what rifle is this????????????

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hey guys ,
I have a buddy that has an old rifle 1943 6mmx55 that looks similar to an enfield (semi auto) rifle. He mentioned the rifle was Swedish and has a stamp 13400B on the receiver. Anyone know what it might be? the wood is split like an enfield and covers most of the barrel with a band and a sling loop attached.
 
Wow! Very difficult to venture a guess based on that description... Especially as the only production semi-auto Enfield rifle is a bullpup... Now, based on the information you gave, I would guess a swedish Ljungman AG-42 (or AG-42b)
 
JP said:
By the date and serial number, I agree a Swedish Ljungman AG-42B Rifle.
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Thanks thats exactly what it is, it even has the medallion in the stock as well as a field kit. Its a really nice rifle and he wants to part with it so ill look around and see what the value is and maybe make him an offer.
 
Fluxcore, you sound like a beginner. If you buy that rifle, get some help. The AG42B has a few habits that can cause you some grief. It's a fine rifle, accurate and reliable. It requires maintenance though. Mostly just normal stuff. It's all very easy, once you've been walked through it. Be careful with ammunition as well. There is still a bit of the stuff International Firearms brought into Canada around. It has corrosive primers. If you hand load, that rifle is pressure sensitive as well. Keep well within the pressure levels in most manuals.
It also had a problem with firing pin protrusion. This caused the pins to break or the rifle to fire out of battery. I had the firing out of battery occurence once. Not a nice thing. When the rifles were first realeased in Canada, they came with a small kit of spare parts, including extractors, with plungers and springs and spare firing pins. This was all part of the cleaning/accessory kit that was issued with each rifle.

Those parts, wouldn't have been issued to troopies, if they weren't a problem.
 
Bearhunter has it set - they're great guns, as long as you don't do certain things to them. They're typically undervalued these days because of these peculiarities. Someone else can correct me on this, but I would say about $300 for just the gun in good condition... but perhaps different depending on condition and the extent of the spare parts and cleaning kit.
 
wouldn't mind picking up the field kit , but I love my Ljungman. It's been even better since i got a adjustable gas nut installed on it as well. now the brass just lands two feet away and not twenty
 
In good nick, this is the most accurate semi-auto rifle ever built. 5-shot 100-yard groups well under a quarter are not uncommon.

The rifle does have a few tricks for the novice.... and we were ALL novices with this rifle, once upon a time. I scared the hell outta my cat, first time I field-stripped one of these, and I even had the book!

These rifles have a reputation for mangling brass and it is well-earned. Talquin is one of the fellows who has DONE something about this problem and I am sure he is happy with his rifle the way it is, now. These were designed for shooting in 40 below weather and still cycling perfectly; shooting in sane temperatures makes them throw the brass 'WAY too hard. You can sit and curse the rifle or you can do something about it. Invest 10 cents the right way and you have a rifle that will outshoot anything else at the range.

About 300 seems to be the standard price on one of these critters. For what you get, it's a fair price, I suppose. Add in a dime to mod the rifle so you can adjust the gas, and you have the best-kept secret in military surplus rifles: a genuine full-power semi-auto 1-MOA rifle with practically zero recoil.

You should handload for these. You will find that a faster powder such as 3031 or RL-7, used with 139-grain or 140-grain bullets, will beat all others.

Go get her!

And be sure to have fun.

You WILL have questions: we're all waiting!
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The litel parts kit includes a spare firing pin return spring. I noted that cahmbered rounds showed a firing pin dimple, so installed the spare spring to double up on return springs.

This reduced the size of the dimple, reducing risk of a slam fire.
 
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