Swedish Mauser
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These rifles are not holy relics...they are pieces of steel and wood. I have no problem with anyone sporterizing an old military rifle unless it is a very rare variation, heck these were modded by the Swedes themselves by chopping stocks and adding sights.
Richards does a number of stocks for the 96...
http://rifle-stocks.com/
A good gunsmith should be able to handle the bolt and drill and tap it for scope mounts.
Huber Concepts does trigger as does Timney
Personally I like my "Bubba" 98 Mauser...
Richards does a number of stocks for the 96...
http://rifle-stocks.com/
A good gunsmith should be able to handle the bolt and drill and tap it for scope mounts.
Huber Concepts does trigger as does Timney
Personally I like my "Bubba" 98 Mauser...
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the 98/40 i posted was bubbified many years ago and may have cost 30.00,the man who done it just wanted to make lighter as he didn,t have any extra money. the point being who would have thought the 25 dollar springfields and 30 dollar mauser would disappear, well the 96 swedes are going the same route, for me to see a valuable rifle cut up to make a hunting rifle hurts,when it is in the condition yours is in. when walmart closed out rem.700 adl,s with syntic stocks a few years ago for 299.00 i bought 10 just for the actions, after selling the barrels and stocks for 65.00 a set i had 234.00 in a solid rem action that was drilled and tapped,bolt already altered and adjustable trigger that didn,t need reblueing. eastbank.
that is a sweet mauser! and OP get out your hack saw and desecrate it! Mine is getting an overhaul soon. my dad is also giving me his. it was previously sporterized about 30 years back. So I will not be ruining anything, however if it was a complete rifle I would anyway. I love mausers and I think they are the best "all cleaned up".
There's a second reason not to mess with/mess up that rifle. You can get a nice, new, modern rifle for less than the money it will take to modify that and will shoot at least as well. Swedes are great rifle, but if you look at the numbers, it just doesn't make sense to me to modify one.
You can get a Stevens 200 made by Savage for $200-250; a scoped Mossberg for $300; a Savage or Remington for $350 or a Weatherby for $400. Parts and accessories are readily available and much easier to set up for various scope mounts. All of these are available in a huge variety if calibers, so you can pick exactly what fits the bill. Your dad will likely have to pay at least this much alter the Mauser. 2 for the price of 1 seems like a better way to go IMO. Just something to run by him.
You can get a Stevens 200 made by Savage for $200-250; a scoped Mossberg for $300; a Savage or Remington for $350 or a Weatherby for $400. Parts and accessories are readily available and much easier to set up for various scope mounts. All of these are available in a huge variety if calibers, so you can pick exactly what fits the bill. Your dad will likely have to pay at least this much alter the Mauser. 2 for the price of 1 seems like a better way to go IMO. Just something to run by him.
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Think long and hard on this
OP, I have 2 of these in original condition and they shoot GREAT. Mine with open sights outshoots a lot of guys expensive commercial rifles wearing expensive scopes, I kid you not. I bet if you put it up for sale it would be snapped up in a jiffy. I don't understand why you want to do this. Go to just about any gunshop and look at the modified military rifles folks have already done and then see the same rifle in original condition and look at the price tags. Even if you do a nice job at the conversion you will never be able to get your mmoney back out of it. What if some day you fall on hard times and need to sell some of your stuff just to make ends meet? $400 buys more food than $200. I have had to sell some pieces of my collection and I never lost any money doing so. Had I modified the rifles I had to sell I would have never been able to do that.
