Swedish M94 Mausers, Weapons Officers rifles & possible Norwegian M1894 Sniper rifle?

[owengun]

Hi everyone,

Thought I would share a few pictures of some of my more unique pieces from my Swedish rifles collection. Also adding a possible Norwegian M1894 Krag sniper or target rifle, I am only using the sniper term because it has a GI sniper sight fitted and am unsure of it's origin or previous usage.

Which Swedish rifle from these pictures would most think to be the most rare, unique or hard to find? a hint is they all have something very special about each of them!

BTW all are in very good to excellent condition with all having excellent bores and two of them having still never been fired and still filled with factory grease except for their bores (boy it was a task to get the original 80 year old grease out of the bores to check on their condition). all are also all matching with matching numbers except for one, don't know why it is not matching but was informed that because of its date of manufacture and all over excellent condition with an UN-numbered new bolt it was most probably a factory or armoury parts put together for someone special (high ranking).

As a side issue does anyone know what their present value might be as I am in the process of getting the insurance increased on them and need a more modern ballpark figure to supply to my insurer.

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[FlightRN]

Good Day,
Those are some beautiful pieces. Its wonderful to see an original configuration Skolskjutningskarbin (school) Carbine, a correct 1902 m/94, two weapons officers rifles (m/94-14, m/96) and a Norwegian target (sniper) Krag.
Whats especially facinating is that both of your Weapons Officers (armorer's) rifles were built on 1930 dated receivers. The latest I've sen was 1935 on two of my target rifles.
The one marked MATS is atypical since it even the bolt is marked "MATS" and not with the Kassaktionsstampel (reject stamp) that is prevalent (and correct) on your m/96. Its an unusual variation but not improper as the were destined for person consumption and as seen here, could be marked in accordance with the builders wishes.
According to D Jone's book "Crown Jewels", most cavalry and artillery officers chose a m/94 Carbine to build as part of their qualification course. Since you have a m/96, it must have been built by an officer from another branch. Do you have any information on the Officers who built them?

As for value, are you in Canada, US or elsewhere?

Thank you again for showing them. A truly magnificent collection!

Best Regards,
Michael

[owengun]

Good Day,
Those are some beautiful pieces. Its wonderful to see an original configuration Skolskjutningskarbin (school) Carbine, a correct 1902 m/94, two weapons officers rifles (m/94-14, m/96) and a Norwegian target (sniper) Krag.
Whats especially facinating is that both of your Weapons Officers (armorer's) rifles were built on 1930 dated receivers. The latest I've sen was 1935 on two of my target rifles.
The one marked MATS is atypical since it even the bolt is marked "MATS" and not with the Kassaktionsstampel (reject stamp) that is prevalent (and correct) on your m/96. Its an unusual variation but not improper as the were destined for person consumption and as seen here, could be marked in accordance with the builders wishes.
According to D Jone's book "Crown Jewels", most cavalry and artillery officers chose a m/94 Carbine to build as part of their qualification course. Since you have a m/96, it must have been built by an officer from another branch. Do you have any information on the Officers who built them?

As for value, are you in Canada, US or elsewhere?

Thank you again for showing them. A truly magnificent collection!

Best Regards,
Michael

Hello Michael,

You also have some very nice pieces there! I also have many other varied Swedish firearms as they are a long time favored area of collecting for me.

Both of the Weapons Officer rifle and carbine come from the same owner and weapons officer- P.M. (Mats) Bjorlin.

Who he is I do not know, I have tried to track down more info on him without success. What I do know is that he must of been an Armourer who did his training at Carl Gustav factory in 1930.

I am located in Canada.

[owengun]

I have this information provided by an advanced collector from Sweden as to who M. Bjorlin is to keep this post up to date for future information to all those viewing it -

"Per Mattias Björlin was born 24th of February 1894 in Stockholm. Married 1919 with Karin Dagmar von Schéele. They got together 4 boys (Claes-Henrik 1921, Per-Gösta 1923, Mats 1924 and Ulf 1933).
Per Mattias (with nickname Mats) became second-liutenant at Royal Svea Artillery regiment in 1917. Lieutenant 1922, captain 1932 and finally major 1942.
Mats Björlin was also a rather good painter, especially portraits. He is represented at the National museum in Stockholm and you can search for him here http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumP...search&lang=sv He died 1986 in Stockholm."

Per Mattias granddaughter Naida (Ulfs daughter) became an American singer and actress. Read more here Nadia Bjorlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nadia-Bjorlin.com The Official Website