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Mauser produced 40,000 m/1896 long rifles between 1899 and 1900, Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 475,000 m/1896 between 1896 and 1932 and Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB 20,000 m/1896 between 1942 and 1944. Giving a total of 535,000 m/96 long rifles. The m/96 rifle used a triangular front sight post and a rear tangent sight with a V-shaped notch.
By Chuck Hawks. The Swedish m/96 rifle, which civilians generally call the Swedish Mauser Model 1896 or just the "Swedish Mauser," was introduced two years after the famous 6.5x55 cartridge and became its most enduring home. Both rifle and cartridge were tremendously successful.
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The first rifles were built at the Carl Gustaf factory with receiver dates starting with 1898 and serial numbers beginning at "1" and ending in 1925 at circa serial number 517,277 or later. The Swedish government paid Mauser a royalty of 2,25 Kronor (Crowns) for each rifle (about US $0.612 at the time).
Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfaktori Model 1896 Mauser Bolt Action Rifle. Adopted by Sweden in 1896, this model was standard issue during the Russo-Finnish War. SN 286603. Peter Paul Mauser, the inventor of the Mauser bolt-action rifle and the youngest of thirteen children, was born on June 27, 1838 in Oberndorf, Germany.
Jan 9, 2024 · In April 1892, Sweden tested model 92 and 88 Mauser rifles and in September 1892, three Swedish officers, including Captain Carl Hyltén-Cavallius, head of Carl Gustaf’s rifle factory in Eskilstuna, travelled to the Mauser factory in Oberndorf to get acquainted with and test the latest weapons from Mauser. THE 6.5×55 mm CARTRIDGE.
Sep 23, 2010 · An order for 45,000 Model 96 rifles was placed with Mauser, while the Swedish state arsenal, Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfactori in Eskilstuna, could tool up. By 1898 manufacture of both the Model 94 carbine and Model 96 rifle was underway at the Carl Gustaf facility. Production of carbines ended in 1918, while rifle production continued until 1930.
I was delighted when Hunter’s Lodge sent me a M1896 Swedish Mauser made by Carl Gustafs for review. These super accurate rifles still see much target competition in Europe today. The M94 and M96 guns feature some significant advances over the M93 and M95 Mausers.
