Swedish m/41B - Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two
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Everything was going great in Sweden until 1940, when they looked up and realized that on one side they were next to a bunch of Finns busy trying to fight off the Russians, and on the other side were a bunch of Norwegians not being quite so successful at fighting off the Germans. It was a dangerous looking world, and Sweden realized that it somehow had never bother to get any scoped snipers’ rifles. So, they made a quick deal with the Germans to buy 4x AJACK telescopic sights and short rail type mounts, and the Carl Gustaf factory complex quickly put into effect a program to build sniper rifles, which were designated the m/41.
These rifles were built on existing guns which showed particularly good accuracy - and so m/41 snipers exist with markings form all three of Sweden’s rifle sources (Mauser, Husqvarna, and Carl Gustaf) and from a wide range of production dates. Between 2000 and 3000 such guns were converted before Germany realized that it also needed quite a lot of snipers’ rifles, and stopped selling the optics to Sweden. At that point, the Swedes turned to domestically-made AGA scopes, which were really not a good as the German ones. In total, 5,300 m/41 snipers were built between 1941 and 1943.
The rifles were never actually needed, and in 1955 Sweden decided to initiate a rebuilding program to bring them all up to the same standard. Virtually all of the AGA scopes were discarded, and AJACK scopes made universal. The mounting rails were now numbered, and their attachment method changed slightly (peened screws instead of additional locking screws). The rear icon sight leaves were also replaced with more precise dial-adjustable m/55 sights, allowing the guns to be used quite well both with and without the scopes. They would remain in Swedish service in various roles all the way until 1991, when the last ones were replaced by PSG-90 precision rifles.
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Normal sniper rifle: bang
Swedish sniper rifle: bjäng
LÖL
Actually we call it bang we just say it differently sometimes we call it smäll translated to bang or loud sound commonly known as explosions but it isnt called smäll often usually we just call it högljutt in english it refers to someone having a annoyingly loud voice when talking when such communication volume isnt needed or objects in daily life causing loud sounds
Pang
Normal surname: Schwartz
Swedish surname: Schwärtz
It's pronounced Pang! 😉
My late father used to compete in military matches. After a lifetime of collecting shooting and selling various military rifles, his favourite was a Carl Gustov Mauser in 65by55. He named it “wicked Wanda”.She did shoot very fine groups.
HAD one of these - bought it on Easter Sunday, 2000 - went to buy a M/N sniper and the seller told me he had a M41B...coincidentally, I was fixing to call Samco in Miami the next day and ask if they still had one of 'em...he wanted $1200, which was the price at Samco...I jumped on it and took money out of my 401A and picked it up the following weekend...it appeared to be one of the first ones that Samco imported - almost pristine - had the original green scope can - serial numbered to the rifle and came with an original Swedish leather bandolier...sadly, it was he first gun I had to sell after my stroke in the spring of 2002 - without ever taking it to the range...learned a serious lession at that time...if you got it, shoot it...
Well that escalated quickly. Are you doing well now?
@@madman2u ... So nice of you to ask. You're a good human being.
Always fun to see Swedish guns on this channel. Would love to see the AK5 pop up some time :)
5chr4pn3ll Or a base FNC for that matter (haven't checked if there is a video about it already)
There is an old video when he disassembles a FNC
monkeysexylover gonna look it up, thank you!
The AK5 is such a nice gun, I love that charging handle.
As someone who have used the AK5 a lot, and its upgraded models it got so many drawbacks. It's heavy, flimsy stock, low caliber ammunition etc. I definitely think Ak5 and especially AK5C is a solid rifle. But I am so weak for the AK4 -.-
I have a Swedish Mauser. It’s a marvellous deer hunting rifle. Such smooth and reliable action, but a bit heavier than modern rifles.
lol...well was made for war = hard combat use...!
Tho one can sand down the entire stock(offgun) by as much as an 1/8 of an inch to lighten it and gain quicker handling...!
The Swedish home guard had these into the late 90's
AdurianJ what replaced it?
Ak4, later Ak4B. (G3 variant of Sweden). And what och307 said for marksman rifle.
