G'day gents,
Recently picked up these two old rifles. One's a 1911 M96/38 Swedish Mauser, and the other an all matching 1944 No. 1 Mk III*. The Swede is all matching except for the bolt, which is still a Husqvarna factory forged turned down bolt from what I can tell, and would've been changed over when it was converted to m38 spec (?). Bright bore, rifling is strong, has a Metallverken Vasteras rear dial sight on it and it shoots great. The .303, though, is all matching including the bolt. Great bore, and shoots very well also.
But, they've been hacked up. It looks like someones taken sand paper to the Mauser finish while the stock has still been on, drilled and tapped it, the stock disk is missing, and I think it might have some horrible purple-ish stain rubbed into the stock, I can't really tell if it's original. And the .303, well, someones really had their way on the stock. At least it hasn't been drilled and tapped, or the barrel chopped though.
Why can't people leave these old girls alone?
So anyway, I was just wondering if anyone here could tell me a thing or two about these rifles? I know there's some smart Mauser and Lee enthusiasts on here, and I could be wrong with half of the things I just said Happy to send more photos of stampings or parts.
Cheers,
Matt.