Redcoat3340
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Admittedly, a Swedish M40 "Lahti" isn't a common find in most folks' gun safe. But for those who are fortunate enough to own one finding a gunsmith to work on it isn't necessarily easy (at least it wasn't for me.)
I figured it was going to have to take a FedEx trip somewhere to get it repaired when something inside broke. (Whatever broke kept the gun from being disassembled...so finding out what was broke was a no go as it was broke.)
My regular smith C.a.R. Firearms in Kent, WA (I live about 40 minutes north) has been my go to guy for most everything except installing night sights. And I went to him just to see if he could help.
Wonder of wonders....they figured it out, got it apart without using a cutting torch, fixed the piece, charged me a very fair amount, and I'll have it to the range next week. Wow!
I'm writing this to alert anyone who has an M40 that, if it needs work, CaR is the place to go. They got this gun figured out....on me...but what the heck.
You can look them up on the interwebs, as I'm not sure it's okay to post their website here. (Maybe one of the mods can let me know and I'll put it in a reply.)
The gun is a wonder. A bit heavy, about the same weight as a medium-sized CAT bulldozer, works in 40 below zero weather (not that I've tried it), and my son, who now outshoots me (chalk it up to his USMC training and my old eyes) put a magazine of 7 shots in about a one inch+ hole at 10 yards.
My particular piece was one of 2,000 made by the Swedes for the Danish underground in 1944 for their fight against the Nazis. After the war it was a police gun. and is so marked Sarco imported it.
It's a fun shooter, a real piece of history...and now it's working.
I figured it was going to have to take a FedEx trip somewhere to get it repaired when something inside broke. (Whatever broke kept the gun from being disassembled...so finding out what was broke was a no go as it was broke.)
My regular smith C.a.R. Firearms in Kent, WA (I live about 40 minutes north) has been my go to guy for most everything except installing night sights. And I went to him just to see if he could help.
Wonder of wonders....they figured it out, got it apart without using a cutting torch, fixed the piece, charged me a very fair amount, and I'll have it to the range next week. Wow!
I'm writing this to alert anyone who has an M40 that, if it needs work, CaR is the place to go. They got this gun figured out....on me...but what the heck.
You can look them up on the interwebs, as I'm not sure it's okay to post their website here. (Maybe one of the mods can let me know and I'll put it in a reply.)
The gun is a wonder. A bit heavy, about the same weight as a medium-sized CAT bulldozer, works in 40 below zero weather (not that I've tried it), and my son, who now outshoots me (chalk it up to his USMC training and my old eyes) put a magazine of 7 shots in about a one inch+ hole at 10 yards.
My particular piece was one of 2,000 made by the Swedes for the Danish underground in 1944 for their fight against the Nazis. After the war it was a police gun. and is so marked Sarco imported it.
It's a fun shooter, a real piece of history...and now it's working.
