Swede M94 Carbine

Start attending gun shows and go see every gun retailer in the city when you can get to them. Most have a nice used gun rack that almost always has a Swede or 2 in various forms. Keep you nose in the wind here too they do pop up.
 
I would say good luck, I have a bubba without metal damage and am working to restore it. Finding an original, expect to pay upwards of 900.00 Canadian for it. Importing is a pain for sure. A question here BadgerDog, how much did yours in the pictures run you? Also, curious, do you know how many were made in 1898?
 
Woodbeef said:
They're getting rare in original form. Quite a few were Bubba'd,or had barrel extensions done. Even more were turned into CG 63s and CG Employee's
rifles in the 60s.
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Many of the Swedish rifle collectors I have talked to do not consider the barrel extension a bubba job due to the quality of workmanship.

BTW I have also read that some of these actions where turned into anti tank training devices.
 
This is my G63 build on a carbine receiver, why I chose this one. The receiver is dated 1895, which was the first batch of carbines delivered in 1895. The Sn is 107xx which looks like it could be original, is correct for the year. Book says most carbines where converted.

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Left250 said:
Forty,
Nice rifle. Has the metal and stock been refinished. Looks alot better than my M/96.
They are all however excellent shooters! Can't believe that a rifle over 100 yrs old is that accurate.
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This rifle is CG 63, they were built by Carl Gustaf, from "surplus" m/94 carbines and m/96 rifles in the mid 60's as a target rifles, which are excellent. Thats how it ended up with the receiver of a m/94, this is the closest I am going to get to a carbine, which the only Swedish Mauser I am missing, besides minor variants.

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/swedetarget/pdf/swedetargetrangereport.pdf
 
left250, the Swedes rebarreled their rifles regularly. They kept track of barrel wear quite faithfully. They liked their rifles to be accurate and took great care to make and keep them that way.
The quality of workmanship, over 100 years ago was at times, very enlightening, as was their quality control. Today, with CNC equipment and investment casting and extrusion processes, it's hard to imagine what they went through to keep up such high standards. They did it though. Not just the Swedes either. Many milsurps from the turn of the century or before are extremely well made, considering how much labor went into them and how many different people it took to do each item.
 
Ok here is a question on the matter, I have need of a stock disk for an M-94 Carbine that is still marked, can anyone help me out in that regard? A sling and bayonet will be needed also to complete my restoration job of a 1898 Swede M94
 
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