And Accuracy International AW
I doubt it seriosly, i served during those years, all of them. Having Said that, its possible that some batallion had them, But i worked during the early years of 1990 with TYG and decomissioned all of our Mausers, and we sold the good ones for 250-500kr. to hunters and marksmans, unike versions and models where in demand, the rest went to furnaces. On the video i saw 2 thing worth adding. Of curse not yards on the mounted sights, But meter. Secondly, one more conversion was made, operatinghandle on the bolts was bent downwards, sinne Theese rifles had straight operatinghandles on the bort originally. This was made on other versions also. (Kavarelliets)
The Accuracy International AW might be getting partially or completely replaced with scoped AK4Bs. While the AWs are very nice rifles, they've turned out to the kind of unsuited for a DMR role
These were actually replaced in Swedish service by the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, known in Swedish service as the PSG-90 and the L118A1 in British service.
Not to be confused with the L96A1 which was the AI Precision Marksman rifle that was later improved upon to create the Arctic Warfare.
AI actually developed the AW specifically for the Swedish tender, the upgrades being so successful the UK chose to adopt them aswell thus going from the L96A1 to the L118A1.
I've got what may have been one of these sniper rifles at one time. It's a 1943 Husqvarna action, but was turned into a CG80 target rifle with a heavy Schultz and Larsen barrel, heavy target stock, and competition peep sights. The mounting holes for the old scope rail were plugged, and are easily visible from the inside of the receiver. An interesting piece of history, whether it was a sniper rifle that was turned into a target rifle or if someone added the sniper style scope mount at some point in time to use it as a hunting rifle.
The 6.5x55 is a very efficient cartridge. I see there appears to be a set windage adjustment on the rear ring. I like the square front post - much better than a fine barley corn. Less stuff to go wrong. 👍🏻
They are exceptionally well made because they did not need to cut corners during wartime.
"Fascists to the left of me, Commies to the right, here i am, stuck in the middle with you!"
Fascists to the left, commies to the right...
Something is weird with that sentence ;)
Alex Winebrenner sadly Sweden did help the nazis to some extent in WW2
Hjalmar Selberg
We also helped the Allies.
We sold iron to the Reich (the alternative was to get occupied) and let their troops move through our territory (they DID buy train tickets...) and in the meantime we took in almost all of Denmarks Jews and other "unwanted people", supplied shelter and staging ground for Norwegian resistance fighters and let Allied troops pass through (and use airfields) later in the war when the push back against the Reich started.
In other words, we openly played both sides. Neutrality exists in more ways than the Switzerland approach of "everyone stay the fuck out".
wish norway got the same choice, instead the brits ravaged us
Reservoir Dogs comes to mind ;)
Good video as always Ian - thanks much. In the early '80's I picked up a surplus 96 from Century Arms in Montreal for something under $60 Cdn to rework as a hunting rifle for my father. In retrospect it was too bad I cut down such a nice specimen, however they were everywhere in western Canada at that time. Anyway, I shortened the barrel to 20", replaced the trigger and epoxy bedded it as well as mounted a scope. My father used it for years and eventually passed it to our eldest daughter as her primary hunting arm. To say it shoots well is an understatement - amazing for a stock military issue barrel really. Anyway thanks for the video once again.
I was hoping that the locking screws had even smaller locking screws holding them in position.
And if you take them all off, you'll find that they've just went "fuck it" and welded it in place, the screws being only for decoration.
"Yo dawg, we heard you like locking screws so we put locking screws in the locking screws in your locking screws!"
You must have them confused with SIG.
They did originally before the B upgrade
@@theprojectproject01 Correction early mauser
Used it a lot as a youth volunteer in the Swedish volunteer part of the Swedish army in the 1980's. It was good (and farely precise) fun, but later on - as a marine - I got hold to the mighty Ak4, and real love smiled upon me. I smiled back, and I'm still smiling.
They "straked" the screws, I believe this is the correct word for that punching at the edge to prevent rotation.
About 25 years ago I had a M41B that I had purchased for $475 at the local shop. It did not have a scope or mount. Accuracy was very very good with iron sights.
the PSG-1 never entered Swedish military service, instead it was the AK5B (FN FNC) that filled role of DMR with the SUSAT sight and the sniper rifle that went into service was the AI AW rifle during the 80s.
during the cold war the DMR was the G3 with a 4x Hensholdt sight.
Maybe Ian assumed the PSG 90 (L96A1 AW ) is the HK PSG-1 due to the name?
It could be confusing to foreigners that the Swedish army sniper rifle is called "PSG 90", but is - as you say - an improved L96A1 (AI AW). The Swedish and German abbreviation for "sniper rifle" just happens to be "PSG".
