OUCH! OUCH! Your method is correct, but you are putting dangerously high pressure on your firing pin! You should drill a hole in a small block of wood, larger than the firing pin, but smaller than the firing pin shaft.The idea is to keep the pressure on the end of the shaft, not the tip of the firing pin. The German 98K has a hole in the stock to do just that.
It's been thirty years since I last did this. Back then the Swedish army still used the m/96 for the home guard and their youth organisations. Seeing it sort of brings me back...
OOOOOOO...! Don't angle the firing pin + spring + housing like that when you compress it. You will bend the tip of the firing pin at some point. Or it will slide to one side and stab you in the foot. True story!
There aren't any magazine expansions that I'm aware of. What you can do is buy stripper clips so that you can reload all five rounds at once, and since it is a mauser, and a cock on close, the clip need not be manually removed before chambering and the bolt can be worked faster than the more common cock on open bolt actions. /watch?v=m5aMqc5Bfvk Purchasing a bayonet will allow you to fight more effectively up close. Both bayonet and dozens of stripper clips can be had for less than $100.
Thanks for the video. I have one manufactured in 1913, all matching numbers, very sweet gun. Just a little different to work on if all you are use to are today's bolt action hunting rifles. Thanks again.
Thank you so much, your vid just aswered all my questions. I am not sure if a little movement in the bolt is an issue. My Swede is slightly loose but so is my M-48, all my Mosin's and my K31. I will headspace the -96 before I shoot it.
bottom black part holding spring wont open up,@1.22 mine seems like it might be jammed, and ideas beside brute force?I can hear and feel the button being pressed but nothing is happening. any ideas would be much appreciated.
Ooohhhh Thank God. Thanks for posting. And Twombonu 's idea sounds like a good one. Drill a hole in a small chunk of wood, etc. Aside - My m-38 is my ONLY firearm, e.g. if there is an emergency, my Swede is all I got. Is there a way to expand the magazine capacity? I need to know my weapon has my back if things get hot, which means I have to have its back now. (The price was right and the bullet was big enough to meet my criteria)
@ViolentEncounter Not sure what would be best lube, but did a search and someone recommended Wilson Combat Ultima Grease or equivalent be placed on the lugs in small amounts. You might be able to find a suitable grease in the automotive section of wlamart. Slip 2000 or CLP are what I recommend for general cleaning and oiling.
The only looseness on my mausers with a closed bolt has been in the safety lever. If the bolt or bolt handle are movable when closed I would not fire the weapon until it had been inspected. Do you have a head-space gauge? Do you have a gunsmith in your locality? Can you submit a video?
Thank you for a simple demonstration , not filled with garbled talk or music. I'm trying to fix my extractor, after firing the empty falls into the mag well.
Quick question, the bolt on my m96 has some play in it while shut, not a lot but ever so slightly. Is this normal? or will it affect accuracy or even safety? this is with an empty chamber.
I tested my bolt out, when i cock it, the bolt is really solid and wont move at all and if its cocked and safety is straight up then it can cycle. So i think it might be ok, but ill still get it looked at by a pro.
i dont have a camera good enough or a head space, but ill take it to the smith, also when the safety lever is strait up your suppose to be able to cycle the bolt right?
I didn't specify in the title, but this is one variant of the Swedish Mauser, which uses 6.5x55 SE. Most nations had their own variants of Mauser rifle with a few different parts, or in some cases different munitions. Prior to WWI, the British and Americans experimented with using one medium length (~24" barrel) rifle instead of two separate long (~29") and short (~18") versions. In the late 1930s, many other nations followed, most came up with and produced theirs in 1938. So many medium length rifles are called Model 38. The caliber that a firearm should use is usually stamped on its exterior surfaces, most commonly the barrel. The most common calibers for Mausers are 7x57 and 8x57.
The M96 is pre 98 series, and can be distinguished by two rather than three lugs, an action that cocks on closing rather than on opening, smaller receiver "ring", differing stock contour, absence of a retainer on the bolt, etc..
OUCH! OUCH! Your method is correct, but you are putting dangerously high pressure on your firing pin! You should drill a hole in a small block of wood, larger than the firing pin, but smaller than the firing pin shaft.The idea is to keep the pressure on the end of the shaft, not the tip of the firing pin. The German 98K has a hole in the stock to do just that.
Great video! It was giving me fits trying to get that bolt back together. You made it so simple. Thank you.
Thank you for not filling your video with verbal diarrhea. Just a simple demonstration is all we need. Seriously.
Thanks for a clear straightforward video! I just got one of these the other day and hadn't pulled the bolt apart yet.
Very nice. Easy to follow. Thank you for posting this video.
Thank you, very relaxing video
It's been thirty years since I last did this. Back then the Swedish army still used the m/96 for the home guard and their youth organisations. Seeing it sort of brings me back...
