Mauser M/96 complete disassembly and reassembly

In this video I am showing you how I fully disassemble and reassemble my Swedish Carl Gustaf Mauser Model 96 from 1910.
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[@58harwood]

I think that has to be one of the best, most concise, instructional videos I’ve ever seen on KZbin. The audio, lighting, camera angles were all spot on. Well done Daniel, thanks.

[@monteprovolt2253]

It's great to see young guys taking an interest in caring and maintaining firearms. Please get a brass or nylon hammer. Always look forward to your videos.

[@99pppo]

Yea I plan on getting more professional gunsmithing equipment. Unfortunately many of those tools and tool kits are very expensive. But I want to get a brass/nylon hammer asap or make one myself.

[@tracey1013]

Great video. I just bought a 1919 Swedish Mauser and I like to take them apart to make sure everything is okay. Nice to see these old rifle getting some attention after 100 years.

[@daleswaney9908]

An excellent tutorial. I just acquired a Swedish Mauser and need to disassemble it to clean any and all cosmoline from it.

[@99pppo]

Good luck! Nutnfancy and Iraqverteran8888 both have good videos on cosmoline removal! And have fun shooting it as well :-)

[@ExF1Guy]

Thank you so much for this. Really made the process a lot easier when taking apart my 1904 Gustafs. One tip: if the barrel bands don't want to move, you can place a piece of rifle brass at a 45 degree angle to the retaining spring and hammer on it with wood (to avoid damage if you miss). This helped get my bands off as they were really stuck.

[@99pppo]

Great to hear! That's a good tipp too :-)

[@Oneofthetwelve]

Thank you. I just received my CG-63 and this will be so helpful

[@garchamp9844]

This video gave me the courage to buy a sort of rough but well shooting and even numbered 1896. With a few non-serialised spare parts and some love and care, she will be back in order in no time. Thanks!

[@Sharps-im4lb]

Thanks for the video. It was just what I need to clean my M96

[@pokerboy81]

Sehr gut gemacht! Vor allem die Zerlegung des Verschlusses, vielen Dank dafür!

[@TheRonald6524]

This young fellow is one cooool cat!!! Great video! P.S. His parents have done a fine job!

[@silverstar4289]

Great vid. I bought one in the late 80's for about 40 dollars. Let it languish in my shop getting surface rust and gunky. Took an interest in Mausers after getting a K98, "brought back". Looked the Swedish version over last week and saw the bolt matches the serial numbers. Time to tear it down and give it a little more love.

[@99pppo]

Yea get it out of the gunk and remove the surface rust and give it a try. Now you know how to take it apart for that :)

[@jamesvatter5729]

Glad I found this video. Very thorough explanation.

[@frederickhuicochea46]

I just bought a Husquvarna Mauser 98. The barrel looks like new. It is like a mirror and the lands and groves are clean and crisp it has all matching #s except for the stock. Your Video here helped me tremendously, thank you. Can't wait to take it out to the range. Also picked up a Carl Gustafs Stads M38 this too is very clean got them both for 230$ each.

[@Billo1281]

Thanks man. I just ordered an M38 can’t wait to get my hands on it and give it a proper cleaning and a little love! Beautiful rifles!

[@captkrypto4525]

Great Job Daniel, I purchased a M98 at an auction and someone had put the bolt back together wrong, your video helped me straighten it out! Very easy, thank you very much!!

[@gregfarnham5651]

Thank you for the informative video, Daniel. I just purchased a Swedish Mauser M1896, dated 1917 Carl Gustafs, and began disassembly. I was having a devil of a time depressing the barrel band springs to remove the bands. Several references recommend wood blocks, clamps, hammers, etc. Nothing seemed to work. I tried your procedure with a brass wedge and it worked! Thanks from Wisconsin, USA.

[@rainerweitzel5019]

Absolutely perfect. The explanation and also the demonstration

[@dkindig]

Excellent video! Very concise and technically accurate, especially the bolt disassembly.

[@99pppo]

Thank you :)

[@larrykenyon2528]

Got an old Turkesh mauser was having trouble finding a video but so far this one covers my gun.

[@alt9741]

well done sir. I have a swedish mauser and now I can take it apart for a deep cleaning, thank you so much!

[@michaelavins9713]

Outstanding video. Answered all my questions. Thanks!

[@danpos1971]

Thank you. Nice video. Very helpful. You made tearing down the bolt for the first time a snap :)

[@dustinjones6239]

Guys here's my five cents if our having trouble taking off the barrel bands use c clamps than you can use both hands to get them off

[@Logjam5]

Good suggestion.

[@luvtahandload7692]

Very well done! You make it look easy. I was looking for the how-to on the safety removal. You provided it. Thank you!

[@tango-seven3053]

Great video! Just got my first M96 and this video helped me get acquainted with my beautiful new (1919) firearm! Well done! Thanks Daniel

[@99pppo]

Tango-Seven You're welcome! I'm glad that I could help! Have fun with your Mauser! :)

[@tango-seven3053]

Daniel Lea took the Mauser out today for the first time and wow! my WASR 10 was my favorite firearm but not anymore! Love, love, love the Swedish Mauser! what a piece of engineering and history! so accurate and a pleasure to operate. thanks again for the wonderful video and great presentation! helped a lot! also saw your reply on another comment about cosmoline removal and will definitely have to check those videos out! great work!