OP, I have 2 of these in original condition and they shoot GREAT. Mine with open sights outshoots a lot of guys expensive commercial rifles wearing expensive scopes, I kid you not. I bet if you put it up for sale it would be snapped up in a jiffy. I don't understand why you want to do this. Go to just about any gunshop and look at the modified military rifles folks have already done and then see the same rifle in original condition and look at the price tags. Even if you do a nice job at the conversion you will never be able to get your mmoney back out of it. What if some day you fall on hard times and need to sell some of your stuff just to make ends meet? $400 buys more food than $200. I have had to sell some pieces of my collection and I never lost any money doing so. Had I modified the rifles I had to sell I would have never been able to do that.
he has said it has nothing to do with the money. it's his dads rifle and it will probably never leave his possession. it's a cool piece of history, but if they get joy out of building a custom project together, then they should do it. I love my old mans sporter gustaf. it's always been a great brush gun. My only advice is to take it to a good shop to have your work done. If it doesn't get done right you'll have a boat anchor.
Midway has quite a few parts if you wanna change the safety and the trigger. you can also replace the bolt shroud(where the safety is now) Iw ould look into one of the timney triggers. it will make it was more hunting friendly! also if you google stocks there are many places that sell aftermarket stocks. There is a place here called macon gun stocks. They sell some really cool stuff. You can get any wood you want and you finish it yourself so you can have it any color stain or finish. you do have to do a little shaping and sanding but in the end it is worth it.
Midway has quite a few parts if you wanna change the safety and the trigger. you can also replace the bolt shroud(where the safety is now) Iw ould look into one of the timney triggers. it will make it was more hunting friendly! also if you google stocks there are many places that sell aftermarket stocks. There is a place here called macon gun stocks. They sell some really cool stuff. You can get any wood you want and you finish it yourself so you can have it any color stain or finish. you do have to do a little shaping and sanding but in the end it is worth it.
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Too bad the original poster never posted photos or the manufacture date of the rifle in question. It might be a mismatched parts rifle that just begs to be sporterized, or it could have been made during one of the years that only few were made and also have a [SA] stamp on the receiver. Or it may be a rare wood variant on the stock. Who knows????
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Swede Rifles and carbines marked with the [SA] were those rifles which were on loan or semi-sold to Finland during the winter war and the continuation war. Not all the Swede rifles and carbines were marked, but most were. The [SA] marked basically means is was Finnish military property, it has nothing to do with who made the rifle.
Some Swede Mauser collectors will pay more for [SA] marked Swede rifles. Some pay more for certain years and some pay more for certain types of wood in the stocks.
Besides rifles, carbines and machine guns, the Swedes also had a number of troops who fought the Russians in Finland.
Both in the original Winter War and also during the Continuation War.
They all resigned their positions in Sweden and then marched across the border in formation where they swore-in as volunteer troops.
More than a few Russians died from 6.5mm bullets during those years.
Swedish Rifles and carbines were also issued to some Finnish units in the southern part of the country where large parts of the population were Swede speakers. Plus to second line troops like railroad guards, Air Base units and so on... Lots of them were just stored and later returned years later.
Of course there were also German units fighting in Finland against the Russians as well, and they used regular issue German equipment until the end of things when they ran out of supplies.
There were also Waffen SS units made up of Swedish volunteers, 3rd company, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, but from what I can tell they were armed German made equipment.
Some Swede Mauser collectors will pay more for [SA] marked Swede rifles. Some pay more for certain years and some pay more for certain types of wood in the stocks.
Besides rifles, carbines and machine guns, the Swedes also had a number of troops who fought the Russians in Finland.
Both in the original Winter War and also during the Continuation War.
They all resigned their positions in Sweden and then marched across the border in formation where they swore-in as volunteer troops.
More than a few Russians died from 6.5mm bullets during those years.
Swedish Rifles and carbines were also issued to some Finnish units in the southern part of the country where large parts of the population were Swede speakers. Plus to second line troops like railroad guards, Air Base units and so on... Lots of them were just stored and later returned years later.
Of course there were also German units fighting in Finland against the Russians as well, and they used regular issue German equipment until the end of things when they ran out of supplies.
There were also Waffen SS units made up of Swedish volunteers, 3rd company, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, but from what I can tell they were armed German made equipment.
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