Look what followed me home Saturday

[Rokkit Syinss]

Really hard to resist a like new, 108 year old, tall, svelte Swede with great figure! Bore is like new and mics .2664" grooves. I'm guessing a .267" or .268" boolit should work.

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[reivertom]

Wow! nice stock on that military rifle. Is it curly maple or curly walnut? I'm a sucker for curly wood because I'm a Kentucky Longrifle and a fiddle nut too.

[TNsailorman]

Beautiful rifle. I had one and made the mistake of selling it. James

[Jack Stanley]

Mine had similar groove dimensions , unfortunately the neck of the rifle would not allow larger bullets .

Nice looking rifle ! It's hard not to love one as well kept as that .

Jack

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Very nice! I also have one that appears unissued, but the wood isn't nearly as nice as yours.

[Texas by God]

I had a 1899 Waffenfabrik Mauser from the "Swedish Building" of the Mauser Works in much the same condition as yours. HAD is the operative word here[emoji58]

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[Adam Helmer]

Rokkit,

Very NICE M1896 Rifle. I have a few and all but one has the threaded muzzle which easily accommodates the 2-inch muzzle brakes I have installed. I got mine many years ago for the right price. What did this beauty cost?

Adam

[Bzcraig]

That's ALMOST too nice

[wrench]

That is a beauty! I am such a sucker for those striped stocks...
I shoot bullets sized .269" in three of mine, if it chambers, it shoots.

[JoeJames]

I am not an expert on the Swedes, but as I understand it, the brass disc should indicate the amount of bore wear. I do know there is a lot of information out on the internet about that. You may already know a bunch more about it than I do, and if so forgive my post. BTW there is a long article on the Swedes in this month's issue of Firearm's News

[lefty o]

nice looking swede, luv all the fiddleback in the stock.

[merlin101]

Man, that is nicer than NICE!

[redhawk0]

Oh my...that is gorgeous. Nice find. It's hard to believe ones in this condition even exist any longer.

redhawk

[Texas by God]

I should have piled them up when they were $50 each in the late 1980's. I'm intelligent but Not very smart......

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[Rokkit Syinss]

Wow! nice stock on that military rifle. Is it curly maple or curly walnut? I'm a sucker for curly wood because I'm a Kentucky Longrifle and a fiddle nut too.

European walnut.


Mine had similar groove dimensions , unfortunately the neck of the rifle would not allow larger bullets .

Nice looking rifle ! It's hard not to love one as well kept as that .

Jack

I'll neck turn the brass if I have to.


Rokkit,

Very NICE M1896 Rifle. I have a few and all but one has the threaded muzzle which easily accommodates the 2-inch muzzle brakes I have installed. I got mine many years ago for the right price. What did this beauty cost?

Adam

$400


That's ALMOST too nice

No such thing! ;)


That is a beauty! I am such a sucker for those striped stocks...
I shoot bullets sized .269" in three of mine, if it chambers, it shoots.

I'm going to try .267" first.


I am not an expert on the Swedes, but as I understand it, the brass disc should indicate the amount of bore wear. I do know there is a lot of information out on the internet about that. You may already know a bunch more about it than I do, and if so forgive my post. BTW there is a long article on the Swedes in this month's issue of Firearm's News

It indicates bore and groove diameters and bore condition, IIRC the Swedish term is gravrostklas meaning literally deep seated rust or pitting.


Oh my...that is gorgeous. Nice find. It's hard to believe ones in this condition even exist any longer.

redhawk

Found at a gunshow, two brothers selling off their father's estate collection. They had half a dozen Swedes, 96s and 38s, 7 or 8 FALs and a **** ton of handguns.

[Dutchman]

It indicates bore and groove diameters

Just bore diameter not groove.

Very pretty rifle, btw.

Dutch

[texasnative46]

Rokkit Syinss,

PURTY RIFLE. - IF it was mine, I would presume that it would be swell for hogs/deer out of a tower blind, given that long barrel & FLAT trajectory, out to 300M or more.

Both the 140 grain (which was the standard military bullet weight) & the 160 grain bullet (often used in Northern Europe by commercial hunters of caribou & moose, btw) are KILLERS on most any Western Hemisphere game, with the possible exception of the biggest bears.

yours, tex

[TCLouis]

That looks to be one beautiful 6.5 you found there.
I hope she does well with cast for you.