Husqvarna Mauser m/96: Target Rifle Disguised as a Military Rifle

[@leopardbelfort6445]

just to add to the conversation (2 years too late, I know). I have a Husqvarna FSR rifle myself, which I actually picked up incredibly cheaply due to a forced-matched bolt. This particular rifle has an immaculate bore and metalwork and has never been drilled for diopter sights. But to get to the point, the replacement bolt was a raggedy Carl Gustav item with the military numbers crudely ground off and the new number electro-penciled onto the bolt knob and shroud by someone who shouldn't ever have been let near such a device. I wasted a lot of time looking for a NOS Husqvarna bolt (I live somewhere with limited access to Swedish Mauser parts) until I found out that it was not uncommon for civilian shooters to replace bolts in order to tighten headspace for some supposed extra competitive edge. So if you do see an FSR M96 with a bolt other than the factory item, don't despair; it may just be part of its target shooting history, just like aftermarket sights and pistol grips. In the end I did replace the safety flag and shroud assembly with NOS Husky stamped items, only because the rough grinding away of CG numbers offended my sense of decency.

[@az_tinkerer_gamer]

Love 6.5x55 Swedish. I have had a couple modern actions in the caliber. I need to buy some milsurps in it. Great all around cartridge.

[@AlexKS1992]

I need to get my hands on a Swedish Mauser. They're phenomenal.

[@MilsurpWorld]

They are addictive!

[@Steven-jz1bl]

@@MilsurpWorld ho yep !

[@Tyrfingr]

Get one from Husqvarna if you want the top of the line production. I have one myself, been using it for hunting since i was 17.

[@rollingstoner6318]

Just picked up one of these thinking it was “cheap” surplus rifle. Was wondering why it had no disc, shot really well, looked in good nick and had target rear sights. After some digging, Very glad to find it’s a well taken care of private rifle!

[@rollingstoner6318]

Also has the name “Gunnar Noreby” on it. Anyone heard of him? 😅

[@Gunnut357mag]

Very nice! I just completed my Swedish mauser collection with a nice 1900 made mauser m96. Bolt does not match but the rifle is otherwise matching with a beautiful bore

[@theol3199]

Pretty proud of my 1914 m96. Put a m/55 rear sight on it and a + 3.5 front. Great shooter 6.5 Swede is a great round just wish my reloading operations didn’t have to be shelved

[@3eeee478]

Wow, I was in awe over the first one, then you showed the one with the diopter sight! So incredible! Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@hamishanderson3739]

Great video Husqvarna M96 are amazing!

[@MilsurpWorld]

Your accent is amazing.

[@mag318]

I was fortunate to find one of these Husqvarna M96s in like new condition and you're right they are exceptional rifles. Mine has the scarce (on these) M/43 type rear sight. Thanks for another really informative video.

[@theoriginalOSOK]

Those crazy Swedes. lol I used to have several of the variants. Now I have an old 94 that I found badly sporterized and I worked on it and made it into a nice little sporter and I also have a Carl Gustav 1907 Model 38 with straight bolt (96 conversion) that is really nice - well loved but in great shape. Love em. The 6.5x55 round is an outstanding round. Almost perfect.

[@bobl4451]

The ones that were imported in the late 90's were sweet!!

[@kdsowen2882]

Great Video . Husqvarna improved the head-space on many (because they were to be used in competitive-shooting which was Huge in Sweden ) They did this by fitting surplus-bolts that would fit with a sniper-tolerance 'No-Go' gauge and then stamped the bolt-knob with the last three-digits of the receiver-number . This means that many/most , have a different 'Bolt-Body-Number' , to that of the receiver . These early-40's receivers onwards , are also immensely-strong compared to a Carl Gustaf (which is still great ) Husqvarna used advanced (for then ) steel-alloyed with copper,nickel and a high-component of Vanadium compared-to any manufacturer at that time Including Mauser who they contractually-forced to use Swedish-Steel for all Mausers made under-licence for them . For many-years (and possibly still ) Norma used these later Husqvarna-actions on all their ammunition-development-rifles, they easily-handle .270-pressures . Most of them also won't shoot-well if you 'jam-the-lands' , they like a 1mm-jump and sometimes more . That ASG-style rear-sight is also very-accurate compared to the earlier-military slide-sight . It is worth checking the 'Leade' into the rifling also , as mine is very-different (less, more-like a modern-sporter) compared to my Custom Carl-Gustav M38 hunting-rifle Dave nz

[@frednaumann992]

Great job. Nice camera work and attention to detail

[@MilsurpWorld]

Thanks. It's harder than it looks.

