After that was Beech. The rifle you mention with a 1912 date should have a walnut stock, unless it had been replaced.
 
jakester said:
I have bought two in the past 2 years, paid $400 for one, and $325 for the other. Both were all matching. The $400 rifle had near new bore, the $325 rifle somewhat used. Accuracy wise, they were about equal. You can get an idea of how much a rifle has been fired by looking at the bolt face (providing the bolt matches), and see how much of a primer ring is showing. A much fired example will show a quite visible ring, whereas in a nearly new rifle, shot little, it will be faint.

The swedes used Walnut, until approximately 1915-16. After that was Beech. The rifle you mention with a 1912 date should have a walnut stock, unless it had been replaced.
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Not entirely true. I handled a lot of pre 1915 rifles with beech stocks, while my 1917 rifle wears a walnut stock.
It seems that walnut stocKs are much less common.
 
OP, if that rifle is original and all matching as some of them are it should also have a cleaning rod with a matching number to the rest of the rifle. If it has the original Walnut stock that is a plus as well. If the barrel doesn't have the threaded muzzle that is also a plus and of course if every number on every part other than the screws matches and the rifle has an excellent bore it would easily fetch $500 or more from a collector. Likely it would quickly move at a gun show if all of the above is present for between $550 to $650.

I sold one last spring in Chilliwack for $575 and another in Salmon Arm the previous fall for $500. Both the people that bought those rifles knew what they were looking at and both are very fussy about what they purchase. Neither of those rifles lasted more than a few hours on the tables.
 
bearhunter said:
OP, if that rifle is original and all matching as some of them are it should also have a cleaning rod with a matching number to the rest of the rifle. If it has the original Walnut stock that is a plus as well. If the barrel doesn't have the threaded muzzle that is also a plus and of course if every number on every part other than the screws matches and the rifle has an excellent bore it would easily fetch $500 or more from a collector. Likely it would quickly move at a gun show if all of the above is present for between $550 to $650. I sold one last spring in Chilliwack for $575 and another in Salmon Arm the previous fall for $500 . Both the people that bought those rifles knew what they were looking at and both are very fussy about what they purchase. Neither of those rifles lasted more than a few hours on the tables.
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Wow, you guys have some crazy prices there on the west coast, but I am not surprised, just check the powder and reloading stuff prices in your area.
 
polaris said:
Not entirely true. I handled a lot of pre 1915 rifles with beech stocks, while my 1917 rifle wears a walnut stock.
It seems that walnut stocKs are much less common.
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An original m96 with a 1912 manufacture date should have a walnut stock. Because of the uncertainty and difficulty of obtaining european Walnut with WWI going on, alternative woods were tried. These were American Walnut, Maple, Mahogany, Elm and Beech. It was found that Beech was more acceptable, and after 1917 the predominant stock material was Beech.

The Swedes conducted a very active inspection and refurbishment program. I might suspect that a 1912 m96 rifle with a beech stock would have had the stock replaced, either by an Armourer, Tygstation, or Arsenal.
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