Sporterized swedish mauser

[vwsergio]

About 15years my neighbor was cleaning out his garage and he found a Swedish mauser that he said his dad was sporterizing. I put it in my safe and I have not done anything with it since. A few months ago some was looking for a Swedish mauser and I remembered about it. I offered it to the Cal Gunner but he was not interested. Lately I have been toying with the ideal of getting this riffle finish. What do you think? Also I am not too handy nor do I trust myself with Gun smiting so I would need to have a gunsmith do all the work. What do you think I should do? Any one know local gunsmith that can look at rifle and advise if junk or worth putting money into it.

[Timthetwin]

I would say leave as is. Looks like the guy monkeyed up the barrel and threaded it. Also, looks like the markings may be tampered with, but cannot tell very well from your pictures. If you do anything put it in an original stock, other wise I see leave it.

[knucklehead0202]

barrel looks to be original length and some came threaded so that's probably not a problem. it's a cut-down original stock so i'd start by getting a proper stock for it. they can be found on e-bay, gunbroker, and other auction-type places. kinda a bummer they bent the bolt but again, some were re-arsenaled later and had bent bolts, i think m38s? i'm not an expert but i do have 2 of these, one is WAAAAY more sportered than that and one is original, both are m96s and i can say that is the original front sight so it's likely the barrel was already threaded. you can either get a threaded muzzle cover or a flash hider to fit it. doesn't look too far gone though. if it's a factory-bent bolt leave it, if not, either get it straightened or get a new bolt or bolt-body. a good gunsmith should be able to get this thing sorted out without too much trouble. if you don't want it, i'd be glad to take it off your hands and restore it.

[pro-nra]

Looks like a standard 1896 except for maybe the bolt. As been mentioned, put it back on a military stock and you are good to go.

[Flyin Brian]

Looks like a standard 1896 except for maybe the bolt. As been mentioned, put it back on a military stock and you are good to go.

Do you still have a stock for sale Juanito?

[gun toting monkeyboy]

That looks like everything is still original aside from the stock. Which is an easy fix. It most likely even has the original brass stock tag with the barrel information on it. If you don't want it, let me know what you want for it.

-Mb

[Marcus von W.]

As stated above, I would not further complete and compound the crime against history Bubba attempted to commit against this rifle. Pick up a correct stock set, and have the bolt straightened back to original configuration unless it is a Swede bent bolt. The difference between it's value restored and loss of value and collectability if further damaged is about $200 + the collectability factor.

[Pofoo]

How long is the barrel?
Can you post a pic of the top of the reciever?

[Crunch130]

A Husqvarna CAME with a bent bolt. What does the top of the receiver say?

Crunch

[Wicked Pete]

Nice. I've never had one, they are excellent shooters. Eh?

[v/dBrink]

Your rifle is a Carl Gustaf m/38. It was originally a long barreled m/96 but starting in 1939 the Swedes converted a large number of rifles to the shorter configuration.

The barrel and rear sight are Husqvarna m/38 parts. Loose Husqvarna barrels had rear sight and front sight already attached. In the later years the only new m/38 barrels were Husqvarna. Original m/96 barrels had a stepped rear sight base. The Husqvarna are a tangent base. The original m/96 barrel was too worn to be shortened during the conversion process so they installed a new Husqvarna m/38 barrel. Not an uncommon variation. The Husqvarna barrels are excellent quality.

The parts needed to put it back into "issue" condition are:
m/38 stock
m/38 handguard
handguard ring
upper band and keeper
lower band and keeper

You can certainly shoot it as it is, too. Deciding factor would be the condition of the bore.

You could also install a Ramline stock, have the receiver drilled & tapped for a scope and have the bolt handle forged for scope use.