Mauser 94 scout rifle?

[cracked butt]

I bought a swedish model 94 carbine a couple of nights ago. It has a few pieces missing such as the nosepiece, handguard, and barrel bands. when I bought it I thought about restoring it because A: its a fairly rare piece and B: A M94 carbine would be the 'Holy grail' of my collection. The receiver has been drilled and tapped for what looks like it could have been a Lyman 48 sight and the stock has been relieved a bit for the sight, so the barreled receiver and stock really don't have too much collector value.

Anyone know of a scout style mount that would fit a M94? I really don't want to D&T if I can help it... I'm thinking about finding an already chopped M94 stock as they are a dime a dozen, so I always have the option of putting together a complete M94 carbine later with the original stock.
I think this carbine would make a dandy scout rifle- its very short, its light in weight, and it should be fairly accurate.

 

[cracked butt]

No takers?
Here's my somewhat bubba'd M94 next to a M38 M-N for comparison.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

XO Sights makes their Clinton (?) scout mount, which is a barrel wraparound type thingie. B-Square makes a no-gunsmith type that replaces the leaf of the rear sight.

I'd go the B-Square route, then restore it. You can find the nosepieces every now and again. You're right, it's too rare to ruin. I love mine, but the stock was wrecked before I found it. I did what I could with what I had, but now it wears a synthetic.

Odds are, the missing sight was the Swede-issue auxillary sight, but it could have been a Lyman.

Handy little thing, isn't it? Makes that M44 feel like the club that it really is....

I have a friend with an absolutely pristine M94 that he acquired in the pre-GCA68 days. I'm so jealous.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[JNewell]

The 94s are truly dandy, handy little rifles. They'd make a fine scout rifle, with decent sights. The 6.5x55 is an excellent cartridge, too. I say go ahead. As you probably know, it is possible but very difficult, very time-consuming and very expensive to restore one of these. It's not like you're ruining a 95%, all-matching carbine...

 

[nwilliams]

I've been wanting one of these for a long time I would try and make it look as original as possible, I'm sure you can find any of the parts you need floating around out there on Numrich, ebay, etc... Good luck!

 

[JNewell]

If you want a good example of an M94 carbine, it's almost always lots cheaper to buy it complete in the first place, unfortunately. Parts for these rifles are relatively scarce and pricey.