m/1894 Carbine
The m/1894 carbine was adopted in 1895 with the first 12,000 carbines being manufactured by Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf a/n in
Germany. All of this series of carbines were manufactured in 1895 only. A very few spare receivers dated 1895 were received from Mauser Oberndorf. A few of these 1895 receivers have been found built as m/1896 rifles having serial numbers falling into regular m/1896 rifle ranges. It is thought they were replacement receivers numbered the same as the replaced receiver, though this is not yet confirmed due to the extremely small number discovered so far.
In 1898 production began at Carl Gustafs stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Production continued sporadically until 1918 and in very limited numbers afterward with receiver dates of 1929 and more so 1932. The highest 1918 serial number noted is 111,002. The m/94 carbines have a unique serial number sequence beginning with 1 and ending with the highest number so far noted 113,150 in 1932. There have been no carbines noted with receiver dates of 1902, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. It may be surmised that carbines produced from the end of regular production in 1918 until 1932 numbered about 2,150.
Some carbines have been lost from regular use by conversion to sub-caliber targeting & practice devises in artillery pieces. Many other carbines have been lost due to conversion to m/63 target rifles.