Yep. Swedes picked the AI AW, but evaluated a simplified PSG-1 version called MSG-90. It was closer to G3 than PSG-1. It had slightly longer and heavier barrel of PSG-1, handguard with forward mounted pin for bipod, regular G3 pistol grip without adjustments and simpler stock with adjustable cheek piece (simpler and lighter than PSG-1 had). IIRC they got bit more of those than usual evaluation batch, but it still wasn't formally adopted or issued in wide scale. Like hundred or so rifles procured instead of typical couple dozen for evaluation batch.
Homeguard still uses the 4x hensoldt sight afaik. Some in the homeguard has the psg90 with the shitty old mildot hensoldt 10x scope. Set to ammo they do not even use anymore. Now they get GGG 147gr 7.62 Nato. Same as the KSP58 guys :V Tried to help one of those guys by making a shooting table for him. Went ok. But it is 0.2 mil clicks and labels totally wrong so he had to listen to the clicks poor guy.
Some Homeguard regiments might still have them, but I've never seen one
Funny how so many excellent weapons ends out to be Swedish.
Sweden was "neutral" during WW2.
Bofors AA and artillery and the anti-tank man portable.
@@ratatosk001 "up until very recently, second to none." nah but they have topped in some aspects.
It might be because like the americans. They werent bombed and could test and make weapons without being bombed to bits unlike the germans
@Fleshaga That's because Sweden was SERIOUSLY pissed about being so puny and ridiculous when the shit hit the fan. Compare Sweden to the cold war. The Swedish defense effort then was insane. Now we're back to being puny and ridiculous.
Sweden is all about quality before quantity
The amount of these that still take down moose every hunting season shows the quality and ability of these rifles!
I have a 1942 Husqvarna M38. Inherently accurate. Beautifully made of quality materials 😊
I think that's meters not yards. I doubt that the Swedes even know what yards are. :)
Metric all the way baby! after all, it's an objectively better system ;)
Gardens?
Also something to do with Scotland and Sherlock Holmes, I think.
@@doso4782 fun patio decor?
You'd be surprised what Swedes know.
I have one , it’s sporterised, it shoots sub MOA, I have a Remington 600 Mohawk in .222 and the Swedish 96 out performs it in accuracy especially after 250 yards I have regularly cloverleafed targets at 200yards from prone position with it . I’ll never sell it it’s a keeper
Nice video. Just a few things i would like to point out: the Swedish armed forces never had a hk psg1, it was just a domesitically produced g3 with a 4x scope on a claw mount. It was just standard issue rifles that got issued a hook-on scope for sharp-shooting (Ak4or in sweden). As far as the "snipers" go they got the AI arctic warfare (designated PSG 90 in sweden). From what i heard the home guard acctually used the m41 untill 2003.
The Homeguard had to give up theese in the mid 90s. I know some that keept them longer, we tried not to send dem back, but no. My company had two of them. Fine, well shooting rifles.
I owned one of these for a number of years. It's one of those I somewhat regret selling. Very accurate and a pleasure to shoot. Coupled with the Swedish sniper ammo. it would hold about 1 MOA from the bench at 100 yrds. I also did quite a bit of longer range shooting with it and it served me very well. One of the down sides was the elevation adjustment on the Ajax scope was at best very sketchy.
I’m not a gun lover but yet I find your videos extremely interesting, you’re great!
Excellent video as always. I just want to point out two things.
1. Finland had oinly about half-a-dozen scopes in the winter war, used for testing. The Finns used sharpshooters (dedicated riflemen part of their rifle squad), not snipers (two-men team not part of a rifle squad, as did Sweden. These were sharpshooter rifles from the beginning.
2. Swedish troops did fight in ww2, although briefly. The Swedish volunteer corps in the Winter War (a reinforced brigade of some 8 000 men) fought in Finland, and Fänrik (2nd Lieutenant) Béve, part of Grafströms Jäger Company shot 6 Soviets (an MG crew and their replacements) at about 500 meters - without a scope on his 6,5x55mm Gevär m/96 Mauser.
Mannerheim himself held a speech specifically to honour the volunteer corps. It's right here on TH-cam in fact. "mannerheim friviligkåren" should find it.
th-cam.com/video/FC1e1BINTTM/w-d-xo.html
Bought one of these today. The rifle has it's sling and the case for the scope. A nice rig.
Funny thing is that you can still find surplus sniper ammo "prickskytte prj/41" ammunition in Sweden. Have tried some in an Carl Gustav hunting rifle at 300 m and they really live up to there name.
What kind of groups were you getting? Do you have any idea of the bullet weight and velocity? I wont be able to obtain that ammunition here and id love to work up some loads close to mil spec for my Swede's.
