An Interesting Mauser.

[Dave 101]

It would be a bit strange the hall marks and the silver smith being Swedish for it not to be Swedish writing . But then you never know .
Pity you didnt get the proof marks off of the rifle , bobbob next time you see that rifle get the owner to join the forum .

Dave

[saddler]

Not that strange;

Sweden beat Norway-Denmark in their 1814 wars...Norway being then taken over as a sort of Federation of Sweden until 1905.

The M96 Mauser AND the 6.5x55 cartridge was a joint Swedish/Norwegian project.

The addition of sterling silver prize plaques, for shooting competitions, is EXTREMELY common in Sweden...almost every small town had its own rifle club, normally overseen by the FSR.
The regional meetings were massively attended - you should see some of the photo's in the Swedish FSR books and regional club publications!

The proof marks on the rifle will be the usual Carl Gustaf ones; a small horizontal crown (the Husqvarna proof mark is a similar crown, but tilted at 45-degrees)

The wooden pistol grips are an after-market accessory - used in target shooting - sometimes also being supplemented by a wooden ball on the bolt handle & a 2-part sling (either directly liberated from a Swedish BAR or one of the FSR types; the latter being adopted with very small changes as the post-war sniper rifle sling) plus, of course, one of many aperture sights....

Most target shooting there was/is fixed 300m distance

...be interesting IF we can obtain more photographs

[Dave 101]

Not that strange;

Sweden beat Norway-Denmark in their 1814 wars...Norway being then taken over as a sort of Federation of Sweden until 1905.

The M96 Mauser AND the 6.5x55 cartridge was a joint Swedish/Norwegian project.

The addition of sterling silver prize plaques, for shooting competitions, is EXTREMELY common in Sweden...almost every small town had its own rifle club, normally overseen by the FSR.
The regional meetings were massively attended - you should see some of the photo's in the Swedish FSR books and regional club publications!

The proof marks on the rifle will be the usual Carl Gustaf ones; a small horizontal crown (the Husqvarna proof mark is a similar crown, but tilted at 45-degrees)

The wooden pistol grips are an after-market accessory - used in target shooting - sometimes also being supplemented by a wooden ball on the bolt handle & a 2-part sling (either directly liberated from a Swedish BAR or one of the FSR types; the latter being adopted with very small changes as the post-war sniper rifle sling) plus, of course, one of many aperture sights....

Most target shooting there was/is fixed 300m distance

...be interesting IF we can obtain more photographs

Great info . Ta

Dave

[bobbob]

Saddler, thanks, really interesting stuff.

Dave, he is an older gentleman, don't think forums are his thing.

Bnz is going to ask him if we can have a better look. Any information found will be passed onto him.

I think it has a little sentimental value to him as it belonged to a friend who bought it but passed away before he could use it.

[bobbob]

The owner has remembered the rifle was still on the web site of the dealer he bought it from http://www.highwoodclassicarms.co.uk/Fi ... ausera.htm

[saddler]

The owner has remembered the rifle was still on the web site of the dealer he bought it from http://www.highwoodclassicarms.co.uk/Fi ... ausera.htm

Ah - nice pics - but some of the description from the seller is a little

The "sniper leather sling" isn't - it's one of the Swedish BAR slings
The "rare removable grip" - very common over in Sweden
The "Husqvarna Model m/38-96" - sort of barse ackwards - Husqvarna converted M96 CG rifles to M38 carbine format, if so converted they were known as M96-38's, they also made M38 carbines from new & in WW2 made a batch of M96's for sale to the FSR members: the agreement being that IF the FSR membership was mobilised they'd bring these rifles with them, the gov't would buy them from them, but after military service the rifles would again be the property of the FSR member - at no charge!!
There was no NRA as such in Sweden - what they had/have is/was the FSR (FrivilligaSkytteRölsen - translates to Volunteer Shooters Movement)

The rifle pictured is in std target shooting guise for use in club contests...that's it.
The only point that makes it a little different is the the silver plaque (& as I said before there are a LOT of club rifles over in Sweden with such plaques on them, some with more than one!!)

Be nice to see how it shoots!!