Interesting Swede Bolt

[Bruce_in_Oz]

I was ratting through a box of long tucked away Mauser sundries looking for a 96 Mauser extractor for a friend.

I found two; one all on its lonesome and the other on a complete bolt assembly.

This is not your basic Swedish military bolt, however.

It has a properly forged turned-down bolt handle that has been properly "scooped" for scope clearance.

The entire assembly has been blued, and blued very professionally, at some stage.

The kickers are the Dayton-Traister Mk2 low-swing safety and the absence of the usual knurled cocking "bump" at the rear of the striker-sleeve / sear piece.

What I suspect I have here is one for the Husquvarna M-96 sporters from many decades ago. I am familiar with their 98 based sporters, but this is the first "commercial" 96 component I have seen.

Apparently they made them in the 8 x 63 (Swede MG round) for export and 9.3 x 62, basically a wildcatted 8 x 63 for Scandinavian hunting customers. These cartridges have the same "fat' body and rim sized as a 6.5 x 55 and 7.5 Swiss, but are a lot less tapered and so hold a LOT of powder.

I wonder if the relatively new .338 Norma Magnum was not a little inspired by these older cartridges.

Apparently 9.3 x 62 is an approved moose-hunting cartridge in those parts; I suspect the old '96 is not as "flimsy" as some would imagine.

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[rcathey]

9.3x62 has a richer history than that:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9.3×62mm

35 Whelen is basically the American version. Both really neat calibers!

[RCS]

A few old wildcats that were designed in the 1930's and 1940's. They must have used the Enfield 1917 action or possibly the Attachment 106152 magnum Mauser actions

Left to right:

334 OKH, 350 G&H magnum, 458 Win for scale and 376 OKH

[CINDERS]

Nice ones RCS