:roll: All of the Sweds are excellent rifles. I bought my first one back in the mid latr 50s for $20. SInce then I have bought and sold a l;east 100 of them. I sportirized and resold for many years, removing military sights, bending the bolt, cange the safety out, drill and tap for scope base, replace the wood and put a new blueing job on them. The gun makes an excellent hunter, and is will taake most North American game. Looking back, I regret butchering some of those guns, I would like to have them today in their original military configeration. Currently I own 9 of them, two 38, a 94, two 96s, three that I have sportrized, and one that was done by Kinber which is trash. They did a sorry job of turning the barrell, it is not accurate at all. I plan to replace the barrell.
Slamfire. Herter's was one of the first to sell dies and brass for the Swed. I bought brass and dies in the early 60s and still use the dies today. As for reloading, before firing any old military gun, have it checked over by a gunsmith, especially today where parts may be taken from several sources to assemble a gun. Often when this is done, headspace in not checked, and there may also be other issues that would make the gun unsafe to shoot. If you reload, approach max loads with caution. Most will handle the max loads printed in the reloading books, but it it always best to work up the the load.
You should have a good shooter, enjoy it!