[@tgorski52]

Nobody seems to notice the takedown hole for the firing pin assembly on the front band, and that this is best done while the band is still on the rifle.

[@99pppo]

Thanks for the tipp. I did not know about this funktion either!

[@christopherstephenson2119]

Thank you This was great to learn.

[@rodaustin1249]

Thank you for a great video

[@christoph8365]

Sehr gutes Video. Vielen Dank. Das hat mir mit meiner FN Mauser geholfen.

[@Logjam5]

Good demo, thanks.

[@boborvergones9992]

This video was great! I used this video to assemble a Turkish Mauser.

[@terrystover7365]

Superb video. Nicely done and very informative.

[@markw3329]

Great video! Nice walk through

[@capt.martin5169]

Great video! Very helpfull, thank you!!

[@sawomirszlagowski8321]

Thank you for this video. Greetings from Poland.

[@etihWeisoJ]

Thanks for the nice video. You're very helpful :)

[@MrReddog1962]

Great vid. Needed one bit of information on the ejector and your vid showed me the previous owner of my arm had installed the ejector arm incorrectly.

[@ernestsheffield9976]

I love the action on those old Mausers. Even if you find one that is in rough condition, the action still tends to nice and smooth.

[@99pppo]

especially on the 96 Models, although the cock on open design of the 98 mechanisms is a bit better.

[@sandervanduren2779]

Daniel Lea I love the old Mauser style rifles. As an American, the closest thing I can get relatively cheaply are 1903 Springfield(which are essentially an American knock off Mauser), but I love it. How much are Mausers in Germany?

[@99pppo]

I paid about the equivalent of 300 US$ for it. It always depends on the condition of course. More rare pieces that have matching numbers and are in pristine condition can go up to 600 - 1200 $. Like my gunsmith had an old Gewehr 98 in 8x57 IS that had all Persian markings on it and that one was quite pricy.

[@sandervanduren2779]

Daniel Lea Thanks! Are there many modern rifles on the civilian market in Germany( like AR15s for example)?

[@99pppo]

Yes currently there still are if they don't get banned by the EU. We have several own producers of ARs like Schmeisser, Oberland Arms and Hera Arms, Heanel, etc. Also H&K and Sig Sauer are producing civilian ARs and piston ARs. I am currently in the process of getting a Windham Weaponry SCR.

[@waynedaley7048]

Thanks. Great video 👍🇨🇦

[@momosieben8387]

Great Video.

[@PRACERZ]

EXCELLENT !!

[@drdarwin1]

Brilliant!

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

Very nice video young man, you have a new subscriber. 👍. PS. Thanks for the video 😊

[@ME262B2]

WOW THAT WAS THE BEST NO B.S. FIREARMS VIDEO IVE SEEN IN A LONG LONGTIME! Thank you I picked up everything I needed to know to get a historic Mauser working again. It’s a D-Day bring home passed down in the family. Gun just had some hard grease and Omaha beach sand in the action. The previous owner was captured by family friends Great grandfather on D-Day from Hitler Youth soldier, (viewed official bring home forms which list location and unit weapon was captured from, provenance is excellent!) Our Youth did great history and his weapon great favor by over lubing the weapon with what must have been axel grease! The marksshow atleast two visitsback to Factory or depot for changes. Weapon includes complete field stripping tools, spare firing pin and a couple of magazines, onemauser theother two not identified as of yet. Had to replace second barrel ban was missing to history. Bore was nice, not worn but we only use light loads to preserve the gun, (family demands to preserve Grampa Nazi Gun!). Anyway this video was all I needed to feel comfortable stripping the gun. Only a couple suggestions, I use a hard plastic barrel band depression tool to help preserve my Oh shits. Also I prefer armorers block to secure the under side of the action when manipulating pins and screws. Lastly I user Mauser specific sized turn screws are securely set the action screws. Are you saying that necessary but makes me feel better when dealing with irreplaceable piece of history. Again thank you so very much for making a wonderful video.

[@markw4133]

Thank you for your video. I happen to have a straight Pull M96 American 30.06. I can see by your video the Swedish model lends itself to good disassembly BUT the M96 American. in the book tells me not to take out the bolt. I am guessing there are some VERY tricky way to remove the bolt for cleaning...OR does it need to be cleaned? What say You in the cleaning process of this M96 American Mauser.

[@upland90254]

Great video. I was unable to get the rear sight spring to budge. I applied some penetrating oil but no luck. Suggestions?

[@twombonu]

I have never before seen a weapons video with muzak accompaniment, I have to say that was cool! (I have 18 Mauser rifles.....)

[@99pppo]

twombonu what is a "muzak accompaniment" ?

[@twombonu]

You don't know about Muzak? You should Google it. It is the type of soft music they play in waiting rooms and elevators.

[@99pppo]

twombonu Ahh I see! :D

[@user-ky4xo9jx7d]

Super Video, schön erklärt. Ich bekomme bei meinem m/38 die schrauben vom Magazinkasten bzw. vom System nicht auf. Hast du einen Tipp oder Idee, wie ich sie lösen kann?

