Swedish mauser M96

Lucite

Lucite

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Just got this in a couple days ago from Tradeex. Its a fairly nice 1914 Carl Gustafs made Swedish M96 Mauser and as far as I can tell 99% matching the only things mismatched are the rear sight (which in it self seems to be all matching) and the barrel which I imagine was a rebarrel because it looks almost brand new and is probably confirmed by the stamping I found forward of the front barrel band which is a triangular stamp over a 0 which I assume denotes barrel condition. The only other thing missing is the stock disc aside from that its in really good shape for being 99 years old.







 
After you do some shooting with this rifle I guarantee you will looking for another one,although I'm assuming this is your first Swedish Mauser.Our household loves them!
 
vviking said:
Welcome to Swede Lucite!.
Thats a nice one.
If you handload, feed her some 140gr Horn. Amax and RL22 :)
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Do tell, please. I've yet to get my 1898, three-digit m96 shooting well, even though I have a Wehrmann rear peep-sight on it. Advice is always welcome.

TIA

tac
 
Nice rifle Lucite! I bought my M96 from Trade Ex a couple of years ago. I have a Husqvarna M38 as well. My 1901 CG M96 is by far my favourite rifle. Shoots like a lazer. Mine has the AM Skirte sight insert, it has a rotating click adjustment for the rear sight leaf. Fantastic rifles. Get out and enjoy it!
 
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Most of the rifles coming out of Sweden today are FSR or privately owned rifles. As such, the stock disk would have been removed when sold to the individual person or club. Another clue to this is that the rear sight number is not matching with the rifle number. Rear sights were regularly replaced with more adjustable sights such as the AGJ or Vasteras. Many of theses present rifles are from Estates or being turned in to the Police, or sold cheap to gun shops. Many of the gun shops remove the target sights and sell them seperately, but replace them from parts bins with regular rear sights.

Lets see a picture of the wrist area at the bottom. It should have some stampings on it and may indicate if the rifle has been rebarreled, and where it was done.
 
Hopefully I can get out to the range this weekend and put her on paper , from what everyone is saying it should be pretty sweet. As for markings, surprisingly there are no visible exterior stock markings I did take some pictures of the various stampings on the receiver and barrel, it was also never drilled and tapped for target sights.







 
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The "Crown CB" indicates the rifle was rebarreled by Karlsborg (old spelling Carlsborg) Tygstation (workshop). Are there any Crowns or markings on the bottom wrist area of the stock, just behind the trigger guard? It is also possible that the top handguard was replaced at the time it was rebarreled as 1914 m/96 rifles usually had the serial number inside the barrel channel of the stock, and also the underside of the handguard. Your handguard has "KG" which is also a Karlsborg marking.
 
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