Went to the fun show yesterday looking for a "trunk" gun
You know, something cheap and kinda ratty looking because you don't want to beat up one of your wall hangers
Came across this and picked it up for 200.00 otd
Finish was mostly gone, some old spots of surface rust and a dirty cruddy looking bore with strong rifling
Rubber on buttpad very old and worn
The action looked good though and the trigger was sweet
Cleaned the bore and lo and behold it cleaned up bright, with good rifling
Took the stock off and found stenciling on the barrel that said
CA (I)? _ _ A. VT
M38 6_ _ Sweden
When I used naval jelly to remove the rust spot it almost took the stenciling off
I think this was/is a No 5 Mk 1 that was reworked in India as it has some bluing left, had a screw thru the stock and the original serial # is barely visible below the stenciled in Model #s
(#s all match except the magazine)
There are no import stamps on this firearm
Any ideas guys
Did they rebarrel these things with Swedish barrels in India?
You know, something cheap and kinda ratty looking because you don't want to beat up one of your wall hangers
Came across this and picked it up for 200.00 otd
Finish was mostly gone, some old spots of surface rust and a dirty cruddy looking bore with strong rifling
Rubber on buttpad very old and worn
The action looked good though and the trigger was sweet
Cleaned the bore and lo and behold it cleaned up bright, with good rifling
Took the stock off and found stenciling on the barrel that said
CA (I)? _ _ A. VT
M38 6_ _ Sweden
When I used naval jelly to remove the rust spot it almost took the stenciling off
I think this was/is a No 5 Mk 1 that was reworked in India as it has some bluing left, had a screw thru the stock and the original serial # is barely visible below the stenciled in Model #s
(#s all match except the magazine)
There are no import stamps on this firearm
Any ideas guys
Did they rebarrel these things with Swedish barrels in India?