[@anthonyc4622]

When I put the spring back on the floor plate catch and put it all back together for some reason the floor plate catch keeps falling out, leaving the spring in the hole. I put the pin in ams it still happens. Why do you think this is happening? It didn't happen before I disassembled it, but there was a lot of cosmoline on the spring and catch when I removed it. Great video, thanks for a y help/advice you may have.

[@JulioMoc1]

Marvelous piece of knowledge! Can you tell me if there's any major differences between this M96 and the M1894 Brazilian Mauser in the assembly/disassembly process?

[@99pppo]

I have never handeled an M1894 Brazilian Mauser so I can't really say for sure but usually most Mauser rifles have a pretty indentical manual of arms. You will have to see if it is a cock on close or cock on open bolt design. The disassembly of the bolt might be a bit different. But I don't want to give you unqualified advice because as I said I never handle one of these.

[@jimf1964]

Awesome, thanks a lot! I just got a Swedish Mauser, and a sporterized one from I think Argentina. The Swedish bolt is cock on close, but the same wood, and the bolt on the argentine is a cock on close, so this helped with both. Thanks again!

[@stevailo]

Great video. Just one question, what are the dimensions of the punch and screw driver tips you used? It would be really useful to know, so that I can buy the appropriate ones instead of an expensive kit which may not have all I need.

[@99pppo]

I honestly don't known. I just used what I had... Sorry :/

[@stevailo]

@@99pppo no problem, thanks for the quick reply!

[@MAC702firearms]

I came here because I was swapping bolt bodies. You did everything except how to remove the extractor ring. It was so close. Is that a removeable part? The rest was done VERY well. Thank you!

[@99pppo]

You rotate the extractor into the correct position and then you push the extractor claw from the back. It will slide off of the front over the bolt face.

[@MAC702firearms]

@@99pppo Sorry, extractor RING. But I guessed (hoped) it would just spread enough to come off, and it did, and it did squeeze onto the new bolt body and seems to be working.

[@peteknight1502]

I enjoy your series, I think this one needed a bigger hammer.

[@99pppo]

Haha :P

[@roybear9052]

Have u done any re bluing?

[@99pppo]

FM Productions No.

[@mabooali]

hi, i am looking for a Stock for my M41B Sniper rifle. stock is cracked. I can fix it and fix it well but requires sanding and re-staining later which brings the value of the rifle down. I am asking all those who either own or in this Swed rifles to see if I can find a stock to replace the cracked one. would you be able to point me to someone who may have one for sale (stock only)!? this rifle is even more accurate than all my modern ones.best regards, Masood

[@Gastronaticon]

Most spare parts, including stocks, for these rifles are available at Stockholms Vapenfabrik (.se). They have a home page in english and all. Best of luck.

[@iac4357]

The vise required to disassemble/reassemble this rifle must have been rather heavy in the soldier's backpack ❗ Sarc !

[@99pppo]

You would never take a rifle apart this far in the field. That's what they did in the armories. To service it in the field you really only need to take out the bolt and clean everything and put a little bit of oil on it.

[@TMcD3]

Yeah I tend to leave the little bits alone and just clean out all the garbage and dirt with brake cleaner. Never have had any issues. I use acetone on the stock to clean up...brake cleaner to blow out hard to reach areas and around springs I don’t want to deal with and CLP when I put it all back together.

[@TMcD3]

Great video just drop the happy hour music. You don’t need it.

[@PyroShim]

Bist du Jäger oder Sportschütze? Oder sammelst du Waffen?

[@99pppo]

Ich bin bisher "nur" Sportschütze, aber ich will auch einen Jagdschein machen und eventuell würde es mich auch reizen bestimmte Waffen zu sammeln, wenn ich es mir eines Tages leisten kann ;-).

[@PyroShim]

Super! Sportschützen gibt es leider nicht mehr so viele. Hast du noch mehr waffen außer die Mauser?

[@99pppo]

+PyroShim Ich hab noch eine Smith & Wesson Model 41, eine Erma EG 71 und eine Sabatti 12/70 Bockflinte.

[@PyroShim]

Du bist ja gut ausgestattet. Dann gibt es ja vielleicht noch ein paar mehr videos dazu :P

[@99pppo]

+PyroShim Ja hab ich auch hier auf meinem Kanal und auf dem Kanal der German-Rifle-Association. Einfach mal rein schauen ;-)

[@ME262B2]

Mauser M1996

[@berndf.k.1662]

Man hätte es ja auch auf Deutsch beschreiben können.

[@99pppo]

Ich hatte das Video ursprünglich auch auf dem Kanal der GRA auf Deutsch hochgeladen. Leider mussten wir es aufgrund von Urheberrechtsproblemen mit dem Logo wieder vom Netz nehmen.

[@berndf.k.1662]

@@99pppo Alles klar, da war ich mit meiner Kritik etwas voreilig. Der Inhalt ist jedenfalls sehr gut und gegen Englisch habe ich auch nichts, solange wir uns nicht selbst "verleugnen".