That was some of the first stuff I fired from mine when I got one a few years ago. Good stuff. Getting harder to find in the US though, haven't seen it for over a year. :(
dunxy I'm sorry but I can't help you with any of the data on the ammo. But hopefully someone else in this community can and as for the grouping I think it was like 6 or 7 inches which I know is not great but that's me and not the ammo. Ps I could not hit the target with my 9.3 x 57 mm at the same target and distens.
Just looked it up and the source I saw said the ammo was 139 grains in weight. Hope that helps... no info on BC, though.... the very good Serbian ammunition manufacturer Prvi Partisan makes a 6.5x55 cartridge with that weight, and I'll bet Lapua, the wonderful Finnish manufacturer, also makes a very good load for it.
Har Sverigr gjort något sniper/prickskytte gevär? Inte koolat iof! Peace
Always so academic in detail. Excellent presentation style and knows context as well as content. Thanks a million.
"Sweden sitting there being all cool" pretty accurate.
More like ".. let's sit very still, nazi's and commies vision are based on movement."
Offbeaten they big trexes
@@Offbeaten They werent quite as neutral as they like to pretend to have been...
@@GroovingPict You're right, they actively assisted both sides in an effort to maintain their neutrality. They acted very similar to Switzerland or Ireland in that regard. That's just how the ball rolls
Back then, maybe.
These rifles were used by Swedish troops in the Kongo in the early 1960’s. Swedish troops saw heavy combat there during UN operations, with some 20 KIA. Sweden sent infantry battalions mounted in SKP wheeled APC’s there, including 120 mm mortars, and J29 fighter-bombers. The infantry was armed with m/45 SMG, ag42B, m/42 MG (”as reliable as a promise from a politician”), ksp58 GPMG and the Carl Gustaf RCL (where Swedish troops go, the Carl Gustaf goes!). Some SKP APC’s also had twin m/36 water-cooled MG’s.
have you come across the carl gustav m/45 submachine gun? It looks cool and supposedly has some interesting history.
Particularly interesting to the US audience perhaps, since it was one of the weapons of choice for US SEALs in Vietnam, until the Swedish govt. stopped exporting weapons to the US in protest of the bombings.
Swedish K..
Oh, I remember those rifles. Had them in training! love them.
As a swede, I really appreciated this history lesson.
The creme of the crop of all Mausers was the M1896 in 6.5 x 55 for accuracy , well done Sweden ! 🇸🇪😍
In the 1990s, I was a regular at Samco. They were located in an industrail area near Miami International Airport. They were my go-to source for cheap GI ammo. Sealed battle packs of 200 rounds of 6.5x55 were purchased by me in 800 round crates, at $.25/rd, IIRC. Wife and two young kids at the time, I was never quite able to buy on of their M41s, although I played with many. My 96 did have the improved rear sight, as well as being D&T'd for a match receiver sight. Sadly, years later, the rifle was traded off or sold for who knows what.
The current swedish sniper rifle is a modified Accuracy International in 7.62x51mm NATO. Never heard about H&K PSG1 being used.
I have a 1944 Husqvarna Mauser and it does have a great trigger.
Matte Edström
(Från Wikipedia)
Prickskyttegevär 90 (Psg 90) är ett repetergevär och en vidareutveckling av den brittiska L96A1 konstruerad av Accuracy International. Den svenska modellen betecknas internationellt L96A1 AW, där AW står för Arctic Warfare.
@@larss337 jag tror han menar AK4 OR(optisk riktmedel)
9:43 Not PSG-1 but Accuracy International L96A1 AW, in Sweden called PSG90 = Prickskyttegevär 90 = Sniper rifle 90.
as always could listen for hours, you're a top bloke Ian. and interesting subject.
Ever tried to watch a FW video while too exhausted to actually process information, and just wound up being lulled to sleep by Ian's soothing voice?
Yeah, time to watch this one again, properly
We have one of these in the armory. I have never quite understood some of the stuff I’ve seen on the rail / scope mount.
This helps a lot.
I believe ours came through SAMCO.
Regards,
Marky
Hey Marky, Do you guys have the scope as well? I really have no idea if they were sold with the scope included or not..
Munro
We do have a scope. Some were sold with and some without the scope and mount. Neat gun if you ever get a chance to pick one up.
Marky
9:27 Swed's know how to do pretty much everything.
Going to the range with friends....they hear " I am bringing the Swede" they smille.
