I just picked up a Swedish m/96-38 and there are some aspects of the rifle that confuse me. I ask these questions having not handled an enormous number of them, but from reading The Swedish Mauser Rifles published by North Cape Publications.
This rifle was imported by Class Distributors in Swann, Vermont. The receiver was manufactured by Carl Gustafs in 1908. All the numbers match except for the magazine floor plate and the bolt stop, neither of which have serial numbers. That should mean that they were made by Husqvarna.
The rear sight is from an m/38, not an m/96-38.
Most oddly, the bolt has only one gas escape port, but according to the book, any rifle made after 1904 should have at least 2.
Does someone want to put this all together? I can't imagine an importer cobbled together a matching bolt from a pre-1905 rifle. None of the numbers look scrubbed. How about the rear sight? Has anyone ever seen a m/38 rear sight on a m/96-38? I can easily see anyone swapping out the magazine floor plate and bolt catch, though it seems odd with everything else matching.
This rifle was imported by Class Distributors in Swann, Vermont. The receiver was manufactured by Carl Gustafs in 1908. All the numbers match except for the magazine floor plate and the bolt stop, neither of which have serial numbers. That should mean that they were made by Husqvarna.
The rear sight is from an m/38, not an m/96-38.
Most oddly, the bolt has only one gas escape port, but according to the book, any rifle made after 1904 should have at least 2.
Does someone want to put this all together? I can't imagine an importer cobbled together a matching bolt from a pre-1905 rifle. None of the numbers look scrubbed. How about the rear sight? Has anyone ever seen a m/38 rear sight on a m/96-38? I can easily see anyone swapping out the magazine floor plate and bolt catch, though it seems odd with everything else matching.
