A pair of Swedish babes

[valnar]

I just put the BadAce Tactical Scout mount on the m/38 along with a Burris scout scope. It looks pretty snazzy. I won't get a chance to shoot it for a few weeks though.

Here is the 1942 Husqvarna m/38 along with my 1915 m/96

 

[dredd]

Very nice looking rigs!

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Nice! Love the wood on the rifle.

 

[Riomouse911]

Beauties! Gotta love the quality of the Swedish Mauser and the 6.5x55 round. A truly great combo for sure.

Stay safe.

 

[Pat Riot]

They do look like “babes”.

 

[lightman]

Very Nice!

 

[Bcwitt]

Thats awesome!!

 

[Buckeye63]

I remember buying 96’s like new at a LGS for $125
OTD

 

[valnar]

I was giddy when I saw the BadAce mount and bought it immediately. I love my old milsurp guns, but my aging eyesight prevents me from using irons reliably. I was about to buy a modern 6.5x55 bolt action until I found it. I hope it works well.

 

[Laphroaig]

I remember buying 96’s like new at a LGS for $125

That's what I paid for mine about 20 years ago. It's been a great rifle. I've won several club vintage military matches and a bunch of gold's at Camp Perry in my younger days.

I love the concept of no drill scope mounts for these old classics.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Mmmm, nice! I do love me some Swedish steel.

My Svenska tvillingar are considerably more petite (and older), but still pretty sexy looking when dressed up in the right holster:



I've also got one of the older relatives to your rifles:



As a Americanized Dane, it pains me to admit Svenskar är snygga.

 

[Milt1]

Great piece of wood on the Husky!

 

[Buckeye63]

That's what I paid for mine about 20 years ago. It's been a great rifle. I've won several club vintage military matches and a bunch of gold's at Camp Perry in my younger days.

I love the concept of no drill scope mounts for these old classics.

I purchased a 38 that was Bubba’ed ..for $50 … had it D&T’ed barrel bobbed to 17 inches .. low scope safety .. cheap synthetic stock .. 1.5 fixed powered scope .. … one of the handiest carbines .. took several bucks with it using 160 gr fodder …
Traded to a fellow who used it to bear hunt

 

[BobABQ]

Those are beautiful! I have a sweet spot for Swedish Mauser. I only have one; a 1908 M96 but I love shooting her.

 

[I6turbo]

Mmmm, nice! I do love me some Swedish steel.

My Svenska tvillingar are considerably more petite (and older), but still pretty sexy looking when dressed up in the right holster:

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What's the story on those handguns? I don't think I've seen one before... They look like something I would like.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

What's the story on those handguns? I don't think I've seen one before... They look like something I would like.

There's not a lot of literature in English about the "other Nagants", but C&Rsenal covered them pretty thoroughly:

 

[.45Coltguy]

I just put the BadAce Tactical Scout mount on the m/38 along with a Burris scout scope. It looks pretty snazzy. I won't get a chance to shoot it for a few weeks though.

Here is the 1942 Husqvarna m/38 along with my 1915 m/96

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I don't know a lot about the older milsurps, but, those two look outstanding! Especially the Husky. Very nice.

 

[I6turbo]

There's not a lot of literature in English about the "other Nagants", but C&Rsenal covered them pretty thoroughly:

Thanks for that link.

A little off topic here, but the C&Rsenal videos are great. Here's one I found very interesting where they "tested" several machine guns from the WWI era. The Lewis looks like an outstanding gun of the era. Some of the others look pretty bad.

 

[Jim Watson]

Interesting.
Fun to read fiction by knowledgeable authors.
Steve Stirling had his mechanically inclined heroine remodel the Lewis gun, drawing a 50 cent royalty per gun upgraded, a dollar for new manufacture. Best I can tell, she pretty much turned it into a M60.
Tom Kratman and co. had a German ordnance officer say the MP18's Luger drum was a kluge, that he had a design for a box magazine version but no way to put it in production. (Which was really done later as the MP28.)

 

[kennedy]

love the swedes, my 1903 M96 is the second most accurate rifle I own, behind only my rem 700

 

[Scooter22]

Very nice pair. Swedes are nice rifles.I have a pair of M38s. A CG and Oberndofer. I had a matching CG long rifle missing the stock I gave to my son. He found a nice one and completed it.