I saw the title, said "yeah right", clicked, and was astounded by this rifle's elegance. It's handsome!
A slight correction, the replacement for these rifles were not the PSG-1, but the improved version of the Accuracy International AW, designated PSG 90 (Marksman's rifle 90).
To my knowledge, having been conscripted into the army (as was common in my youth^^) and spent over a decade in the homeguard, the swedish army has never taken the PSG-1 into service.
Does it come in parts with a montage plan and Allen key?
don't forget a few extra parts, just to make it interesting
When Ian said bein' all cool @ about :30 this immediately popped into my head.
"Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool
shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood"
(Fresh Prince of BelAir)
Using the release lever for leverage makes a lot of sense if you're worried about the scope getting frozen in place in field conditions.
I have a nice anecdote. When I was in the swedish army 1991 we were at an joint exercise with the home guard. They had these m/41 bolt action guns and we the G3. We sure wanted to test out the old school and they looked at our assault rifles. So we swapped guns for a moment at the range.
Under appreciated? Not by the folks that own one.
Part of what made it such a standout as a sniper rifle was the cartridge it used. 6.5 X55mm is a damn fine cartridge.
True,most that have would appreciate them but outside of Europe I really think they are incredibly under appreciated,especially here in Australia.Its good in the prices are low at least,people pad 6 times what my Swede cost for German non matched mausers while my husky short rifle with excellent barrel and all matching numbers got zero bids, apart from mine ;)
the 6.5x55 is the reason the OLYMPIC Biathlon ski/shooting event was changed from a "shooter's choice of caliber" format to a 22lr standard. that swede was nearly unbeatable on the range.
A Res, there were no complaints about the stopping power of the cartridge during the Congo-crisis where it was used extensively in the KP's machine guns (note that the AP was 8 mm m/32, so conversion kits were standard equipment and used when the separatists' armoured cars where suspected to be in the vicinity)
Baba Jaga Ба́ба-Яга́ Not true. It has more energy beyond 600 meters than the 7.62 NATO. The cartridge is designed for exceptional long range. Check it out.
the copycat imposter creedmor is stealing the spotlight from the true 6.5 king
I love my Swedish rifles!And the M 41 is extremely accurate and easy for my kids and now my granddaughters to shoot
We had the HK33 ( AK 4 ) with scope, not the PSG 1 in early 80's still used this M/41B. In the 90-91 we got the new L96A1 AW as the primary sniper rifle/ still in use but modified. The AK 4 or HK33 with scope was used as a sharp shooter rifle up to early 90's, today it is used with an Aimpoint among the home guard bu also been used as a support weapon ie Afghanistan.
In fact this was the first sniper rifle I used in my first sniper course in the Swedish army, very accurate and very reliable. We started out with this rifle and later moved on to the HK33 with scope, this was in the 80's and then we got the L96A1.
However there was on more mod done, they added a pistol grip on some of these M/41 B's, basically just attached it with screws. Sadly I have no picture of it.
Thanks for a good video!
Hello, Swed here. Thank you for the compliments!
I have an M41B. The best £3000 I ever spent, they are the God of all sniper rifles.
Kind regards, Macaulay, England.
yup it sucks I can't buy ammo in my local shop but there's tons of that darn Yankee imposter the creedmor , everyone is all gaga over what the 6.5 Swede was doing for years (I saw what hand loads in a high end Tika can do) lol
8:31 i dont think thats correct we dont use the imperial system,
so to use yards dont make sense for us it has to be meters
If you learn to convert between yards and meters, you'll be OK no matter what.... 100 meters is equal to 109.36 yards. Or 1 yard = 0.9144 meter. As a scientist, I am comfortable with the metric system, but find imperial easier to use in daily life. Just the way I was raised and what was used in school.... cheers!
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 Question, how is yars easier when usually more inaccurate / inconsistent?
@@adriac1291 - Your question doesn't make sense to me. Neither system is inherently more accurate or less accurate than the other - imperial or metric. Use which ever system of units makes sense for you, but know how to convert back-and-forth in case you run into something in the other system. Learn both and you'll be good-to-go no matter what you run into. Anyone even minimally-competent in basic arithmetic can handle the math; it isn't hard. And if that is even too tough, there's calculators and ballistic solvers for you.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 Metric is better for calculations, because you will always get an accurate answer, and it's much easier to do the math. With Imperial you need to round to the 1/16 and it's a real pain. Science and Math should always be done in Metric in my opinion
@@adriac1291 you're about as bright as a 3 watt light bulb son.
