a pair of swedes- paging buffdog

[Ballsofice154]

Top is a 1916 M96
Bottom is a 1907 M96 cut down to M38 length

^ thats the interesting bit on the 1916 one from what I have gathered I H Westerberg is the fellow that owned the rifle Överkalix Sweden is a small village close to the Finnish border and X8= 1948 NJ is Nordic Jewellery Company from Stockholm

Fancy Vasteras dial sight on the 1916 swede

The 1907 Swede has a threaded muzzle and the T rear sight and a bent down bolt- I'm wondering if the bolt is either factory or not...

 

[purple]

Nice raffles. P.S. we can see your toes.

 

[Ballsofice154]

just be lucky you can't see the rest of my hairy feet!

 

[twosteam]

You know what hairy feet are signifying?
jan

 

[Ballsofice154]

You know what hairy feet are signifying?
jan

I cant think of anything other then I'm a dumb ape or I monkey around or I go banana's.

 

[twosteam]

The sign of a hobbit.

Is your last name Proudfoot or perhaps Baggins?
jan.

 

[Ballsofice154]

No I'm too tall to be a hobbit but I am a fool of a took some days

 

[jfred]

The bolt handle on the M38 looks to be swept back so I'm thinking it was not done at an armory. I could be wrong however. Nice rifles.

 

[Andy]

The other interesting thing about the 1916 is its stock - it looks like Elm, and appears to have been varnished.

 

[buffdog]

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The m96 is a FSR target rifle - privately owned as the disk signifies. The stock does look like Elm, which was only used for two years. It does look like it has been varnished, but probably done by the original owner to keep the wood stable for target shooting. Elm stocks are scarce and 1916 is one of the years they were made.

The Vasteras micrometer rear sight is a later Second Model version. It is marked in Meters, and the small screw in the "diamond" center post is for fine adjustment to zero the rifle.

The m38 was made with both straight and bent bolts. When a straight bolt is bent, it usually looks "short". Husqvarna was given permission to use bent bolts as they were already set up for them. Does the last three numbers on the bolt match the rifle serial number? The angle of the photos can make a bolt look bent slightly rearward, but I have seen some m38 rifles with a slight backwards angle.

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[Ballsofice154]

Buffdog, The last 3 digits on the bolt match the rifles serial number. So I'm assuming Husqvarna bent the bolt.

I did not realize the 1916 was a elm stock nor that elm stocks are scare so now I know

 

[tacfoley]

Let us know when you find one with a mahogany stock, eh?

tac

 

[Andy]

I have one in maple.

 

[buffdog]

Let us know when you find one with a mahogany stock, eh?

tac

I have a separate stock and handguard within the right serial range that I suspect may be Mahogany. When I get a bit of time, I am going to send a small wood sample to the USDA wood laboratory and get an analysis of it.

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