M96 muzzle thread size
- Thread starter Archer Sam
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The threaded ones are training rifles and usually shot out. The ones at TRADEX bear this out.
That would be the ones at Tradex, which are some of the last to come out of Sweden, or wherever they came from.
I don't doubt that barrels with threads were used for training purposes but that doesn't mean the bores were shot out. The powder used in those cartridges is a very fast, hot burning, flake type.
I don't remember its official designation but I still have about 5 pounds on hand and I use it for reloading 455 Webly and 45 Colt. I also used it in 38 Special but quit when I was down to five pounds or so. It has a very similar burn rate to HS6 and works well with cast bullets.
I also have both the M96/B and M38/B as well as a 96/38/B. The B isn't marked on them but supposedly it was used to designate the threaded muzzles. So I'm using it here.
All three of these rifles have close to pristine bores and shoot better than my old eyes can see the sights for.
Most Swede Mausers were rebarreled several times during their service life, depending on wear and corrosion evaluations, which are marked on the disc plate. This marking isn't always accurate, because the rifles only bear the evaluation given at some point and were used again later.
Many rifles went to the Swede Civilian Marksmanship Program, run and supplied by the government. These were the last to come out of Sweden/Denmark/Norway and didn't get the proper attention they needed. As such, they were used until they were no longer accurate enough for match purposes.
I haven't had any of the civilian used rifles with muzzle threads nor any of the sniper variants.
I do have several hundred loaded rounds, with hollow pine/birch??? bullets. The attachments supposedly were to stop the recruits from shooting each other, I don't know.
Those hollow wood bullets wouldn't be lethal, but they could certainly cause a heck of a welt or take out an eye. They have a tendency to keyhole around 10 meters from the muzzle, without the attachment. With the attachment, the bullet is compressed to the point it exits as splinters. There is almost no detectable difference in recoil, with or without the attachment.
I'm just saying, don't let the threaded muzzles cause you to believe that the bores are shot out or worn badly. The vast majority of such barrels I've seen are excellent, inside and out and I've quite literally seen thousands of them and cleaned the cosmo out of thousands of them for a retail outlet, Lever Arms, back in the day when you could purchase the rifles for $25 or less, depending on how many you bought at a time.
The threads were for a blank firing unit which would shred the wooden bullets.
I had a 42 Husqvarna with a threaded muzzle, excellent bore, and near minute of angle capability with most any bullet I tried, from 85gr hollowpoints to 160gr roundnoses.
I had a 42 Husqvarna with a threaded muzzle, excellent bore, and near minute of angle capability with most any bullet I tried, from 85gr hollowpoints to 160gr roundnoses.
