Swiss Mauser

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michael m

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I have just bought a Swiss Mauser marked Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfaktori 1911. It has all matching numbers and bluing is 95% +. I think someone has re stained the stock. I know it is hard to judge without a picture but does anyone know how much it is worth? I think I might of paid to much. It is not a carbine. What would it be called. Like a M48 or K98 for example.
Thanks
 
It's not Swiss. It's Swedish.
No way to comment on value without seeing pictures and knowing the condition of the bore.
 
Its probably a M96 you have there and 99% are real shooters (IMHO one of the best made Mausers ever). If you can take a picture of the small round metal plate fixed to the stock I can (as well as alot of other people) tell you a little about it.
 
Thanks for all the help everyone. The man that sold me the rifle was asking alot of money because he thought it was a Swiss. made rifle. I see now that it is Swedish. How much does this hurt the value Swiss. vs. Swedish? Is Swiss better than Swedish? I read that Fullboar thinks it is one of the best Mausers made.

Tidewater Kid yes it does look like that rifle only the yellow sticker is missing next to the brass disk.

Fullboar I will try to get some pics. loaded tonight of my rifle.
 
Swiss and Swedish bolt action service rifles are well built rifles. The Swedish rifle is a turn bolt, the Swiss a straight pull. The Swedish cartridge is 6.5 x 55, the Swiss 7.5 X 55.

I am certain the Swedes thought their rifle was best, and the Swiss thought their rifle was better.

Both are good.

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Michael, the 6.5x55 Swede 96 has the longer 29" barrel, the later model 38, the shorter 22 or 23", some older 96s were cut down to become 96/38s. The sexy ones are the little 94 carbines (big bucks when found unmodified).

All, very nice shooters. Light recoil and accurate way out to Fort Smudge.

The Swiss preferred 7.5x55 IIRC, their longer old rifles were M96/11s and the K31, the shorter barreled, short action later version. Both with straight pull bolt action (real unique), both pretty darned accurate as well.

Values? $300ish + depending on condition of course. Much more for the little 94 (which you say this is not a carbine).

Do a search on gunbroker and you'll see some asking and sold values people place on these. Yours is worth what you paid. You might have bought it too early... or not.

Buy ammunition, reload, shoot it. Value is hitting targets over and over and over for the next 20 - 30 years... value is then spread out a bit.
 
These are the pictures any help is welcomed. I could not post them all at once. Also I did not know how to post them like the pic. above, where you can see them. Please let me know what the marks on the brass disk means about my rifle.
 

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Looks good. Be happy with it.

To post pictures, I upload the pictures to a free service such as photobucket.

There are several image options in Photobucket, I simply copy and paste the one that ends and starts with
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Where do you guys find 60-70 year old guns that are that nice. All i ever come across never come close to that and are way over priced.
 
This one was over priced, but that is my fault. I bought it on impulse I thought it was a perfect rifle with all matching numbers and 100 years old. I also thought it was a Swiss rifle and it is not.
 
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There is really no such thing as a Swiss Mauser. Switzerland never adopted Mauser or Mauser patter rifles but chose instead to go with the indigenous Schmidt-Rubin design. The first model of Schmidt-Rubin was the M1889 and the concept was further developed over the year culminating in the K31 (which is a superb rifle that can currently be had at very reasonable price if you want one).



Because both Switzerland and Sweden have been neutral countries throughout the 20th Century, rifles from either country are almost always of the highest quality and are generally found in good to excellent condition. The Swedish Mausers are well-loved by those that own them due to both their excellent quality and the superb 6.5x55 cartridge that they fire.

One advantage to the Swedish Mauser over the Swiss rifles is that 6.5x55 is a well-established and fairly popular sporting cartridge here in the United States. Winchester, Remington, Federal, and Hornady all produce at least one 6.5x55 loading with JSP bullets and most decent gun shops as well as big box stores like Gander Mountain, Cabela's, or Bass Pro Shops will usually have at least one brand of ammunition in stock in that caliber (the same cannot always be said for 7.5x55 Swiss).
 
I have been reading on the net about the disk. I cant find what the big section of the disk's circle means. Where it says 2 3 4 5 with 9 0 and looks like a 1 under the 2 3 4 5. The 0 is marked in this section. Does anyone out there know what this means?
 
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Thanks TX Hunter that is about what I paid. The bore is in good shape from what a couple of friends of mine have told me. They have got to shoot it, and say it is aim and shoot. It hits where you point.
 
$600, while not a screaming deal, still isn't a completely unreasonable price for a rifle in that condition. A rifle such as yours demands a bit of a premium in price because a great many of the Swedish Mausers that have been imported over the years have been sporterized. While still excellent shooters, sporterized rifles have little or no collector value and as such. As such, sporterized rifles sell no higher than a used commercial sporter while collectors will pay more for an all original gun such as yours.
 
Micheal

Your Money was well spent, Your Rifle will last you the rest of your life, and will only increase in value. I hope you enjoy it, In my humble opinion, the Sweedish Mausers are the finest, and best looking Mausers ever made.:)
 
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