Swedish 94 / 14

[Sam Johnson]

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From the used gun rack at Cabela's yesterday. Serial number 5946 of 12,000 made by Mauser. My other 6.5 x 55 likes the 140 grain bullet best. I am thinking in this shot barrel the 125 will work. Any suggestions ?

[Nobade]

Neat!
I would measure the twist rate to determine what boolit to use. IIRC those 94's had a slower twist?

-Nobade

[Dutchman]

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From the used gun rack at Cabela's yesterday. Serial number 5946 of 12,000 made by Mauser. My other 6.5 x 55 likes the 140 grain bullet best. I am thinking in this shot barrel the 125 will work. Any suggestions ?

You got a smokin' deal on this. Believe it or not, the 1895 Oberndorf carbines are not nearly as valuable as some of the Carl Gustaf carbines simply because of production numbers. That 1932 carbine Uncle Grinch just stole is worth more than this 1895 simply because of the 1932 date. There were only about 1,000 made in 1932 while the 1895 there were 12,000. Still, it's clean and nice shape with a beech replacement stock.

Also something about the 1895 dated carbines. Every single part has the German crown and letter M. Every screw head has those two marks. On carbines that have been rebuilt they will have mixed parts so it may not be 100% German. The stock is certainly a Swedish replacement as all originals were walnut. And the bayonet mount was not original. So you have a two-tier thing going with the 1895 carbines. Those with 100% German parts and those that have been rebuilt with Swedish parts. Which one is the more valuable? Not hard to guess is it?

1895:
2
30
35
853
1058
1252
1317
1365
2205
2608
3166
3565
4155
4581
5412
5938
5946 <-------- your new carbine
6361
6407
7131
7727
8449
8641
8991
9350
9865
11280
11343
11737
11959

I'd suggest you handload Hornady 160 gr round nose. They are the only American commercial bullet that replicates the original m/1894 Swedish 156 gr round nose projectile. I much prefer the Hornady 160 gr because of the historical ambience, as it were. The twist rate is 1 turn in 200mm. About 1:7.8".

6.5x55 loves IMR4831 and Rx22.

Dutch

[Sam Johnson]

Thanks Dutch,, Tons of new info on the 94's from your two threads. I have both powders but need to buy the Hornady 160 gr rn. Just bought two boxes of Norma factory 140 gr so I have some good brass to start with.
Sam

[Old Iron Sights]

Darn, those are cute. Ran across one today for the first time in a local gun shop but the stock was sported and it was somewhat of a mismatch. 1916 CG. Didn't seem like $350 was a decent deal on it.