sk scout mount for sweed 96/38

[duggaboy]

gunner man: hey are the scopes you are suggesting, are they the long eye releif type, you know like a pistol long eye releif scope? I would like to get a LER scope so that the whole of the site piture shows well. have you got any ideas? thanks, duggaboy

[gunner]

Duggaboy, a few of them are for long eye relief, not so many but a few. I had the chance to shoot a Carl Gustav from a member of our Gun Club and he had an normal Zielvier from Zeiss on it and it was good to shoot with it at 100 yards. Good clear sight. On Saturday i´m looking to my gunsmith for my selfmade No4 T and than i´ll look for the scopes if there is a useable one so that i can tell you for what Type of old scope you can search.

Regards

Gunner

[duggaboy]

yeah Gunner: thanks for the help, and I have a question about the type of ammo and/ or reloads for the sweed 96/38. Do you guys there shoot commercial ammo, that is not as hot as what we have here in the states or do you handload a reduced type load for the 96 ? I am reading the threads and everyone thinks that the sweeish mausers are not quite as strong a receiver as other later Mausers from Germany. thanks, Duggaboy PS: people here think these guns can blow up if shot with hot loaded ammo.

[gunner]

Duggaboy, i never heard that a Swede did blow up. I´ve seen a guy firing a M96 and open the bolt with an hammer. He said this is normal for him. We asked him if he wants to measure the speed of the round and he said yes. After doing all the calculation we had the result that his load was 12% over the maximum wich VV wrote in their Guide. He shot this loads since more than a year. I dont want to do this but it shows that the rifle is strong enough. We´re shooting factory ammo too, most time the PRVI because it is the best one. I reload it for my M38 with VV N140 powder and a 139grs Lapua Scenar bullet. My comrade shoot his M96 with a softer load and and the same bullet. He uses the VV N110. In their newest reloading guide VV gives an maximum speed of 2746fps for an 139grs Scenar bullet. So no fear to shoot factory ammo. And for the blow up, last november i´ve seen a K98k blown up after shooting the first round of factory ammo. After a research the police found out that it was an overpressure from the ammo. The round had more than 30% more pressure than it was allowed to have. A problem of the maker. The shooter had only a cut in two of his fingers. From that point nothing is safe.

Regards

Gunner

[sniperdude]

Form dictated by function, superb , and to think i almost bought an s&k, will PM you mate.

[rich v]

i have a few swedes, one is over 100 years old and all three of them shoot this load extremely well in fact i killed a nice whitetail with my M38 that dropped in it's tracks with this load : 140gr hornaday > 45.0 IMR 4350 > FEDERAL 210 primer