Thousands of surplus Model 1896 Swedish Mausers were imported into the U.S. During the 1950's and 1960's, introducing large numbers of American hunters to the Swedish Mauser service rifle. It is apparently brazed to the bolt body, and carries a serial number that matches the bolt and the rifle. The bolt knob. Stock Discs for 1894 & 1896 Swedish Mausers. Though I've never seen -rust- in the bore of a Swedish Mauser. Me know the date and serial number range. These first test carbines were basically the Spanish Model 1893 carbine, and they were manufactured at Mauser in Oberndorf, Germany. Fifty-two were purchased, and they can be distinguished from later Mauser-made carbines by the fact that the receivers were marked only with the serial number (1 to 52) and did not carry.

Check out the Swede Mauser forum on gunboards.com There are a lot of Swede mauser experts there.just do NOT mention ANY intention of sportsterizing the gun, or you'll get flamed bad. The Swede mauser is my favorite rifle, most accurate of everything ( The Swiss K31 gives it a good run for the money though). I have several with Elit and Soderin diopter sites.steps it up to a whole new level of accuracy, and great help for these old eyes. ******************** Why a new barrel - typically The Swedes kept excellent care of their weapons. New Barrels ( original Swede barrels) are hard to find.you MIGHT find a NOS M38 barrel on eBay or Gunbroker or the Gunboards marketplace. ************** What model do you have.M96.M96/38.M38.??? Here is a site you can check: I'd shoot it before thinking about adding a new barrel.

A few minutes late, Juergen beat me to it. One note about Swede Mauser types: Typically the sights start high (300 yards) so you wind up aiming about a foot low if you are shooting at 100 yards. You can get taller blade sights that are easy to install. I added one on an M96 I have but still need to take some time and file a little off to get it at the perfect height.

Just keep the original front sight in case you ever want to return the rifle to collectable status. Thanks for all the information so far. I would have posted pics but the Warden took the camera with her today. The rifles reciever has the crown with an ornate 'C' (almost Old English style) under it. It then says: Carl Gustafs Stads.

Then; Gervarseaktori (there are a couple of tapped holes so I think that the right spelling). Next; Interarmco G 33/50. Dell Pp21l Drivers Free Download on this page. The serial number is prefixed with HK which I believe is the inspector and all the componets are marked with the crown and the last 3 (703) of the serial number except the floor plate which has 995 stampted under the crown (poofy crown with cross on top). The stock appears to be a cut down carbine stock with out the medallion on the stock and you can see where the repair was made to fill in where the belt sling went through the stock.

I didnt see any picturs that match up with my front sight (ramp topped with a bead sight on a dove tail) that looks original.