We must go back and start all over......
Well, to understand FSR and what happened in creating CG80 we actually has to back 150 years from now and see how and why it all started.
The first national spread formation to include targetshooting (if we dont count the huntingassociation, Svenska Jägaresällskapet from 1832) were the Volunteer Sharpshooting Movement that occured 1860. Its goal were to create a volunteer base of men when the Swedish army were small and weak to be able to protect the Nation from enemies , actually both outer and inner. The number of members in clubs all over Sweden increased fast. But within 10 years it had peaked and started to fall. Reason for that is that members were required to pay for the compulsory uniform, trained every weekend with military drill and not so much target-shooting. This liberal movement also achieved its goal political when pushing for altering the parliament act (with success) 1866 to diminish the power of the nobility. On more problem was that this organisation was lacking a board that were holding them together, no leadership.
In the 1880s not much were left and instead more ordinary shootingclubs started to grow. Its members were not interested in wearing military-like uniforms and excersis in military drill.
Thats when the FSR started in 1889, in its stabil form with Govermental support from 1893. 1893 counts as FSRs birth with its "Centralstyrelsen", central board holding the regional unions that under them hold the clubs in the region. All this with economical, govermental support. But, FSR or what it was called "Frivilliga Skytteväsendet" was also linked to the military and wanted to achieve a broad recruitment to educate men with arms for the sake of the nation. Not for creating top-shooting individuals. I will try to translate its goal at it is written up to 2008 ( I take it from the 1974 edition from FSR):
"The volunteer shooters movements goal is to encourage shootingskills among the Swedish people, to develop and increase their will to defend the country and to awake and maintain a living interest for the Nations defence".
Now, back to the rifles....this will be a continuation on the former thread on the CG63 and I must go from that point further
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?49464-Info-on-early-period-of-CG-63.-(As-I-understand-it).
So the CG63 came alive in 1964 and looked like this. Remember no diopter GF until 1966 therefore here with an Elit-diopter.
Everybody was happy but how much better than a m/96 were the CG63? If comparing an average m/96 against an average CG63 the CG63 of course was superior. Soon many realized though that a topclass overhauled m/96 without difficult came in level with an average, standard CG63. In prone position was the CG63 declared a better rifle but many didnt see this happen in kneeling or standing. Already 1966 came first report from a shooter that a plastic-bedding had to be done to "sharpen" the results for the new CG63. No purpose-made CG63 out of GF was nevertheless delivered with bedding.
Here the ad for the CG63 from GF 1967. See here the m/94 bolt (GF got 10000 m/94 receivers with bolts to use during 1964-65 production) and now had GFs own diopter seen light.
A happy Crown Prince (now King) got his (free of charge) CG63 the year 1967.
It seemed that besides this little comment about bedding in one FSR magazine 1966 everything was on the bright side. This was to be altered about two years later and I will explain why within the next coming days.....

. I have to write about UIT and targets......
Regards,
ARILAR