[@nervchemnitz]

Really interesting info in this video, thanks for posting I have two Swedish rifles, CG M96 and Husq 46B (sporter Mauser made for civilian market) and they both enjoyable to shoot and accurate. 6.5 Swede is a great round, powerful but not a lot of recoil punch. I can totally understand why it is popular hunting round. My CG came with an FSR-installed Hauges Hålsikte diopter, a rare Norwegian sight that was one of the 6 to 8 types approved by the FSR - and yes those diopter sights are great for target shooting but would not be as great in battle or hunting, very narrow sight view. There's not a lot of history info around about the civilian Mauser models nor the approved target sights, so I liked seeing one of yours had diopter on it.

[@Cuccos19]

Popular in Hungary too as a roe deer rifle. Unfortunately most of them "sporterized", so they loose their original charm.

[@patmiddleton3947]

Very informative and useful as am looking for a Swedish Mauser. Great on the detail.👍

[@Pallidum]

Regarding the stock disks, many former military rifles had their stock disks removed when they were sold to the civilian market. The lack of a stock disk doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't in the military. My m/41b unfortunately did not come with a stock disk. I've been searching for a matching stock disk for the past few years. :(

[@tommystone4563]

I have a Swedish 96 Mauser rifle, great shooter...

[@luvtahandload7692]

New to the channel. Great video, thank you for posting! My gun has exact same wording and year on front ring as yours. My serial # falls a few thousand under the beginning number you flashed on the screen. Purchased at local auction for about $225, it has a cheap birch sporter stock and came with gawd-awful see-through rings and a $15 scope. I removed scope/rings and found a single hole top dead center on rear bridge and two holes top dead center on front bridge. I think I have the correct Weaver two-piece bases but wonder if an aperture sight would be better. But that single hole on rear bridge? I put a Timney safety on that doesn't interfere with a scope but doesn't quite work right yet. My bottom metal's number doesn't match and has straight crown stamps while the crown stamp on the barrel is slanted. On the way home from the auction I stopped at a store and picked up a box of ammo as the cartridge is new to me. I live in a rural area and stepped out back where I put the crosshair slightly above a rock on a hill at 376 yds. Dinged it with the first shot! Then I found that the POI changed dramatically when the scope's power ring was twisted. Thanks again for the vid!

[@fliplalaki]

I have a Swedish Mauser with the holes drilled for a rear diopter. I would like to add the sights back on. Is there a “correct” version to buy? I see a few different manufacturers on eBay.

[@desertpiggiehunters9790]

Beautiful rifle! Looks perfect.

[@jheasley2]

Thanks! Love the videos. Now I’ve got something to keep an eye for at the next RIA or Morphy’s auction :-)

[@peten6691]

Beautiful rifle. Great video.

[@olecanole8596]

I have fired 1 moa groups with my 1917 Carl Gustafs M96.

[@Mako276]

Danny with his Swedish bias

[@MilsurpWorld]

Aint bias if it true

[@WolvCustoms]

Swiss cheese with another one. Great content sir

[@manjitsoni9676]

ਤੁਹਾਡੀਆਂ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਲਗਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਵੀਰੇ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਜੀ

[@42TRGSako]

Do you have a CG-63 rifle in you collection? It seems like you have just about every other Swedish mauser out there. Great video by the way.

[@MilsurpWorld]

I don't, for some reason I'm just not very into CG 63s but I probably would buy it if I found one at a good price.

[@billrea66]

We have an M-96 from 1924 and a CG -63 from 1914 .

