I`ve done it!

[gunner]

I purchased my first Mauser rifle. A Swedish M38 from 1943 in a very good condition. All numbers are matching including the bayonet and the rifle sling.
Bore is clean and i hope it is also a good shooter. Thanks to dogtag for your comment at my other thread. I am happy!:super:

Regards

Gunner

[stonewall56]

Congrats. Looks like a good looking smoke pole. Let us know how it shoots.

[BruceV]

You have bought a beautiful M-96. You can be justly proud. It will give you many years of shooting enjoyment. Enjoy! Sincerely. BruceV.

[gunner]

I have to purchase a die set and cases and bullets. If i have all these things i give you a report how it shoots.

Regards

Gunner

[Calfed]

Great looking M38, gunner. Bet it shoots as well as it looks.

What kind of reloading equipment do you use? How much are components over there?

I haven't reloaded for my Swedish Mausers yet. I have reloaded for my 7.5 Swiss and 8 x 57 rifles. Looking forward to reloading for some of my 7.65 x 53 Mausers also.

Over here, RCBS is a big reloading equipment company. I live about an hour's drive away from them. So most of my equipment tends to be RCBS.

Good luck with that M38.

Best regards, Steve

[Patrick Chadwick]

Gunner, if you haven't already got it, I recommend that you buy the Visier Special Nr. 28 "Sportschiessen mit Ordonnanzwaffe". The recipes in there are pretty good.

Patrick

[gunner]

Hi Steve,

thank you. I use different reloading dies. I have a RCBS competition set, Hornady dies and as a extreme accurate die set a Triebel precision die set wich is extra made for my rifles chamber and the Bullets and cases. The normally custom grade die sets are at 65$ and the good stuff begins at 140$.
So i think i have to move to California. You have a great shooting range and RCBS is near mmhhh, fine.

Best Regards

Ulrich

[gunner]

Hello Patrick,

thanks for the advice. I have it and you got right, there are any good recipes. Use some of the .303 and had only a little difference with the load to fit for my rifles.

Regards

Gunner

[metzgeri]

Ulrich,
Very nice looking Swede!!! :super:

You have several online sources for reloading data (that I know of, all U.S.):
Steve's Reloading Data Warning Page (http://stevespages.com/page8c.htm)
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
Reloader's Nest - a reloaders resource (http://www.reloadersnest.com/)
http://www.reloadbench.com/main.html

I'm sure there are more, especially in Germany.

I hope you're enjoying Paulaner Dunkel, as I'm extremely jealous of you being in Bavaria!!! :beerchug:

metzgeri

[gunner]

metzgeri, thank you for all.
I am not only enjoying Paulaner Dunkel there are also Andechser Dunkel and
Prinzregent Luitpold Dunkel and many good Weißbier mmmhhh. I know i am a little nasty. ;-)

All the best,

Gunner