POFS used M38

CZ_Brno

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I thought I got a really good deal when I bought a "Sporterized" Huskavarna Swedish M38 from Epps for $225. It came with a bent bolt, Ramline stock, and a mounted Bushnell Trophy 3-9x.

However the trigger was horrible! It was 7.4 pounds with a really long pull, and felt like a 3 stage trigger pull. I bought a Timney trigger for it and now that part of it is much better.

However, I hadn't noticed this before but when the safety is taken off the gun dry fires! Good thing I didn't take it out and put a live round in! Bad cocking piece? Not only that the safety switch is cracked and looks like it will eventually break. I guess I'll need a new bolt assembly and have no clue where to even find one.

I also have a Non Sporterized Huskavarna Swedish M38. The bolt assembly looks a little different on that gun and that one works fine.
 
I took the bolt out of the Non Sporterized Huskavarna Swedish M38, and tried it in the Sporterized Huskavarna Swedish M38 gun with the Timney Trigger though and it works perfectly.

I'm sure the bolt is defective. If the safety is on and you wobble the bolt then take off the safety the gun dry fires.
 
I very much doubt that the entire bolt needs to be replaced. You need to get the rifle to someone who can diagnose the problem. If a Mauser rifle snaps when the safety is rotated to fire, it means that the sear and cocking piece were not engaged.
 
Here's a picture of the 2 different bolts.

Bolts-M38.jpg
 
Does anyone know where I can buy a bolt assembly for the Swedish M38? It needs at the very least a new safety switch and cocking piece anyway. That fancy extended switch is cracked halfway through. And mailing my gun back and forth, and paying a gunsmith besides... well the costs would be prohibitive.

Mauser38boltassembly.jpg
 
A replacement bolt will have to be headspaced. That could involve setting the barrel back and recutting the chamber.
Install the military safety in the bolt from the sporter. If function is normal, all you need is a new low scope safety. These can be had.
 
With the problem bolt (lower one in my picture) the trigger sear and the cocking sear were too tight together and releasing the safety engages the trigger. With the bolt from the other gun the sears are further apart and the gun functions perfectly. So it's a problem with the one bolt somehow being out of sync somewhere. I'm wondering if the previous owner somehow modified the bolt sear? I ordered a cocking piece and safety from Numrick hoping it solves the problem. I'm hoping they ship it because "The United States Government has export restrictions in place for items such as barrels, barrel blanks, bolt assemblies, cylinders, receivers, frames, bolts, high capacity magazines, shotgun magazines, shotgun magazine extension tubes, shotgun complete trigger mechanisms, etc."
 
Well, here's an update. My Numrick order came in. So I installed a new cocking piece and safety. On closer examination of the old cocking piece you could see where some clown had beveled a groove at the end! And some of the low scope safety was beveled. The safety from Numrick was the original military safety and it hit the scope which was a Bushnell Trophy 3-9x 40mm with low Weaver mounts. I put on a Bausch and Lomb 2-7x 32mm with medium mounts and that worked fine. I added a Timney trigger and now I have a decent gun.

Kind of pissed though that someone ####ed up the gun making it dangerous and then passed the problem on to Epps who in turn passed it on to me. Buyer beware!
 
CZ_Brno said:
Well, here's an update. My Numrick order came in. So I installed a new cocking piece and safety. On closer examination of the old cocking piece you could see where some clown had beveled a groove at the end! And some of the low scope safety was beveled. The safety from Numrick was the original military safety and it hit the scope which was a Bushnell Trophy 3-9x 40mm with low Weaver mounts. I put on a Bausch and Lomb 2-7x 32mm with medium mounts and that worked fine. I added a Timney trigger and now I have a decent gun.

Kind of pissed though that someone f**ked up the gun making it dangerous and then passed the problem on to Epps who in turn passed it on to me. Buyer beware!
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Would'nt it be funny, but not really, if it was the one that went "BANG" when the customer brought it in??????
http://w ww.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3290521&archive=true
 
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