Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfaktori
Ricci.Wright
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which means, Rifle Factory of Carl Gustaf's Town. Anyway there have been a bunch of Carl Gustaf's running around Sweden, kings some of them, but it's the M96 I want to talk about and the one here on my desk was made at that factory in 1915. I am no expert on Mauser rifles, God knows there are enough or those running around, all with keyboards ready to correct the slightest mistake, which is a good thing, sometimes. I have handled a fair number of Mauser rifles from all over the world and they are, for the most part, well made well designed guns, but I think of all the Mausers the Swedish model 96 chambered in 6.5x55 is my favorite. While I can't remember ever having fired one, they are known as being among the best shooting military bolt guns. I do know they are fitted and finished very well, and while I don't know if you can call a 9 pound rifle with this much wood and a 29" barrel sleek, it is graceful. I hope this one goes to someone who will take it out and shoot it often. It is a matching numbers gun and the bore looks great.
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They are nice looking and shooting rifles.
The Finish moist nugget looks fairly nice for a re-worked commie pig farmer gun.
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The Swedish Mauser is one beautiful rifle. I have four of them. The workmanship, the beautiful walnut stock.
And so accurate.
IMNSHO, those are one of the finest of the mil-surp rifles. For me it's a toss up between the M96 and the M94 Swede carbine.
I've owned a couple of M96's, and still have my M94. Sadly, some nitwit DSPO D&T'd the receiver bridge and hacked the stock to install a Williams FP receiver sight. IIRC I paid something like $80 for it back in '83 or '84. The price of a pristine M94 nowdays is astronomical.