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Rear sight info, swede mauser?
5/25/2012 10:18:09 PM
I saw a swede mauser with an interesting rear sight, it was a round, adjustable disk, with 1-9 marked on it, i believe. Beautiful gun though, was wondering if you guys had info on this rear sight, and if the gun was worth 399?
5/26/2012 1:03:06 AM
As I recall it was a sight variation that was fairly common. Been a long time since I owned a Swede.
5/26/2012 1:09:01 AM
That's a windage adjustable rear sight that was on some target versions of the '96 Swede.
No way to guess about that price without better idea of rifle's overall condition, that said, the days of cheap M 1896 Swedish Mausers are long gone.
No way to guess about that price without better idea of rifle's overall condition, that said, the days of cheap M 1896 Swedish Mausers are long gone.
5/27/2012 12:18:02 AM
Something like this? (Vasteras sight on my FSR Swede 96.)
5/27/2012 12:54:28 AM
More like this.
5/27/2012 10:29:38 AM
The Army's intention was to equip all m/96 rifles with a SM sight, calibrated
for the m/41 "torped" ammunition. Trails were made with the "SM sikte F ram",
but for some reason this minor modification was never carried out.
However there were several civilian SM sights, including a nickel-plated SM
micrometer sight to be inserted in the ordinary sight ladder. This one is quite
similar to the "SM sikte m/38" used on the type I m/38 rifle, only difference is
markings on elevation knob. The insert micrometer sight for the m/96 rifle is
graduated from 100 to 750 metres and is calibrated for civilian pointed
ammunition.
There was a civilian production of the m/96 as well. The rifle organization
"Frivilliga skytterörelsen" (FSR) ordered some 20000 m/96 rifles from Husqvarna
in the beginning of the 1940s. (1940-1943 circa)
These rifles were made to the same specifications as the armys m/96 rifles and the production was partly financed by the Crown. They were sold to members of the "FSR" at a low cost (200 kronen) on the condition that the owner would sell his rifle back to the Army in case of total mobilization.
About 5000 of the FSR-rifles used a new m/43 leaf sight in 50 m intervals from 100 to 600 metres, and 100 m intervals from 600 to 800 metres. The sight ladder is stamped "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6" and "8" on the left side, and with index lines for 50m and a "7" on the right side.
About 12000 of the FSR-rifles used a sight called the AGJ-sight made by "A. G. Johanssons Metallfabrik AB" in Västerås. The AGJ sight is marked "SM sikte agj-ram" and looks very similar to the later "SM sikte m/55" used on the m/41 snipers rifle.
These rifles were made to the same specifications as the armys m/96 rifles and the production was partly financed by the Crown. They were sold to members of the "FSR" at a low cost (200 kronen) on the condition that the owner would sell his rifle back to the Army in case of total mobilization.
About 5000 of the FSR-rifles used a new m/43 leaf sight in 50 m intervals from 100 to 600 metres, and 100 m intervals from 600 to 800 metres. The sight ladder is stamped "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6" and "8" on the left side, and with index lines for 50m and a "7" on the right side.
About 12000 of the FSR-rifles used a sight called the AGJ-sight made by "A. G. Johanssons Metallfabrik AB" in Västerås. The AGJ sight is marked "SM sikte agj-ram" and looks very similar to the later "SM sikte m/55" used on the m/41 snipers rifle.