One thing I can tell you about Swedish Mausers is that they were well take care of. As pointed out in the video, the Swedes never really fought so they didn't get trashed like the other combatants but they were well taken care of.
There was once upon a time, a website that had troves of Swedish Mauser info and it had the key for deciding the brass disc in the stock. I cannot re call all of it but I remember what mine meant. I have a very nicely kept M38 carbine, Husqvarna and the previous owner had the penchant for smoothness, so they out a Timney trigger in it, also a threaded muzzle. A nice 3lb trigger and a wonderful recoil from the best cartridge, 6,5x55mm Swedish. Pertaining to my rifle, it was marked for use as "live fire practise" and the barrel condition at 6.49mm. The rifles were rebarrled or discarded if they were above 6.6mm barrel, or pitted. Sighting down my barrel, it is shiney and clean as glass, deep and good rifling, and when I get out to 300 yards(which is the most I have in my area) it drops them all in a nice group, fitting the torso or a 12 inch target on cheap ammo.
This rifle in the video, i would love to gander at it if i saw one. Gun Jesus really helps.
My buddy Mike H. has one of these. It is a pleasure to shoot. Shoots inside an inch, with a gentle recoil. It is wonderful .
The rifle was not replaced by the HK PSG1. It was replaced by the Accuracy International L96 A1 AW, designated as the PSG 90 in the Swedish military.
Beside that minor point, thanks for a great video. Having used a version of this rifle, I can confirm that the precision is mind blowing for such an old rifle.
Great video! You unfortunately mistook the PSG-1 for the PSG90, the Swedish version of the AWM.
Not the awm, the psg 90 is an aw which was based on the accuracy international pm (L96). The aw was specifically designed to meet the swedish army's (försvarsmakten) specifications. The awm series of rifles are based upon the aw series, as they are mostly just an improved version
I bought one out of a gun collection from an estate sale! One of the best buys I have ever made👍
Hi Ian! Sorry to be that guy but L96A1 replaced the m/41B not the HK psg1.
Here's what I found about it
_Sniper Rifle 90 (Psg 90) is a repeater rifle and a further development of the British L96A1 by Accuracy International. The famous SAS uses the L96A1 and it is considered one of the world's best sniper rifles. The Swedish model is called L96A1 AW, where AW stands for Arctic Warfare._
_In 1990, the weapon was adopted by the Armed Forces after many and hard tests when the choice fell on the British rifle L96A1. However, some of the weapons were modified, including grooves in the bolt, to fit better in Swedish conditions before it was purchased._
_Accessories that come with are a transport box with spare reticle, muzzle brake, leg support, three magazines, piston extension washers, weapon strap, universal tool, ballistics card, weapon care kit, optics care kit and loose firing magazines. The ballistics card is used to calculate the trajectory of the bullet and set the binocular sight._
Your friend the Draugr
Yeah that is correct, I think the confusion for Ian was that both are named PSG, but we named L96 PSG-90 while the Germans named their HK PSG-1 :)
I am a simple man. I see swedish gun, I press like.
German not Swedish the whole damn rifle is basically German
that norwegianguy DETAILS! ALWAYS WITH THE DETAILS!
@@thatnorwegianguy1986 Självklart; du är norsk
Heller det en Svensk :P
+white0devil0 You are are a very smart man. Anything swedish is beutiful and should make you click any link associated with Sweden.
When you say that Sweden replaced these with the H&K PSG-1, are you sure you are not referring to the swedish variant of the AI Arctic Warfare, the PSG-90?
Interestingly the Arctic Warfare variant was developed for Sweden to fulfill Swedens criterias. The AW exists because of Swedish procurement as the Psg90.
Hot damn, I watched what is currently the first video on this channel 7 years ago. The Video and Audio quality has changed so much in a good way. And Ian's Facial hair and regular hair haven't changed at all. Which is good cause he looks good with them
i love youre videos,
and i learn allot from it...
and really nice sniper rifle...
greetings from holland everyone,
and thanks for the great channel ian much appreciated....
The Finns had snipers that didn’t use scopes. Evidently the scopes available at that time did not do well in the extreme temperatures of a Finn winter lol.
