- Location
- Smithers, B.C.
Hello All!
I would like to tell you a story. It starts in 1898, in Carl Gustav's Stads Gevarsfaktori. There was this small, little carbine that was built. An M-94 she was called. She served with the cavalry and then, later on in her life, was brought into Army service, and re-fitted into an M-94/14, like many of her other brothers and sisters.
Soon, the tides of war passed, the tides of another war came and went. She somehow became lost and forgotten, somehow travelling from her native Sweden to our wonderful Canada. Here, she was looked at as merely a tool, and had her specially made stock butchered in the hands of Mr. Bubba.
Here it was then passed on to a man named Charlie. This man was a one-time owner of a gun range. On visiting the range, after helping him clean out his attic, I recieved the carbine/sporter as thanks. It had not been cared for in many years, as the bore was layered in rust. Many hours later after cleaning, the bore sparkled, bright without any significant pitting. I had no idea what I held.
After selling it to a friend, learning what it was, and getting it back before he drilled and tapped it for a scope, I then began the great adventure.
It began by a 4 month hunt for a Swedish M-94/14 or M-94 stock that was complete. No mean task!
I finally located a Swedish M94/14 WWII era "Damage Replacement" stock that was complete, and mostly matching. This I found in the United States. After over a month and a half of waiting and piling expence, I finally managed to obtain the stock this morning. Working with my good friend CGN member Nabs, we worked over the challenge of restoring the carbine into her stock properly with no guide. There seems to be no disassembly and reassembly guide on the net for it.
Lastly, just a week before, I managed to obtain an M-94/14 Bayonet in excellent condition.
I would now like to present to you, fellow Milsurp collectors of CGN, my restored, nearly matching (stock matches to itself minus the nosecap, carbine metal parts match to themselves completely)
Swedish M-94/14!
Enjoy, comments are welcome! Just curious what someone would consider her market value to be now? (Not like I would ever sell her!)
Yours Sincerely,
Drachenblut
I would like to tell you a story. It starts in 1898, in Carl Gustav's Stads Gevarsfaktori. There was this small, little carbine that was built. An M-94 she was called. She served with the cavalry and then, later on in her life, was brought into Army service, and re-fitted into an M-94/14, like many of her other brothers and sisters.
Soon, the tides of war passed, the tides of another war came and went. She somehow became lost and forgotten, somehow travelling from her native Sweden to our wonderful Canada. Here, she was looked at as merely a tool, and had her specially made stock butchered in the hands of Mr. Bubba.
Here it was then passed on to a man named Charlie. This man was a one-time owner of a gun range. On visiting the range, after helping him clean out his attic, I recieved the carbine/sporter as thanks. It had not been cared for in many years, as the bore was layered in rust. Many hours later after cleaning, the bore sparkled, bright without any significant pitting. I had no idea what I held.
After selling it to a friend, learning what it was, and getting it back before he drilled and tapped it for a scope, I then began the great adventure.
It began by a 4 month hunt for a Swedish M-94/14 or M-94 stock that was complete. No mean task!
I finally located a Swedish M94/14 WWII era "Damage Replacement" stock that was complete, and mostly matching. This I found in the United States. After over a month and a half of waiting and piling expence, I finally managed to obtain the stock this morning. Working with my good friend CGN member Nabs, we worked over the challenge of restoring the carbine into her stock properly with no guide. There seems to be no disassembly and reassembly guide on the net for it.
Lastly, just a week before, I managed to obtain an M-94/14 Bayonet in excellent condition.
I would now like to present to you, fellow Milsurp collectors of CGN, my restored, nearly matching (stock matches to itself minus the nosecap, carbine metal parts match to themselves completely)
Swedish M-94/14!
Enjoy, comments are welcome! Just curious what someone would consider her market value to be now? (Not like I would ever sell her!)
Yours Sincerely,
Drachenblut
