Ok Thank you for the info. I'm learning about these rifles myself. Mine is 1902 and has threaded muzzle with cap. So is it possible Swedes threaded muzzles on rifles they had in service at one particular time?
1938. When they converted most m/96 rifles to the shorter, more carbine-like m/38, changed the sights, back and front, to accommodate the new 140gr 'Torped' [spitzer] bullet.
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/rifles_se/rifles_se.htm#1938
There are two types of the m/38 rifle:
Type one (1) m/38 rifles are made from old m/96 rifles
These are manufactured by Carl Gustaf or by Mauser.
They have the same straight bolt handle as the m/96 rifle.
They have the same rear sight as the m/96 rifle, but with
an inserted nickel-plated SM micrometer sight m/38.
*The m/38 SM sight goes from 250 to 600 metres, the elevation
knob is stamped with "3", "4", "5" and "6".
The sight is calibrated for the m/94 ogival (blunt) ammunition.
Type two (2) m/38 rifles are made as m/38 rifles
These are manufactured by Husqvarna
They could have either the same straight bolt handle as
the m/96 rifle, or the turned down bolt handle of
the m/94 carbine.
They both have leaf sights, either for the m/94 ogival (blunt)
bullet, or for the m/41 torped (pointed) bullet.
*The sight for the m/94 cartridge can be adjusted, in 50m
steps, from 100 to 600 metres.
This sight got a rectangular notch.
*The sight for the m/41 cartridge can be adjusted, in 50m
steps, from 150 to 600 metres. The ladder is stamped "2",
"3", "4", "5" and "6".
This sight is marked with a "T", it got a U-shaped notch.
Type 1 m/38 rifles are sometimes referred to as "m/96-38", but there were never an official denotation for this type. The Swedish Army never bothered about the difference between the type 1 and type 2 m/38 rifles.
In the Army's spare part list for the m/38 rifle there is a note that one could use a spare bolt for the m/96 rifle just as well.
The reason why some type II m/38 rifles have straight bolt handles is not absolutely clear to me.
But it seams that when WW2 begun there were a stock of bolts for the m/96 rifle, and these were used for some of the m/38 rifles.
The m/38 used a different front sight than the m/96 rifle.
The m/38 front sight post for the m/38 rifle is 1,7 mm wide at the top, while the m/41 front sight post for the m/96 and m/41 rifles is 2,2 mm wide at the top. The m/38 front sight is one and a half millimetre higher than the m/41 front sight. Beside the height and the width of the post, the m/38 and m/41 front sights are interchangeable. A ±0 m/38 post corresponds to a +1,5 m/41 post.
The m/38 front sights are available in 12 different heights, from -2 to +0,75 millimetres in 0,25 millimetre increments.
The m/38 rifle should be sighted in to strike one mil above the aiming point. If it is sighted in for the pointed m/41 "torped" bullet, there should be a "T" stamped on the right side of the base of the front sight.
The 1938 rifle used the same m/96 bayonet as the original Mauser rifle from 1896.
I don't know if the m/38 rifle was ever used by the Cavalry - at least it was never intended to be used by mounted troops (if it was, it would surely have used the same kind of sling as the m/94 carbine).
It's my impression that the m/38 was only used by truck-drivers, light infantery (jägare) and the few mechanized units of the infantry and the cavalry, and by the Navy.
My grateful thanks to Herr O. Jansen
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