OOOOOOO...! Don't angle the firing pin + spring + housing like that when you compress it. You will bend the tip of the firing pin at some point. Or it will slide to one side and stab you in the foot.
True story!
There aren't any magazine expansions that I'm aware of.
What you can do is buy stripper clips so that you can reload all five rounds at once, and since it is a mauser, and a cock on close, the clip need not be manually removed before chambering and the bolt can be worked faster than the more common cock on open bolt actions.
/watch?v=m5aMqc5Bfvk
Purchasing a bayonet will allow you to fight more effectively up close.
Both bayonet and dozens of stripper clips can be had for less than $100.
😉👍 THANKS now i know how to do this correct on my M38 Husquana, good video with no BS like that 👍
Thanks for the video. I have one manufactured in 1913, all matching numbers, very sweet gun. Just a little different to work on if all you are use to are today's bolt action hunting rifles. Thanks again.
Thank you so much, your vid just aswered all my questions. I am not sure if a little movement in the bolt is an issue. My Swede is slightly loose but so is my M-48, all my Mosin's and my K31. I will headspace the -96 before I shoot it.
Thank you for this video. I managed to clean out all the thick brown grease that was caked in and leaking out. Bolt feels much better now.
Nicely done !
bottom black part holding spring wont open up,@1.22 mine seems like it might be jammed, and ideas beside brute force?I can hear and feel the button being pressed but nothing is happening. any ideas would be much appreciated.
Very nice, slow movement good work
Ooohhhh Thank God. Thanks for posting. And Twombonu 's idea sounds like a good one. Drill a hole in a small chunk of wood, etc.
Aside - My m-38 is my ONLY firearm, e.g. if there is an emergency, my Swede is all I got. Is there a way to expand the magazine capacity? I need to know my weapon has my back if things get hot, which means I have to have its back now. (The price was right and the bullet was big enough to meet my criteria)
Yes. Left is fire, up is disconnect that allows the bolt to move without being able to fire and right is locked.
How to easily remember: "Left is dangerous"!
@ViolentEncounter Not sure what would be best lube, but did a search and someone recommended Wilson Combat Ultima Grease or equivalent be placed on the lugs in small amounts. You might be able to find a suitable grease in the automotive section of wlamart. Slip 2000 or CLP are what I recommend for general cleaning and oiling.
Thanks for showing me.
Yes as the others have said,....no crappy music, no B S just simple look see instructions. Good for you, and thanks too.
The only looseness on my mausers with a closed bolt has been in the safety lever. If the bolt or bolt handle are movable when closed I would not fire the weapon until it had been inspected. Do you have a head-space gauge? Do you have a gunsmith in your locality? Can you submit a video?
Thank you for a simple demonstration , not filled with garbled talk or music. I'm trying to fix my extractor, after firing the empty falls into the mag well.
Quick question, the bolt on my m96 has some play in it while shut, not a lot but ever so slightly. Is this normal? or will it affect accuracy or even safety? this is with an empty chamber.
I tested my bolt out, when i cock it, the bolt is really solid and wont move at all and if its cocked and safety is straight up then it can cycle. So i think it might be ok, but ill still get it looked at by a pro.
i dont have a camera good enough or a head space, but ill take it to the smith, also when the safety lever is strait up your suppose to be able to cycle the bolt right?
While depressing the button, push the plate toward the butt. If that doesn't work push it toward the muzzle.
Thanks for the vid. I watched it once and disassembled my 1903 Swede bolt like I'd been doing it all my life.
I'm overwhelmed with gun speech.
Good video, done in your pyjamas. Lol
What king of bullet does this gun shoot? i have the same one and i cant figure it out. i got some 6,5x55 ammo and it doesnt shoot it?
I didn't specify in the title, but this is one variant of the Swedish Mauser, which uses 6.5x55 SE. Most nations had their own variants of Mauser rifle with a few different parts, or in some cases different munitions. Prior to WWI, the British and Americans experimented with using one medium length (~24" barrel) rifle instead of two separate long (~29") and short (~18") versions.
In the late 1930s, many other nations followed, most came up with and produced theirs in 1938. So many medium length rifles are called Model 38. The caliber that a firearm should use is usually stamped on its exterior surfaces, most commonly the barrel. The most common calibers for Mausers are 7x57 and 8x57.
One last thing - if my browser hasn't crashed - How does one read the coin on the stock?
This page has stock disk, as well as other information. www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/rifles_se/faq_se_rifles.htm
Many thanks Seth
Nice!
Nice, pretty much the same as the K98.
The M96 is pre 98 series, and can be distinguished by two rather than three lugs, an action that cocks on closing rather than on opening, smaller receiver "ring", differing stock contour, absence of a retainer on the bolt, etc..
Sorry i fell asleep