Early Long Branch 3L

AdrianM said:
I'm with you on the original vs. a repro. That's the same reason I didn't want a repro stock disc on my rifle.

Do you have any with the original plate or sticker? I've seen a few with the sticker still on them, but never the plate.
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Most of my Swedes are m/96 FSR target rifles, although I do pick up a few of the "standard" ones if the price is right. I do not have any with stock range plates, but a lot of my rifles have been chosen with a careful consideration to the owner's name plates or prize rifle plaques as well as scarcity, condition, and other factors.

Here is an example of a Swedish Hemvarnets (Home Guard) Prize Rifle that was won by the top shooter, John Eric Ericsson.

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Or this one, once owned by Erik Lundgren, one of the top racing car drivers in Europe during the 1950s and 1960s, and a pioneer in the use of plastics and fibreglass in Sweden at the time.
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Very nice. Are those target sights the same as all the ones Tradex has? Are they a diopter sight?

I may have to invest in one of those someday...

What's FSR stand for?
 
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The FSR is the "Frigvilliga Skytterorelsen" or Volunteer Shooters Association.

It is roughly equivalent to the NRA in the States and the DCRA in Canada.

The sights on these two rifles are of the Diopter type used for target shooting and are very adjustable and precise. In Sweden, they shoot up to 600 meters, so most of these sights are calibrated to that distance or a bit farther.

If you are going to get more involved with Swedish Military rifles, then I would recommend that you buy a copy of "Crown Jewels" by Dana Jones. It was printed in Ontario, but I understand that they have run out of copies now. Possibly a second printing will be made. It costs about $50, but is well worth it for the information it will give you.

When I was young and started collecting firearms, I was told, "Buy a rifle - buy a book." That was excellent advice from an advanced collector, and I now have a reference library of about 400 books on guns and related subjects. It is also why I am able to be familiar with the firearms I collect and enables me to spot something that is "different" or "not quite standard" from the ordinary production runs.
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UPDATE:

The rain finally stopped, so SMELLIE and I took a few (about a dozen,) rifles out to the range to play. The 3L Long Branch was one of them, and it does an honest 1 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards with the flip-up rear Mark II sight.

I do think that the Buttstock has been changed, but the longer one on it now fits me quite well for aimed Application fire, so I think I will leave it as it is.

I think I just might have to dig around the parts boxes and find that old Parker Hale Twin Zero sight and try it.
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AdrianM said:
Nice. Is that off bags or no?
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That is off the bags. If you want to accuracy test a rifle or an ammunition load, then you definitely use the bags or a stand. Otherwise, the test is useless.

However, I also tried it on a two foot piece of grass at about 200 yards and fired 10 rounds Application in a liesurely 15 seconds, and they all hit it, so, although I do have another Long Branch stock coming, I think I just might leave this one alone the way it is, because it certainly is accurate enough.
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