I don't think there were much wrong with the scopes during the Winter War, the Finnish Army just "woke up" to the situation much too late. It ordered 150 Physica-scopes for the M/27 rifles (and 100 for the Maxim Machineguns) in the December of 1937. None of those made it to the Winter War, so most of the Finnish "snipers" had only their iron sights. Some of the guys might've got one of the 25 sniper rifles with Zeiss Zielvier 4X scopes, and there were hundreds of the M/91-30 sniper rifles captured. At least some of the guys got some marksman training in the Civil Guard, as the Army didn't even have any kind of sniper training before the Winter War.
The Continuation War was a bit different. Those Physica-scopes with 3X zoom made it on the rifles before the war, and more of those M/91-30 sniper rifles were captured. The Finnish Army also began to train snipers during the trench war -period in 1942-1943, and got some German sniper scopes for the M/39 rifles. Those scopes were exactly the same German Ajack 4x scopes as the Swedish m/41 sniper rifles had. Quite the same thing happened to the Finns as to the Swedes; they had 500 German scopes before the deliveries ended, so they had to manufacture a domestic version. It's not sure if those Finnish copies ever saw the action, but only 50 of those were ever made.
It was nothing wrong with the scopes and plenty in finns used scoped snipers, only a few ones like ''white death'' didnt cause they could stay closer to the ground making it harder for the russians to spot him/them.
not only that, ''White Death'' didn't use a scope because of the lens flare he could get by the sun and moon that would reveal his location. The more you know! :)
Sam Baggins well swedish winter is the same as finnish winter
I say only one name: Simo Haya!
Gotta love Swedish mausers
I had a 1944 Husqvarna M96 'Civilian', never issued, had the disk-relief on the stock, but no screw-hole . Old guy I bought it off, had it assembled by the military 'armourer' , picked the best-tolerance bolt etc , new barrel, then re-numbered (last 2 digits of action no.) It also had the same rear-sight as this, but looked much better-quality . He brought it to New Zealand and it sat in a wardrobe until I bought it . I should have kept that one. Dave Aotearoa nz
This rifle was featured into Sniper Elite 4. My favorite rifle.
Every now and then, our Western neighbors get something right.
Like Volvo and the Falukorv ;)
Juha I and who can forget the bikini team?
Not to mention the 3G and 4G tech from Ericsson that enabled Apple to kick Nokias asses. ;)
And that makes me wonder, why 3G and 4G work so bad in Sweden? :D
They want to spread all the good to the world and get none themselves?
Because it doesn't?
Well, I only have experience in the Västerbotten and Norrland regions, but in those areas, it really sucks. Compared to how it works in our "remote areas" up north. Maybe it works just fine in Stockholm ;)
My granpa still has one of these in his closet, he was a officer in the swedish army in 1950s.
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I have one of these rifles, bought it from a guy here in my area for 400 bucks, he clearly didn't know its value. Let me be clear this is one of the most accurate military service rifles I have shot. More accurate then my Springfield 03, my IG 98, my n4 Enfield, this is a 1.5-1 moa gun with a good handload. Shooting 40 grains of r17, hornady brass, and a 140 grain bullet( either nosler CC, or hornady eldm) this rifle put 10 rounds of the bench in 1.2 moa at 100 yards.
Thank you so much for this and all your other fantastic videos!! Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland
They also make extremely good Chefs too .
It puts the chicken in the pot!
And streamers, not Pewds though...don't forget Heavy Metal either!
Bork bork bork!
I would do sinful things to add a 41b to my Husqvarna collection
CountArtha Oddly enough I don't have their chainsaws lol... just guns and a really sweet lawn mower
I love my Husky m1938,probably my most shot milsurp.
I've got a Husqvarna dirt bike and a SxS Shotgun!
What a beautiful rifle and a scope,real classic. :=)
I own 2 1894 carbines. One is all original and one is sporterized. Both are a tribute to how well the Swede's built their guns. Workmanship is perfect. The sporterrized (sp?) one is first year production, made in 1895 by Mauser. I sure wish it as left original, but sadly it was not.
50 views, and 49 likes. Man, I love this community!
Looks like the perfect rifle to add to battlefield V
Aviation lord yes it will go great with the cyborg arms
And the amputate woman soldiers and the Bugatti tanks.
Well DICE is Swedish lol
Too bad best rifles will end up being auto rifles with 0 flinch and oddly belong to the medic class.
It's already featured in Sniper Elite 4 DLC
Thank you Ian. I was looking for an idea to augment, but not substantively change to appearance of a rifle. The dial idea is much more adjustable, compared to period Mil sights.
Got one of those remoddeld for Winter capercaillie hunting. Works like a charm.
