Swedish Mauser fullstock sporter 6.5x55
Bore looks good+
Pick up in Central Alberta for $550. ($600. shipped ...or trades)
Will have this rifle on a table at the upcoming Red Deer Gun Show.
Swedish hunting rifle in 6.5x55 built on a minty numbers-matching Mauser CG 96 receiver dated 1929 (Late production. Most CG M96 production ended in 1925.) Both the barrel and the walnut stock are civilian. Short hairline at tang. There are no markings to indicate when or by whom it was made. It has what appears to be a Husqvarna or Carl Gustaf Trolit buttplate but the crest has been ground off. I don't know when the rifle was put together, but I think it is likely post-war. It is also not a carbine, like most fullstocks, but a full-length rifle with a 23.75 in. barrel. The stock stops only a couple of inches from the end of the barrel and is capped with a finely fitted schnabel made from what appears to be Rosewood. The checkering is well done. Bore is in G+ condition. Overall condition is the same, G+ with approx. 90% blueing. Empty, it weighs approx. 6.5 lb.