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New to this forum. Can anyone help translate this?
And sitting in a nice piece of French Walnut too. Is the toe spliced?
Thank you very much for the information. When you say rare, do you mean unobtainable rare? It seems to me this rifle is one that needs one.Welcome to the Forum . I agree , that is a fine Carl Gustaf m/96 rifle . Well worth buying in my opinion .
I am not knocking your rifle , just trying to add info for you . It is missing it's rear sight ( relative to the stock plate info ) . I think it had a SI-GA rear sight . I think the front sight may be the correct SI-GA sight according to the plate on the stock . Someone decided to keep the SI-GA rear sight and replaced it with a standard m/96 rear sight ladder . Nothing wrong with that . That extra tall front sight was needed for the very tall SI-GA rear sight & may not work out with your rear sight . The SI-GA rear sight is very RARE to find in my opinion . If you will notice a large tapped hole in the rear sight base , which was originally a small set screw to align the base for soldering . It was the only thing holding the rear sight in position . The rear of the SI-GA sight rested on the receiver and moved up & down by a cam on the elevation dial . There were at least two versions on the SI-GA sight , one with a peep at the rear and another with a "U" notch at the rear .
By the way , if you dislike it for any reason , just send it on my way . Unfortunately , I no longer own the SI-GA sights in the following photos .
Actually , that is the 1st rifle I have seen that had the SI-GA sight mounted on it at one time . One of our Swedish members will have to make a translation for you .
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Very interesting. Thank you.Took a stab at the translation of the plate - "ARILAR" might have a more correct version when he gets online
Nr 14 in KATF commercial demonstration set of commercial sights for rifles. Approved by the shooting association board in collaboration with KATF 6/9 1954.
Diopter opening/Si-Ga Manufacturer V. Sandberg (a person's name)
Sight Post/Si-Ga Manufacturer V. Sandberg
Sight post protector/Si-Ga Manufacturer V. Sandberg
This marking plate or the mounted sight can not be removed or changed from rifle no 74076
Equipment belongs to KATF
I would say RARE , but one might pop up for sale tomorrow or never . If one shows up and there are sight collectors bidding , it could sell in the $300/$500 range in the USA . Maybe more than the cost of your rifle . Another missing part according to " bokila " is the front sight hood . So , you have the front sight base extension & blade add-on . You need the hood as well . I have never seen those 2 items before . The two rear sights I had were around $150 each in the 1990's . There were a few others at that time & none seen by me in the last 20 years . Of course , I might have missed one . As an example , there is a rare J-F rear micrometer sikte on EBAY now . It is around $300 and has not sold in a many weeks . It is one of the few Swedish micrometer sights with windage adjustment . Most need to adjust the front blade to get the correct windage . Law of supply and demand . If it was my rifle , I would want that SI-GA sight . Of course , there are a lot of things I want related to Swedish Mauser that I will never find in my lifetime !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you very much for the information. When you say rare, do you mean unobtainable rare? It seems to me this rifle is one that needs one.
Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge. The things you never knew you needed... LOLI would say RARE , but one might pop up for sale tomorrow or never . If one shows up and there are sight collectors bidding , it could sell in the $300/$500 range in the USA . Maybe more than the cost of your rifle . Another missing part according to " bokila " is the front sight hood . So , you have the front sight base extension & blade add-on . You need the hood as well . I have never seen those 2 items before . The two rear sights I had were around $150 each in the 1990's . There were a few others at that time & none seen by me in the last 20 years . Of course , I might have missed one . As an example , there is a rare J-F rear micrometer sikte on EBAY now . It is around $300 and has not sold in a many weeks . It is one of the few Swedish micrometer sights with windage adjustment . Most need to adjust the front blade to get the correct windage . Law of supply and demand . If it was my rifle , I would want that SI-GA sight . Of course , there are a lot of things I want related to Swedish Mauser that I will never find in my lifetime !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck !