Back during the winter I ran across a slightly sporterized M96 6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser, this gun is German made, one of the last before Sweden took over production, all numbers matching from 1900. The barrel had been cut down a couple of inches, a bad bore from what I had been told and a different front sight had been added but the sight was so high that every round would have been over the target, so I had it cut back some more, to 20 inches and had the forearm cut even with the handguard so I could use the sling swivel. I had a different base put on it with a Skinner sight blade. It has the original front sight but eventually I am going to go with a receiver sight later on. I plan on using this gun for some cornfield deer hunting this season. It likes Remington 140 grain rounds and my handloads of 140 grain Hornady SP's.
Here it is at 50 yards and 125 from a rest. It's very pleasant to shoot and should do pretty well I hope.