[@joelopezjl28]

Now I have 2 less rifles out there for me to find lol nice vid pretty cool. I regret selling mine a few years ago

[@smallbore7025]

I picked up one a couple of week's ago. The stock has been changed so it looks like a modern rifle. I can't find the model # or the caliber on it. I was told it's a 6.5 x55. It has a straight bolt. It was made in that factory with that long assed A name in 1941.

[@profpudwick]

Spell out the long A name for us and we will tell you who made it! Is it Atkiengeschellschaft?

[@alexanderstrid8051]

Hey! I got lucky today and purchased a swedish mauser m96 with mostly matching numbers for 500 sek (50$) What confuses me is that it is a carl gustaf made rifle marked year 1915, but also fitted with similar diopter sights and missing its original rear sight. I cant make heads nor tails wether this rifle was originally modified by the swedish army och later modified by someone else. Any Clues on what to look for?

[@MilsurpWorld]

Standard military rifle that had the diopter sights added by/for the FSR.

[@nervchemnitz]

Sounds exactly like my CG - retired from military and made its way into the FSR. The original rear sight obviously were removed for the diopter install. There were something like 6 to 8 different brands of diopters approved by the FSR. Soderin and Elit were the more common brand/types, and Hauges Hålsikte (from Norway) the rarest of the bunch.

[@ritterbruder212]

Where did you get yours? I got a 43 Husqvarna M96 from Simpson Ltd about three years ago for $895.

[@MilsurpWorld]

I forgot where I got my first one, broker or simpson. The second I got from a friend.

[@bretaki8489]

Is it likely that because they were made for the civilian market, they should be an 'all numbers matching?' Great vid.

[@kdsowen2882]

No , many/most aren't . Husqvarna improved the head-space on many (because they were to be used in competitive-shooting which was Huge in Sweden ) They did this by fitting surplus-bolts that would fit with a sniper-tolerance 'No-Go' gauge and then stamped the bolt-knob with the last three-digits of the receiver-number . This means that many/most , have a different 'Bolt-Body-Number' , to that of the receiver Dave nz

[@kagkag1325]

love the vid thanks!

[@femboytatp]

I like how some people say “Husqvarna” because almost none of them say it right xD

[@joecallahan3379]

Very good video

[@alanb2845]

Do you have any M96 rifles with the diopter sights on it? I picked one up about a year ago with the Soderin diopters and it’s a fantastic shooter. There isn’t too much information on the internet about them however

[@MilsurpWorld]

Did you not watch the whole video?

[@alanb2845]

@@MilsurpWorld At first I had not. Thanks for the insight however! On your comment about these rifles going toe to toe with the K31, I think the M96 might actually outshoot the K31 (even with PPU 6.5x55). I would venture to say the M96 is one of the most underrated milsurps in terms of its build quality and accuracy. Cheers!

[@Belowtheprairie]

Do you oil or wax the finish on your rifles?

[@MilsurpWorld]

I haven't done anything to my Swedes.

[@slowhand1198]

Sweet.

[@jeffeddings9747]

Is there a small run of 96 mauser, of 500?

[@profpudwick]

I bought an 1898 Mauser Oberndorf stamped on receiver ring, m/96, for $100 and sold it a few days later for $115. Early 1990s.

[@manjitsoni9676]

What some kar98k made in Yugoslavia before ww2 bro I was see your many kar98k videos but Yugoslavia flag logo never seen on rifle receiver thanks for all

[@ricefarmerryan7995]

mmm yes Superior swedish Engineering.

[@Petterstrojka]

You mean german engineering? 😉

[@profpudwick]

@@Petterstrojka Should have kept my 1898 Oberndorf m/96!

[@Petterstrojka]

@@profpudwick yes you should have!

[@davehunt8088]

I have had a love affair with these rifles from the first shot.

[@orcabolgsweetie2430]

Buy more German gats danny

[@MilsurpWorld]

I have a few.

[@ahmet42selim65]

Sweet looks like an ottoman "mavzer" realy i mean it looks like it has the same bayonet lug Remind :German bayonets video 👊

[@samanthahansen9138]

Third!