Swedish Rifles

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I want to get a good target rifle in 6.5 x 55 without breaking the bank and am torn between the Shultz & Larsen M69 and CG 63 (maybe Karl Gustaff Mauser M96, if it is not too difficult to install diopter sights on it). I am not a hunter, it's just range time from the bench, so, I guess, I am looking for accuracy, reliability and comfortable handling. How do these rifles compare in your opinion, based on your or other shooters experience? Any help would be appreciated.

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Sir, the CG63 IS a target rifle, It already HAS diopter sights fitted to it. Carl Gustaf is what the CG stands for, BTW. And 1963 is the year that the conversions were done.

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1898 CG m/96 Serial #896
 
I have no experience with either rifle.

I do have target rifle experience. We get 2,000 to 3,000 rounds through a blue barrel. Then barrel is shot out.

If I was buying a used rifle, I would want to know throat condition first.

I have seen a lot of the Shultz Larson rifles in 7.62x51 They use an upgraded trigger and are excellent rifles. I have a Parker Hale target rifle sight that fits one.
 
I like CG63. Kind of more streamlined. Here is mine.
CG-63-3.jpg
 
i have one of each a cg63 and a schultz and Larson target rifle they are both very nice rifles .They both came with doipter sites and are great shooters.Except for a few small handeling marks they are both in very good condt.There are still some avialable from tradex but supply is getting scarcer it seems
 
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I have played with both, scoped and irons, and can say that either one will SHOOT.

The Danish rifles I have seen all seem to use German Kar98k actions which Jerry left behind in 1945, while the Swedish rifles use Model 96 actions.

There is no question that these are decent rifles. The CG-63 which I pulled apart showed every sign of the bedding having been worked on by a real Master.

Either one will put the bullets where you want them.

I do remember some heads being turned at a match at CFB Shilo one afternoon when the farmers' team clanged the 1100-yard gong to start the shoot TWICE in succession, then did it again later on that day. Only 2 rounds were allowed at the 1100 but, in each case, the S&L needed only the first, using the second for a "close-in" 900-yard plate. The RCMP Instructors' team was involved in a 5-way tie for Third..... and they were NOT happy campers.
 
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