Questions about a sporterized Swedish Mauser

[Barrett93]

Well I traded for this sporterized Swedish Mauser and I'll have to say that I'm impressed. Great bore and muzzle, Williams rear peep sight, Schnabel fore end with the finger grooves and an ultra smooth action.

Questions though... Has anyone heard of a Bold trigger group? This rifle has one installed. All the other parts match, including the stock. Which leads me to this question: has anyone ever seen the original stocks refinished and made this nice? It has the original buttplate and stock disk. The serial number is even inside the forearm.

Let me have any info that y'all can give me! Does anyone else have one sporterized like this or was this likely a one of a kind job?

 

[e rex]

I was given a model 94 Swede (17 1/2" barrel) with a Timney trigger and what looks to me like an old George Herter birdseye maple stock. The little thing shoots great and prefers 140 grain bullets. Not so much the 129 grain bullets. Mine was scoped and shoots well. Don't worry about lower speed of this round, that long, slim bullet does the trick as I found out this last deer season.
It may not work or be safe in yours but mine likes 43 grains IMR 4350 and 140 grain Sierra BTSP.
Rex

 

[Coyote3855]

Nice rifle! The 6.5x55 round is an excellent cartridge. I have a couple of Swede Milsurps in this caliber. The guns are accurate, low recoil and capable of taking almost all medium game in the US.

erex, you have my grail gun. I have been looking for one of the 94 carbines, either original or converted for years. Miss one at the LGS, and have kicked myself ever since.

 

[sniper58]

Bold triggers are sold by Boyd's Gunstock Industries.

Reasonably-priced and decent triggers. I have 2 of them installed in a couple of my old Mausers.

 

[mgmorden]

My old Swede 96 Mauser had a Bold trigger in it (well, I put one in it ).

I BELIEVE my Turk Mauser in .257 Roberts has one as well - though that might be a Timney. I'd have to take off the stock to make sure.

Either way, it's an improvement over the stock trigger by quite a bit.

Looks like you have a nice gun. The 6.5 Swede round is an absolute joy to shoot. I have owned two of them in the past (the aforementioned sporter and a Norweigan Krag that was chambered in it). Don't have a 6.5 at the moment but I'll probably get one again eventually .

 

[Swampman]

That's a beautiful, well executed little sporter.

Part of me hates to see any mil-surp chopped up, but it isn't so bad when they're well done like that.

It's definitely several cuts above the average "Bubba'd" Swede. Particularly one done using the original wood.

Any idea of the weight?

 

[Barrett93]

I'm going to weigh it and measure the barrel length tomorrow and I'll report back here. I just discovered that this was one of the rifles that Sweden sold to Finland during the Winter War between the Fins and Soviets. It has an SA marking on the left side of the receiver. I like the way it looks and I don't have much money in it but I kinda wish it was original.

 

[johnnydollar]

Very nice pickup! As others have said, the 6.5 x 55 Swede is a great cartridge, hard-hitting, but not hard-kicking. Congrats!

 

[Barrett93]

That's a beautiful, well executed little sporter.

Part of me hates to see any mil-surp chopped up, but it isn't so bad when they're well done like that.

It's definitely several cuts above the average "Bubba'd" Swede. Particularly one done using the original wood.

Any idea of the weight?

The rifle weighs right at 8 pounds, has a barrel length of 23.5" and has a trigger pull of 3.5 pounds. It's a dream to shoot. The recoil is barely noticeable.

 

[mrh477]

I've never used one but word on the street is that Bold triggers are on par with Timneys. I have seen a few Swedish mausers with the original stock sporterized like that so I'd bet it's the original. The fact that it has the Finnish "SA" on it is awesome. Overall that looks like it's gonna be a great little rifle--I'm jealous! I woulda taken that rifle in a heartbeat if I saw it.