Help me figure out my new M96 Swede!

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Today I picked this up and have been scrambling to learn as much as I possibly can about it! I've figured out that it's a numbers matching German contract rifle made towards the end of the order with an unthreaded barrel which means it was likely a privately owned rifle post WWII. I'm not sure what the stock disk reads. I'm also unfamiliar with the A/N suffix to the Oberndorf Factory name! I think the prefix to the SN is the inspector's initials though I'm not 100%.

If anyone has some answers, I'd appreciate it! Also general discussion of these nifty guns, what kind of accuracy is normal? Value?

Thanks :)

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The receiver marking would read "Waffenfabrik Oberndorf am Neckar (A N on your receiver). The "O.G." are the initials of the inspector that certified the rifle for Swedish service, possibly a Swedish officer at the Oberndorf factory in 1898-1900 period when these were made.

If the stock disc is original to the stock, and to that rifle (hard to be 100% sure), it would indicate the bore condition, diameter of the bore, and that the rifle's sights are calibrated for the spitizer bullet that the Swedes adopted and where the point of impact would be at a given distance (can't remember off the top of my head). The "6.51" is what was measured as the bore diameter and the "3" represents that bore as fair condition for Swedish military standards (rust, pitting...something along those lines).

The small pin holes just beside the disc were once for the metal plate that was affixed to the side of the stock and gave shooting distances for the new spitzer bullet and how to correct for the new velocities and bullet drop.

These rifles were rebuilt very well by the Swedes and kept in service for some time. I once had an Oberndorf where the bolt was a Swedish replacement where the numbers were very neatly overstamped with the matching last three digits of the rifle. I had to inspect it closely to even tell the difference.

That is about as much as I can tell from the images, hope this helps. BTW, you have a nice Oberndorf there.
 
Fantastic rifles for accuracy , hard hitting and graceful... ( said by a Lee Enfield fan )
Mine is a 1905 CG and is easily the most accurate of all my other rifles .



A poor photo of the range plate

 
This site will tell you all you ever wanted to know about the original German contract m/96 and the Carl Gustaf/Husqvarna builds.

http://dutchman.rebooty.com/

Your rifle was inspected by Olof Darling Gibson - inspector from May 1st 1898 to March 31st 1903.

The triangle stamp point to the number one next to the 'pie slices' 'Torped/Oeverslag' indicates that your rifle will shoot 10cm high from the point of aim at 100m. One 'strek' is a Swedish angular measurement roughly equating to one miliradian. There are 6300 of them in a full circle. This is only valid if you are shooting the 139gr military bullet, and have the letter T on the foresight block.


You will notice that the range plate is intentionally fitted upside, down, this is so that you can read it simply by looking over the stock whilst shooting. If you get a correct replacement, don't forget to fit it this way.

tac
 
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Interesting old rifle. I love the Swedish bolt action rifles and carbines. What may not be common knowledge about the German built rifles is that there was also a special order of 5000, serialed 1-5000, made in 1900, for the Swedes. These were intended for the civilian organization (name forgotten by me) and had no stock discs, nor a place machined out for them). The military installed discs in all but three or four. :)
 
kjohn said:
Interesting old rifle. I love the Swedish bolt action rifles and carbines. What may not be common knowledge about the German built rifles is that there was also a special order of 5000, serialed 1-5000, made in 1900, for the Swedes. These were intended for the civilian organization (name forgotten by me) and had no stock discs, nor a place machined out for them). The military installed discs in all but three or four. :)
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Frivilliga Skytterorelsen (FSR) - Volunteer Shooters' Organization.

tac
 
Thanks a lot everyone for all the info! The more I learn about it, the more I appreciate it! It sure seems like a step up quality wise from my usual milsurp finds. I'll post some pics of how it shoots after I take it to the range!
 
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