Swede M38 barrel into a Spanish 1895 receiver?
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Yes, it will. 93-93-95-96 mausers all have the same shank profiles. If you're just planning on screwing in a barrel and shooting it, that's a different story and far to long to beat to death here again, especially after its been discussed so often here before.
Those "Tradex" barrels are a good deal if you have a shot out small ring mauser and want to fire them up again.
Those "Tradex" barrels are a good deal if you have a shot out small ring mauser and want to fire them up again.
I am thinking of ordering two Tradex barrels for a senior retired gunsmith for his own projects as he has no Internet and doesn't know about Tradex. He helped me out with a basement project yesterday, and I told him about the barrels.
I do indeed have a shot out small ring Mauser, already drilled and pre-Bubbaed so I'm curious to see if I could rebarrel and restock it.
And my friend could do it right with headspacing and all that.
I do indeed have a shot out small ring Mauser, already drilled and pre-Bubbaed so I'm curious to see if I could rebarrel and restock it.
And my friend could do it right with headspacing and all that.
Your head spaceing will be very close. I don't know if the barrels are short chambered or not. If they aren't, you may be able to just screw them in and fireform and shoot handloads for accuracy. They may be OK as is for factory ammo as well.
I haven't seen or tried one yet but am going to be ordering a couple this month.
I haven't seen or tried one yet but am going to be ordering a couple this month.
I had Guntech from the forum install one of the Tradex barrels on my M-38. It did require some headspace work and I needed to redo my bedding as it was microscopically larger than the original profile at the first "step" which caused some binding. Great accuracy once all was done.
Only downside is the outside of the barrel should have been polished before bluing as it was a little rough from tooling marks or (?).
Only downside is the outside of the barrel should have been polished before bluing as it was a little rough from tooling marks or (?).
6.5 Swede Barrel in a Spanish 95 Receiver
I have a Spanish 95 action that a guy that installed a Swede 6.5 X 55 barrel, but he died before it was completed.
I only picked it up from the family with the rest of the guns but haven't the desire to complete it.
If you want to see it I will take some pictures?
Why would anyone bother to put a 6.5 Swede barrel on a Spanish 95, when the Swede 96 actions are the best made actions in that class.
I have a Spanish 95 action that a guy that installed a Swede 6.5 X 55 barrel, but he died before it was completed.
I only picked it up from the family with the rest of the guns but haven't the desire to complete it.
If you want to see it I will take some pictures?
Why would anyone bother to put a 6.5 Swede barrel on a Spanish 95, when the Swede 96 actions are the best made actions in that class.
Try shimming under the front of your action of your 96/38 so the barrel floats more. I did this with one of my M38 bubba Swede and the performance was greatly enhanced.
This mod is nothing to fancy just a piece of brass cut into a small rectangular strip and epoxied into the stock under the front of the receiver.
I got this idea from how the Finns improved on the Mosins they captured.
tiriaq, that's good to know. Those barrels must be new, short chambered models, rather than surplus. I had a couple of surplus, replacement barrels from International when they first started to bring them into the country in 1977. They were fitted with rear sight bases and indexed properly when screwed in. The head space was fine.
6.5 Barrel on an 1895 Spanish Receiver
Well MD I see the reason for your question. The 95 should fit the Swede stock. I have one or two cut down Swede stocks one is a 94 carbine stock I should check to see if my action fits these stocks. I bought some barreled actions a few years ago, mostly 96s.
Well MD I see the reason for your question. The 95 should fit the Swede stock. I have one or two cut down Swede stocks one is a 94 carbine stock I should check to see if my action fits these stocks. I bought some barreled actions a few years ago, mostly 96s.
