Battle Rifle
Howdy,
I suppose everyone tends to like what they have.
I have always lusted for an M-14, but can't afford a good one.
I just like the idea of having that big magizine full of hi velocity 30 cal ammo.
What I do have is a matching numbers Karl Gustav, m1896, 6.5X55, Swedish Mauser.
I paid $150 for it, from the local gun shop's "surplus military rifle rack".
ABSOLUTELY the best buy I ever made. The thing was still packed in cosmoline, only had a couple of easily steamed out dents in the walnut stock, didn't have a mark on the bolt, the bore was perfect, and it had a stock disc that said the rifle had a tight bore, had been shot, but had no measurable wear.
I cleaned it up, re-oiled the stock, took it back to the gunshop and showed it to the owner. He asked where I got such a nice Swede. His jaw dropped when I told him I had bought it from him a few weeks before. He said he hadn't really paid much attention to the old Mausers, but he was going to start.
It shot m.o.a. or less, with two types of ammo I tried.
I would really like to have the sniper version of this gun, with matching numbered scope, which the Swedish army issued until the 1990s, because it still got the job done.
Thanks for your time.