Muh Swedish iron
These might have been used by Swedish UN forces in the Congo Crisis
Mostly the m45/B in that one afaik
I know one guy who used a Mauser over there so it wasn't all Submachine guns.
well ofcource its mostly SMG/assault rifles. you cant give everyone in an modern army marksman rifles.
I thought I recognized it.
The AG42 and Kpist m/45 were the standard non-crew served weapons of the Swedish troops in Congo.
My service weapon during 1991, sweet memories. For shooting blanks, this weaponized equivalent of a farmers tractor came with a barrel fitted with an atrocious looking funnel on the end. This would help disperse the red powdery dust that the blanks produced.
During a combat excercise, when I had been admittedly a little too much trigger happy, the funnel got caked up with dust and the muzzle flame set it ablaze. There I was, fanning my kulsprutepistol back and forth trying to extinguish the pink roman candle on the end of the barrel, while my squad advanced forward.
Man, how my sergeant yelled at me. :-)
I had the carbine Cavalry model of that with the turn down Bolt.
Love the Swedish 6.5 millimeter.
The vikings used to carry this rifle
Hey! A Swedish gun, I wonder how long it will take until the comments turn into weird discussions about immigration ^^
eldsprutandedrake the moment to mention it
Mr Mason go there often?
Plz no, let’s talk about the beautiful 6.5 x 55
Deport them! The convo just started right now....thanks to you.
eldsprutandedrake You seem to be the only one mentioning it.
To anyone in the states that get their hands on one of these:
Never put modern ammunition with "modern" powder loads and pressures in the guns. They are quite infamous in Sweden for blowing up quite violently if you try to put 1000m/s loads in them. The reason for this is speculated to be that the receivers were hardened to the point where they became brittle, which later proved to have caused microscopic cracks throughout the material.
Good advice. In the US we mostly get Privi and S.B. for commercial 6.5x55. These are loaded fairly lightly (2700 FPS or so) so should not be a problem. Use common sense while handloading. Mine shoots best with lighter loads. Ten or twelve percent under max seems to be the sweet spot. Anyone else have similar experiences?
I know somebody who owns one of these and I've shot it a couple of times myself. I have to say, wow, smooth as a silk shirt!
Us sweds knowing damn well we just put a led pipe on some firewood and shipped it.
Or swedes. And lead. Vänligen, en annan svensk.
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i had a 1905 dated 6.5x55 Swedish M96 with the 29"barrel that was extremely accurate, and a pure pleasure to shoot compared with my Model 1917 .30-'06...
Yet the best sniper of all time used iron sights 🤔
Ya, crappy 3 or 4x scopes didn't really offer much advantage.
l believe he shot most of the Russians at reasonably close ranges, so a scope wasn't even needed.
Simo b like
@BubbaMetal And no chance of scope glare.
Simo once got a M96 swedish mauser presented. And while he complimented its excellent accuracy, he disliked the scope and the length of the rifle
Sweden Will Fight To The Last Finn LoL
Looking at purchasing one of these, now I have more points to ask seller about it. Thanks for the video and what a lot example of this rifle
I had one of these and made the terrible decision to sell it. A decision I will regret for the rest of my life. It was a beautiful rifle, both in action, furniture, and accuracy.
Not sure why this is claimed to be the "Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two", especially given the fact that it has no combat record for that conflict.
rolf ski most likely best designed sniper maybe I donno
Best weapon was never fired in anger.
This is what I was wondering as I opened the video. I thought perhaps an actual combatant purchased and used them but that doesn't seem to be the case. Seems to be a big claim without basis.
It's quite possible a few were given to Finland since they gave regular M96 rifles to Finland during the winter war, continuation war, and Lapland war.
These models sent to Finland were not the B models though
Not that particular model but swedish mausers in general: Damn lot of them are used for hunting year after year. My first two rifles was a 6.5x55 Husqvarna mauser, and a Carl Gustaf 8x57js. The workmanship and tolerances was brilliant. To bad they had thousands and thousands of rounds thru them and they were badly worn.
Swedish iron, great craftsmanship and the 6.5x55 sounds like a killer combo.
I had one of these prior to mid 2002..bought in April, 2000...stumbled onto it at a gun show in WPB, FL...guy wanted $1200 for it and I had at least that amount in my company savings plan...it was practically pristine...prolly one of the firstb ones that the late Samco in Miami brought into the country..matching scope can with the proper sling and leather bandolier...itvwas the first rifle I had to sell to survive after my March stroke...I sold it for $1400..it kept me in food but broke my heart...