Newest gun Model 96 Mauser With Pictures.

jaykellogg · Jul 9, 2013

I have wanted a military rifle for a while (a long while). I had a Japanese Arisaka years ago. Today on a whim I bought a Model 96 Swedish Mauser dated 1920. The finish is in the 90-95% for the metal but the wood isn't as nice. It is good, but not quite as nice as the metal. Everything matches. I paid $200 plus tax and bought three boxes of ammo for $15 a box. I bought three boxes of 5.56 blanks for $3/box. Did I do OK?

Jebus35745 · Jul 9, 2013

It sounds like you did great. How's the bore? They are great shooters, let us know how yours does. Larry

jaykellogg · Jul 9, 2013

Bore looks great! I am thinking of refinishing the wood. It is basically sound, but the metal is excellent.

brucev · Jul 9, 2013

The M-96 is a beautifully made Mauser that you will enjoy owning and shooting. The 6.5 Swedish round is wonderfully effective in both it's military loading as well as typical sporting loads. It is a deer hunting round par excellent! The price you paid is very good.

RonJ · Jul 10, 2013

Did you make a typo on those blanks?

Class III · Jul 10, 2013

I've had three over the years and still have the best of the three, a bone stock 1907 CG. It will shoot sub 2" groups at 100 yards, but about 10" high with the factory front sight and a six o'clock hold using factory ammo or my hand loads.

I had an 1897 dated Oberndorf A/N. Payed all of $75.00 for it back when they were being imported by Blue Sky. Sold that one a couple of years ago for $600.

Sold the other CG, a 1919, early last year for less than I had in it. It started life as your basic '96. I had the barrel cut to 22" and turned to get rid of the stepped profile. Had the bolt handle turned down. Replaced the safety with a low profile to clear a scope. Replaced the trigger with a Timney that was tuned to about 3.25 lbs and stocked with a semi inletted Reinhart Fajen M96 stock, a beautiful chunk of spalted maple I bought in 1992. I had close to 1K in it and sold it to a buddy who about choked on his drool every time his eyes made contact with it.

At $200 you STOLE that thing. You really need to be looking over your shoulder for the ATF and/or the FBI now that you have posted the particulars on the WWW.

Class III

LVSteve · Jul 10, 2013

DON'T refinish it. You stole a $300-350 collector piece for $200. If you refinish it you will have AT BEST a $200 rifle. This is just the way it is with milsurps.

Qball · Jul 10, 2013

Pictures, please.

I have a CG from 1907 in exelent finish.
Gunlaws here in Sweden is not gun friendly so old Swedish military rifles
goes to the scrapyard.

Wish i could save them all here in Sweden instead of shiping them overseas.

LVSteve · Jul 10, 2013

Here is mine. Yes, the wood is dinged and it will stay that way. They look worse in the pictures than they really are because of the strong light here. I never considered touching it with a sander or trying to steam out any of the dents. When I get a milsurp I check the metal for undue corrosion and obvious damage and the wood just gets wiped down with a damp cloth or rarely a coat of BLO if it is obviously dry.

Bullet Bob · Jul 10, 2013

Here's my 1921 manufactured one; all numbers matching for $75.00 at a department store in the early 90's.

Shoots very, very well, but they're not kidding about the 300 meter starting point. You can buy a replacement front sight for 100 yard shooting, but I've never bothered since I only use it on targets.

You can tell the condition of the bore by the stamping on the round butt disc:

sheepdawg · Jul 10, 2013

The most accurate milsurp you can own and perhaps the best military Mauser ever built. The Swedes used the best of everything and even insisted the ones the Germans made in 1899 and 1900 to be built using only Swedish steel.

1899 Mauser Oberndorf M38/96 arsenal rematch
1912 Carl Gustaf M96, sight ladder is the only non matching part.
1915 Carl Gustaf M96, My shooter, this one will shoot M.O.A.
1924 Carl Gustaf M96, the rarest year of all, only 2149 made, everything matches. I know this one will shoot M.O.A. I just need to do it.

The latest acquistion, a 1912 FSR M96. The Swedish FSR is the Swedish shooting federation which took M96s and made target rifles out of them.

You got a great deal on your M96, if numbers matching a super deal. The worst thing you could do is refinish the stock. You could cut the value of it in half as milsurp collectors want everything to be as it left the factory or arsenal. The scars and dents are history and deserve to be left alone..

BigBill · Jul 10, 2013

These are the real crown jewels of Sweden. I have one gun safe full of these swedish mausers. I have a 1907 Carl Gustaf m96 using sellier & bellot 131gr sp ammo benchrested will shoot 1 1/2" groups @ 100yds.

