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Old 01-11-2021, 02:29 PM
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I love those rifles too.

Anyone know what the stocks were made of?
Swedish Oak?
Stocks were made of European Walnut till 1915, Elm, Beech, American Black Walnut, Maple and Mahogany from 1915 till 1918, Beech standardized in 1918. The one in your picture is beech. Elm is often mistaken for oak but oak was never used.

Elm on my 1915 m/96.

100 year old Swedish Mauser, model 96-1915-m96b-jpg
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