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A great collectible Swede in an unusual stock material ready to assume its place in any military rifle collection. Brass bore condition disk inset into RHS of butt-stock. Bore with continuous rifling no pitting вЂ“ slightly soft but intact. All bolt components are correctly serial numbered. The sight can be put in the upright position and in that configuration is graduated from 700 to 2000 meters. Rear sight (numbered to another rifle) graduated from 3 to 600 meters when вЂњdownвЂќ flat. Twin sling swivels, for-end cap has a hole for the cleaning rod and a bayonet fixing lug. All Husqvarna stamps are applied at 45 degrees- therefore we be further reassured that there is no mixing of parts.В Bolt release to rear LHS of action. All the Swedish crown inspectors marks are stamped horizontally indicating application at the Carl Gustafs plant.

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Under the barrel is the full length cleaning rod.

The stock is very smooth to the touch but has been armoury repaired at the toe with a concealed screw underneath a wooden plug. The wear is even all over and there have been no clumsy attempts at re-finishing. The balance of the metalwork is blued but thinning with age as would be expected from a rifle of this vintage. The Swedes really fine-tuned these rifles.

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When working the action it is immediately obvious how smooth the movement of the cycling is compared to many other Mausers. A few weapons assembled by pupils at the Gunsmith-course have a one, two or three digit serial number followed by a. The straight armed bolt is finished in the white and carries the last part of the number in several places. As this is a fully matching example of the M96 many of the parts carry the last three digits of the serial number and are not from other weapons. Adjacent to the initials is the serial number. 'Swedish Steel' is a term for the steel used by the Swedish and Mauser manufacturing facilities to make the M96 rifles. The side wall of the action is marked with the initials of the Chief Weapons Inspectors initials вЂњH.K.вЂќ This was Helge Kolthoff who held the position at the time. The Swedish Mauser was manufactured relatively unchanged from 1896 to 1943, and M96 Rifle and M38 Carbine rifles, known by collectors as 'Swedish Mausers,' are often sought after by military service rifle shooters and hunters. The receiver is marked with the Swedish Crown/ CG monogram / CARL GUSTAF STADS / GEVARSFAKTORI / 1915вЂі This obviously tallies with the serial number data. Professionally stripped and oil finished extremely fine stock with minimal damage. The round barrel is 29вЂі long and the trigger pull is 14.вЂќ Straight grip finger grooved stock in European Elm a very hardwearing timber. Overall the rifle measures 49.1/4вЂі in length. Mauser bolt system with internal 5-shot magazine. Chambered in the highly accurate 6.5 x 55mm cartridge. This serial number puts production at the Carl Gustafs plant at the end of the year 1915/16. This rifle is in standard military specification as a full length Infantry Rifle.

M96 swedish mauser serial numbers