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Swede m38 stock set
« on: October 26, 2010, 11:38:44 AM »
As you know i ordered a swede m38 husqvarna barreled action.  I just received an m38 stock set with wood and hardware.  Upon inspection i found out its all matching serial numbers the metal is marked #999 and the wood is marked 279999 how weird is that to find an all matching m38 stock set which is very rare anyway.  When my action arrives if its matching the serial number than i going to buy a lotto tick asap....its a shot in the dark and probably 1 to 100 billion it will match anyway. I don't really expect the receiver/bolt to match my stock set thats impossible. I have never seen all the numbers match on a stock set let alone a complete m38.  I was told that matching numbers on the carbines is very rare.

Since the swede m38's are no longer offered at samco as complete rifles i figured i'd build another one using the orginal parts that are available right now. I figure the cost is around $350 for it.  I know thats kind of high but its beginning to be the norm for swede's lately. In the future i can see the swede m38's being sought after by new collectors down the road too.  I also ordered a m96 swede barreled action too so ether its a m96 orginal or parts for my build project.

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Re: Swede m38 stock set
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 10:30:53 AM »
In the crown jewels of sweden book on page 71 there's a piece of white tape on the butt stock with a number of when it was last checked and put away.  My replacement stock has the number 79 on the white tape.  This makes this stock even more rare.

Yup i'm going after all the books now os i have all the info at my finger tips plus what i don't have someone like Mikey or S.S will help us out and keep us on track.  The swedish mauser book is so much info much more than i can take in right now.  The books i have now are;

The Military Mausers of the world  3rd edition by Robert Ball

Mosins

FN49 early book

Swedish crown jewels

Swiss rifles


I need to upgrade soon with a lot more books/info.