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Reloder Rob	M96/38 verus M38 Husky	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (01/01/08 09:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I'm looking at a 96/38 that is near perfect. I don't have any short barreled Swedes. (Have 2 - 96's) Is there any preference to having a M38 Husky over the 96/38 ?? Or the other way around ? Or should I ask is one more collectable than the other ?
WVchuck		#1	[-]
Posts: 10230 (01/01/08 01:41 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Welcome to the forums. They are both desirable pieces to have (IMO). Get both! If you're limited to one or the other, get the 96/38 and hunt down a 38. It is well worth the effort to do so.
Draybo		#2	[-]
Posts: 1793 (01/01/08 02:56 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	What Chuck said!! chuckle I too like the 96/38. I remember a few years ago (well a few more than that). I was just getting started in this hobby. I made mention of "why the straight bolt"? A kind fellow wrote back and said "Draybo, there isn't a thing wrong with a straight bolt and after awhile you will probably prefer a straight bolt to a turned down bolt handle". I believe he was absolutely right. If you have found a really nice 96/38 I would probably get it if the price wasn't outrageous. I just picked up a pretty nice 1899 dated Oberndorf Mauser 96/38 that the stock had been Tru-oiled and gave $375 for it. A little high?? Well maybe now, but the shop owner told me he had sold the same rifle for $89 previously ten years or so ago. He had bought it back from the mans widow. I like the Husquavarna (sp?) M38's alot. I'm in the possession of one now but it doesn't come out of the gunsafe hardly at all anymore. I just prefer the cut down long guns. Either way you decide to go you won't get hurt. But if you've located a really nice specimen of either I would swoop it up. You don't see them for sale every day in exceptional shape. Draybo (my humble .02) edit; As a side note the 6.5X55 is a handloaders delight! With the 140 gr. pill it's amazingly accurate and a number of folks are trying the 160 gr. and getting superb results. I have one long rifle that puts 5 into a nickle sized group at fifty yards with a 120 gr. MatchKing. Fun stuff. Seems that handloading is a good way to go as there isn't a whole lot of surplus ammo available. Last Edited By: Draybo 01/01/08 03:01 PM. Edited 2 times.
Reloder Rob		#3	[-]
Posts: 3 (01/01/08 03:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I shoot this load out of my 2 - 96's. IMR 4831 - 43.0 grains Hornady soft point inter-lock #2630 @ 140 grain (soft point for hunting) Best 5 shot group at 100 yards = 1" P.S. That guy is asking $400 for the excellent all matching #'s 96/38.
Draybo		#4	[-]
Posts: 1795 (01/01/08 04:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	>>Best 5 shot group at 100 yards = 1"<< Nice shooting load!! I have had very good luck with the Horn. 140 gr A-Max ballistic tip and will probably use it as my standard load. $400 is not outrageous. A tad on the high side for now. If you like it and can afford it..... Am I waay out of it here guys? Draybo : )
bonesninetytwo		#5	[-]
Posts: 180 (01/03/08 03:16 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It's a bit on the high side, but if it's really mint and unmessed-with, it isn't terribly high. In 5 years it will probably seem like a great price.
reddogge		#6	[-]
Posts: 4384 (01/03/08 05:53 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Correct me if I'm wrong but I didn't think there was a Model "96/38" but that all of them were Model 38's, the 96/38 being a made up internet collector's term. Some were Husqvarna and some by others. "What happened? What the HELL happened?" Jake Holman "The Sandpebbles"
usrifle		#7	[-]
Posts: 2380 (01/03/08 08:22 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The story i heard was the term 96/38 was made up by the importers, and your right, to the Swedes they are all M 38's. There was what?..30,000 rifles reconfigured total? ...It's the "rarest" form of Swedish Mauser service rifle. If it's all matching, that makes it even more uncommon. (even the wood?) I have one all matching, and it would take more than 400 bucks to get it from me! Just my .02 usrifle
wsmrto		#8	[-]
Posts: 314 (01/11/08 12:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Agree with USRIFLE: I have more than a few of the 38's by Husky, but my favorite is the very first Sweed I got back in 95 from SAMCO. A (and the easiest, best way to describe them is just as a M-96 cut to M-38 specs or an M96/38[/b]) very nice 1910 CG with very nice matching # wood with all matching #'s. I think I paid $76 for it inc shipping. I wouldn't take $500. for it now. At that time I was turning down sellers asking $100. for their M-96's in exc. all matching cond. Last Edited By: wsmrto 01/26/08 04:49 PM. Edited 1 times.
MP78		#9	[-]
Posts: 1820 (01/26/08 07:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	OK, here I go again. There is no reason in the world to use the term 96/38. (1) The Swede's never used the term. (2) When one uses the term 96/38 one still has to enquire, Is it a CG or Oberndorf rifle? Why not just state CG m/38. Obe m/38 or Husqi m/38? The lowest production numbered m/38's were 1898 CG's followed by 1899 Oberndorf and 1900 models of the same manufacturer. All of these rifles were purpose built but the Husqvarnas' were built to expedite issue numbers because conversions weren't able to be produced fast enough with the threat of World War ll looming. I say these manufacturers were the lowest numbers produced in that order because of the total number of rifles produced in those years. In all reallity there may have been fewer 1914 CG m/96s (another low production year) converted to m/38 spec's but no accurate production numbers exist. Other low production years or even a high production year may be the true lowest number of m/38's produced. By manufacturer though I think I'm correct.
jkingrph		#10	[-]
Posts: 28 (02/01/08 10:08 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	"2) When one uses the term 96/38 one still has to enquire, Is it a CG or Oberndorf rifle? Why not just state CG m/38. Obe m/38 or Husqi m/38? " How would I describe my 1900 m/38. It has a two digit serial number, but an Oberndorf receiver. I understand that low of a serial number means the rifle was originally a CG, but has an Oberndorf replacement reciever renumbered to match the rest of the rifle?? All these little things open a new can of worms! JJK
MP78		#11	[-]
Posts: 1832 (02/02/08 07:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	jking, I disagree, By stating that you have a two digit serial number1900 Oberndorf it tells you that " You have a replacement receiver rifle." If the rifle had an 1895 Oberndorf action, that was two digit serial number, in an m/38 or m/96 then we would be opening a can of worms. When you say "How would I describe a 1900 Oberndorf m/38 with a two digit serial number?" The only logical explanation would be an Oberndorf replacement receiver from a CG 1898 rifle. Absoltely no can of worms...Jim