While there are many that reflect master craftsmanship with regard to caliber conversions, trigger work and handmade stocks the majority were put into the cheapest stocks that could be found or had the original military stocks cut and altered. The older sporterized rifles were often converted and housed in stocks of questionable origin. These rifles were popular and chief alternatives to newly manufactured domestic made hunting rifles. Typically, the barrel was replaced and the stock either modified or changed out to what is known as a sporter stock. The action made for an economical sporting rifle build when compared to sporting rifles built by Remington, Winchester, and Savage. While many were preserved in their original military configuration, a great number were sporterized for hunting and target shooting. Founded in Oberndorf, Germany, in 1874 as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, the company was an effort started by the Mauser brothers, Peter and Wilhelm, several years earlier when they designed and produced rifles for the Prussian military.įrom the end of World War II through the late 1990s, many thousands of Mauser rifles hit American shores via the surplus market.
The AK5 is a modified version of the Fabrique Nationale 5.56 mm carbine ( FN FNC) produced with a folding stock and an option to mount the SUSAT sight from the British SA80.The name Mauser is one of the oldest names in firearms. Today they build the standard Swedish Army weapon, the AK5 (aka CGA5) assault rifle. Carl Gustaf continued to manufacture the Husqvarna 1900 hunting rifles and also developed them into the 2000-series. In 1970 Husqvarna sold its small arms division to FFV. 6.5x55 swedish husqvarna m38 mauser bolt action rifle swiss 1943 c&r 6.5 wwii m-38 spokane, wa 99202: used: : 600.00 : 6.5x55 swedish husqvarna 1942 bolt-action rifle chambered in 6.5 x 55 23 inch ' barrel grants pass, or 97526: used: : 655.00 : other husqvarna 6.5x55 swedish husqvarna 1942 m38 mauser pittsburgh, pa 15218. In addition Bofors Carl Gustaf have produced a number of other weapons such as the 20 mm Carl Gustav m/42 anti-tank rifle, the 20 mm m/45 autocannon and the famed 84 mm Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, still one of the most common anti-tank weapons in the world.īetween 19 the factory was run by a state agency named FFV, and the whole complex was often referred to as FFV-Carl Gustaf. The bluing is excellent with no signs of rust or pitting. The wood has a few very minor marks in it. It was manufactured by Husqvarna and has a year date of 1943. There have been both foreign designs, such as the 12.17 mm Rolling Block and the 6.5 mm Mauser rifles, and domestic designs such as the Ag m/42 SLR and the Kpist m/45 SMG. This auction is for a Swedish Mauser model 96 in 6.5X55. Later the company evolved to become a industrial company that made chainsaws, motorbikes, garden equipment, refrigerators and guns for the.
Founded 1689 as a military arsenal to produce muskets for the Swedish Army.
The name Carl Gustaf's town was a name used intermittently for the town Eskilstuna after king Karl X Gustav gave the town city privileges.Īlong with Husqvarna Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori has provided the Swedish Army with small arms for almost two centuries. Husqvarna is a very common brand on somewhat older shotguns in Sweden since it was Sweden only producer of shotguns over the years. The entirely new M 98 line is not only a unique combination of technology and craftsmanship, but a. As with no other rifle in our history, the MAUSER 98 action defines the core value of the MAUSER brand and fires our mission to build guns that never let their owners down.
Bofors Carl Gustaf AB is a Swedish armaments firm, now owned by Bofors.Ĭarl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori ("Rifle Factory of Carl Gustaf's town") was founded in 1812 as a state arsenal. The time has come for the original to be manufactured at home: at MAUSER.
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