I was shooting near some SWAT guys one-day. They came over too see what I was shooting with no scope that grouped so tight. I told them it's a 100 year old swedish mauser. They told me they had scoped rifles that can't shoot that good.

The swede' s manufacture some of the best quality steels in the world.

After logging since 1979 using husqvarna chainsaws I always wanted to try there dirtbikes. We restored 25 vintage husqvarna dirtbikes. These had the
Swedish chrome moly steel frames. We never cracked a husqvarna frame but I welded many Japanese frames.

Please don't scrap them send them here we'll give them good homes.

I been buying up m94 stock sets with all the hardware and the bubba m94's so I can turn them back to there original condition. I have no clue why bubba cuts the stocks. But at least I can turn back the saws of time.

I would like to scope a Swede mauser but I don't have the heart to ruin such an awesome piece of Swedish history. I may look for a bubba one to scope that I can't restore.

Qball · Jul 11, 2013

No problem Bill, there is a way to scoop that Mauser.
Go scout style

Made this one from scraped parts. Not a single number match

And i would not be afraid to use it as a truck gun.
I used the S&K Scoutmount (i'm lazy

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Tips and trix on this exelent site
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jaykellogg · Jul 11, 2013

The dealer I bought the gun from told me he had refused to sell the gun to another customer because that fellow (a young man) was going to sporterize it. I had stopped in to see if his FFL had come in and it had not. We chatted for almost an hour when he said "You like old guns, look at this". I will admit I did not know the value of this. I suspected it was worth more than the $200 (plus tax) asking price. I have seen what Mitchell's Mausers gets. I wanted a milsurp rifle, but I didn't really want one of the Russian Moisens. It is a bit surprising that 68 years after WWII there are still nice military rifles available. There must have been millions made.

The $3/box for 5.56 blanks is not a typo.

jaykellogg · Jul 11, 2013

Here are some pictures;

Here is the bad,

LVSteve · Jul 11, 2013

I see what you mean by "the bad", it has taken quite a wallop at the heel. I would do a minimal sanding job to take away any edges that mite snag and apply some BLO for protection.

The sticky area behind the stock disc is where the cheat sheet for the Spitzer ammo used to live. The sights on these rifles were calibated for a 160gr round nose bullet. Sweden switched to a ~140gr Spitzer and created the cheat sheet so soldiers could correct for the new ammo.

sheepdawg · Jul 11, 2013

LVSteve said:
I see what you mean by "the bad", it has taken quite a wallop at the heel. I would do a minimal sanding job

NOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No sanding whatsoever!!!! That's just character. Milsurp collectors can spot sanding a mile away.

You can buy a taller front post from Samco, or maybe find one on Ebay if you want to shoot it at 100 yards. A +2 front sight usually works maybe with some minor filing.

Your disk indicates that the last time the arsenal checked it, which could have been 50 years ago, your barrel was a 1 which is very light corrosion, and the bore diameter is 6.51 which is good. The Swedes were very picky about grading their barrels and a 1 usually says it has a super bore. I've seen 2s and 3s that would shoot M.O.A.

According to the only reference book on Swedes worth the paper it was printed on, The Crown Jewels by Dana Jones, there were 8229 M96s made in 1920 by Carl Gustafs which puts yours on the rarer end of the over 550,000 M96s made. The Swedes never used corrosive ammo and never fought a war with them that's why you can still find so many good shooters these days.

BigBill · Jul 13, 2013

I don't like to refinish any military surplus gun unless it's going out in the weather hunting. Being an x woodworker I can do it all. If it's done right
You can't tell it's been redone. No complete, all matching numbered guns
We're hurt in this process. I buy bubba guns, parts guns or barreled receivers to build my spotters for hunting. My collectables will never be touches.

I just built a German 98k 8 mm mariners mauser for under $150. With a
excellent new barrel, hand guard, scope & mounts. She's a real looker too.
I used an original 98k stock too. I built a 7mm mauser, a Russian 91/30 but waiting to find a perfect bubba swede. But I have been buying up too
Many swede m94 bubba s to return them to there original condition. It's not cheap to do too but when there finished I feel good about it. I did purchase a swedish husqvarna m38 barreled action but I had the m38 stock with the metal so you know we're that one went. I assembled it and it's all original in the safe too. I can't hurt these swedish gals. I guess I'll buy another barreled action for my project.

LVSteve · Jul 13, 2013

sheepdawg said:
NOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No sanding whatsoever!!!! That's just character. Milsurp collectors can spot sanding a mile away.

Normally I would be right with you, but the damage looks to be severe enough that the edges will snag on things and peel away more wood. JMHO.

jaykellogg · Jul 13, 2013

I ordered a sling (original) and oilers on fleabay for $20 shipped. Sarco has taller front sights, I haven't seen them elsewhere.

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