Swedish Mauser M96 (Gun Porn)

[MrBrian]

After 20 days of waiting, my Swedish Mauser finally came!!!   I thought I'd share my excitement by uploading a few pictures.  Keep in mind that I have not cleaned her up yet.

 

Oh, look at that wood!

 

 

How can something this old look so hot?!

 

 

The crown jewels!  It's stamped EVERYWHERE...

 

 

That action is so smooth!

 

Hopefully this is the original brass plate, but I don't know how to tell...

 

 

Hopefully you enjoyed those few pictures of this Swedish babe....   I'm by no means an expert, so if anybody knows the approximate retail value (MSRP) for this particular specimen, I'd gladly appreciate it...  I know how much I paid for it, and I think I got a good deal, but I'm not 100% positive yet.   I tried to get a picture of the bore, but I couldn't get my camera to focus on all of the rifling at once and it always came out blurry.  The bore has no pitting, but the rifling is strong and she needs a good cleaning before I shoot it.   Thanks for looking!

[NoBanStan]

It feels so nice to get a piece of history in doesn't it?

[TrickyNicky]

Excellent Mr.Brian! Looks like you got yourself a good one, hope its a good shooter.

[RED333]

Here is a bit of help

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61309

[MrBrian]

It's crazy how something made 96 years ago can still be used the same way it was intended to as when it was created...   I haven't shot it yet, but I'd guess it will preform equally as well (if not better than)  the economy bolt action rifles created today  (Mossberg 100 ATR, Ruger American, Savage, ect)  And I bought it for about the same price. It's truly a historic piece of functional art...  plus it's foreign...

[Curiousgb]

The Swede is an amazingly accurate rifle. You may find that a taller front site is needed. 

[Ramjo]

We need to get together and shoot ours and compare the long rifle with the short :)

[NRA]

She is a good looking girl!  They are very fun rifle to fire all day long, They will not wreck your shoulder at the end of the day like some other surplus rifles do.

[10-Ring]

That's a pretty rifle, post up more pics after you clean her up.

[peejman]

Nice! Where did you find it?

[Moped]

Wow, congratulations!!! That is a super looking rifle!  I also believe it to be a superior rifle to all the lower end new production rifles.  I also here it's a very credible white tail round.  I've always wanted one of these.  Just never had the money, when they were available!

[MrBrian]

I won it off gunbroker... $295 + $40 shipping +$40 transfer fees, so $375 total

[Curiousgb]

I bought my first Swede for 89.00. Like many other surplus rifles I wish I had mortgaged the house and bought all I could find. 

[Tempest455]

Nice!

[Hershmeister]

I won it off gunbroker... $295 + $40 shipping +$40 transfer fees, so $375 total

Thats pretty much the going rate - now get a c&r and it would have cost you $10 less after your $30 license fee

[MrBrian]

I took it all down to clean, and I counted 37 little crown jewel stamps....  I may have missed some, but that's the total I came up with...  

 

I wish things were made today with that much quality and inspection, but I guess that's not what people want these days... everybody just wants things made as cheap as possible.  I'll post more pictures tomorrow.

[MrBrian]

 

Look at all those crown jewel stamps...

 

This one is my favorite... they took the time to stamp the pin that you push to release the magazine floor plate...

 

They're everywhere I tell ya

 

Not sure what these marks mean... any ideas?

 

 

I never realized how hard it is to take a picture of barrel rifling... this one is the best picture I could get after about 50 tries... believe me, the barrel is brighter and shinier than this picture...

 

Also, I ordered a front post protector because right now the front post keeps falling out

 

Now all I need is a sling and bayonet....

[gregintenn]

Looks great. I wish I would have bought a Carl Gustav back when they were cheap and plentiful. They are high quality, accurate rifles.

[TrickyNicky]

 
Look at all those crown jewel stamps...
 

This one is my favorite... they took the time to stamp the pin that you push to release the magazine floor plate...
 

They're everywhere I tell ya
 

Not sure what these marks mean... any ideas?
 

 
I never realized how hard it is to take a picture of barrel rifling... this one is the best picture I could get after about 50 tries... believe me, the barrel is brighter and shinier than this picture...
 
Also, I ordered a front post protector because right now the front post keeps falling out
 
Now all I need is a sling and bayonet....

Rifling can be hard to pick up in photos, from what I can see though yours appears to be strong.

Plenty of life left in that old girl!

[LCPfraTN]

MrBrian, that's a beautiful rifle. I really love the darker wood. A friend of mine got me hooked on mil-surps a little over a year ago. He had a Husqvarna M38, which I really liked. I've been looking for an M38 or an M96 for a while that was priced right and I finally found one. I haven't taken many pics yet, but here's one shot of mine (1908 Carl Gustafs Stad). Its an all numbers matching gun and is in excellent condition. The wood isn't quite as dark as your rifle, but its still pretty nice. The bluing is probably 95%. I paid a similar price, but no transfer fees since I have my C&R license. :up:

 

Edited September 27, 2013 by LCPfraTN

[MrBrian]

MrBrian, that's a beautiful rifle. I really love the darker wood. A friend of mine got me hooked on mil-surps a little over a year ago. He had a Husqvarna M38, which I really liked. I've been looking for an M38 or an M96 for a while that was priced right and I finally found one. I haven't taken many pics yet, but here's one shot of mine (1908 Carl Gustafs Stad). Its an all numbers matching gun and is in excellent condition. The wood isn't quite as dark as your rifle, but its still pretty nice. The bluing is probably 95%. I paid a similar price, but no transfer fees since I have my C&R license. :up:

 

Very nice,  did yours come with th front sight post protector?  I had to get one off ebay...  and is that a flash hider screwed on the front???  Did that come with it also or did you get that extra? 

[LCPfraTN]

I was lucky and bought it the way you see it. Yes, that is a flash hider that is screwed on the threaded barrel. I haven't shot it yet, so I don't know whether the flash hider will have any affect on accuracy or not. I'm hoping that it won't, since I kind of like the look. If it does, then I'll need to get some of the thread caps that are normally used with these rifles to keep the threads from getting dinged up.

[MrBrian]

Mine came with the thread cap protector, but I've never seen one with a flash suppressor...  keep me posted as to how well it works

[MrBrian]

Just uploading a couple more pictures...  I got a sling and bayonet, scabbard, and frog....   Took the steamer to it to get all the cosmoline out of the scabbard...

 

If you haven't seen how the bayonet attaches to the rifle, it's quite ingenious.  The little knob on the bottom of the bayonet is spring loaded and it secures nicely over the rifle lug without worrying about it falling off...  I was also pleased to find out that you don't have to remove the front sight protector or the thread cap in order to put on the bayonet, it just slips right over.   I know it seems like a minor thing, but I thought it was clever.

 

 

Who would want to mess with an army of Swedes holding these...