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- Shooting and discussing the highly regarded Swedish Mauser and its beloved 6.5X55 cartridge.
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Us too, Hickock, us too.
6.5 is excellent for moose hunting low recoil but still excellent stopping power.
Sectional density is no joke, same reason .30-30 is as effective as it is. Especially when the long projectiles begin to tumble.
Pay attention to the terminal ballistics of the bullet itself. The 140 grain Remington core-lokt work well for white tail deer, they expand quickly.
Great moose gun
The Swedish Mausers are my favorite non-US C&R rifles. 6.5x55 is a awesome cartridge, and arguably better than .30-06, and the Swedish Mauser is simply accurate and easy to shoot.
Perhaps arguably better than the.303 as well. But good luck with that one.
over 20yrs ago my ex gave me a swedish mauser he bought from a fellow trucker for $50. We went out in Los Angeles hills and I hit my targets always on the first shot. He had trouble hitting his target with his Mosin Nagant. I truly believe that the Swedish mausers are the most accurate version of mausers out there.
@@davidhayes7596 the 6,5 and 308 is much better then the 30-06
The 6.5 is a good round. In heavier bullets with sectional density it has taken many plus size big game animals and yet still retaining reali low recoil.
In some aspects, yes and others not so much. For distance yes due to the .264" bullets superior ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 can be pushed if using modern-day day bullets and not the junk ball ammo the Garands, 1903 variant, and the M1917 used back in the day. I wouldn't sleep on the .30-06 when using the 168 and 175 grain OTM/SMKs. I reloaded for all of them and have to say the 6.5 swede has the overall advantage. Imo, the caliber was the 6.5 creedmoor back in the day but more similar to the .260 Remington.
Sweden has not been at war for 200 years but we have always had a long history at building great and interesting weapons.
Greetings from Sweden and thanks for uploading this video.
***** Yes you are right (stämmer bra det du säger). We have fighting abroad under UN United Nations mandate in different parts of the world, like Congo, Kosovo and Afghanistan. But not a single war on our own soul (ground) for 200 years (även om det var nära flera gånger under andra världskriget).
zoll z The last wars are more like colonial wars then anything !
The last real UN mission was in Bosnia, after that it's an extention of US foreing policy. And the US isn't a neighbor of Russia with no defence !
*****
True we have Nordic Battle Group and we do not longer have a real neutrality politics (only on paper this days, sadly because it has served Sweden's interest for a long time). But most operations abroad has been under United Nations mandate.
The Carl Gustav has 84mm caliber because the prototype was made from a gun at Boden's Fortress.
The Caliber was found to be good enough so they kept it in the production version !
So in a sense the Carl Gustav is the embodiment of the will to defend Sweden!
When the first Carl Gustav was purchased it was only 1000 rifles because the army wanted 3000 war tested Bazookas.
Those didn't last long as they where completely inferior !
RoMMeL1337ak47 Minor nitpick, but we adopted the M3 not in 1991 but 1986, hence the name m/86... I know that I shot one in 1988 (remotely). :)
the sniper versions are called the m/41 and these where the best m/96 rifles that where fitted with telescopic sights in 1941-44 and used as sniper rifles untill the 1990's.
I still use this in service as a Swedish Royal Guard!
doktormusmatta Yes I do. But the m/96 and m/94 are very similar:)
+Doomsday so have you seen any m/94s made by Mauser or just the Carl-Gustaf?
doktormusmatta I have actually had the privilege to fire a m/94 not too long ago. It was a m/94 - 14 made by Carl Gustafs stads Gevärsfaktori.
+Doomsday I have one too but I don't know what model it is...
El Javier what's the serial number?
When I was a kid (early 70s) this was the best budget deer rifle to be had. They were cheap and available and so was the surplus ammo. People at that time had no idea what a hi quality product for a cheap price they had access to.
I just purchased one, partially with the intention of taking it hunting with my grandfather next year. Not having a scope will be a new challenge for me, but if my grandfather can hunt for 70 years and never use a scope, I can learn too.
@@II__argo__IIcurious how much you paid for it. I'm looking to pick one up but they've gone up in price considerably.
Excellent review. Thank you.
The 6.5x55 has killed more reindeer and moose in The Nordics than any other cartridge.
+Ade Larsen Well maybe 7.62x54r :D
+Ade Larsen
Agree :)
Ruben1994OL 6.5x55 = Dinner.
Tasty meat, bbq and stew.
And moose burgers too.
+Ade Larsen Like beef, but healthier.
Mike Young yes, reindeer, moose and whale are much healthier than regular beef but I still love regular beef.
Cheers and happy new year. :-)
I love the subtle humor - 1917, that was a couple of years after I was around... 1898, just a little while before my time... I read up on the bolt - bet you didn't know I could read LOL. You'd make a great teacher, hickok.
Andrew Durand He actually was a teacher lol
hickok was a teacher. english i believe.
Great video 👍 . We have a 1908 and 1917 . Originally going to sporturise (?) mine but don't have the heart to do it . What a beautiful rifle . Thanks for the video
I love my M96! Happened to find a clean model with triple crown branding. Awesome accuracy, flat trajectory like a .270, but with the impact energy of a .308. 99.99% perfect!
This was the gun used by the home guard and the home guard youth when I was 15 years in 1990. We shot thousands of rounds. I still have a bucket of loading clips saved. Love your videos! 🇸🇪🇺🇸
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about 45% of the reason I watch most of your videos I because I like the guns themselves. the other 55% is because I love hearing about the history in detail xD
nuget102 amen
I love that He knows about the United Kingdom of Norway and sweden at the time.
+Rickard Larsson Prob read up about it for the episode
Yeah, it put a smile on my face
he is a former history teacher IIRC
And am American no less... in a country that's very ignorant about history, he is a shining beacon... it's shocking that many a young lad hereidealise things like Communism despite the widely documented atrocities...
Yeah Bee What school is that, if I may ask?
I just got too say that I really appreciate your videos and the gun information you provide, Hickok45.
Dear youtubez and Hickok,
I... I have an addiction. To bolt guns. Nothing better than wood n steel. Well, Hick, I see you have reviewed the greats: The Springer 03, K31, Enfield, M96, 98k, and almost all of the Mosin variants..... EXCEPT the Finnish M39!!! Come on man, you gotsa jump on an M39. IMO by farrr the best Mosin variant. I absolutely love my Sako. Cheap (Yes actually cheap. relatively of course) to shoot, super accurate for a milsurp probably due to the almost untouched bore mine has. AND the history behind the Finn M39!! I know u love history Hickok
Cheap to shoot not cheap to buy. Not anymore anyway
Finnish M27 and M28 also!
I love this rifle. I bought mine back in mid 1990s at gunshow for $80-90. It has been my deer rifle ever since. Accurate and no scope to fog up. Always fills my deer tags with just one bullet. Knock on wood.
Greetings from Sweden. We make some pretty good weapons, don't we? ;D
Yes you do, I have one of each of those in my collection they are a fine bolt action. I bought mine years ago the value has gone up significantly they are getting hard to come by.
Sweden did make some good firearms....But does Sweden make any firearms now?
@@cs-rj8ru Firearms, canons, grenades and military vehicles. Relative to Sweden's GDP & capita production and export is very high.
@@JonteTheMan1 I wasn't referring to military/defense munitions and heavy ordnance etc. I was commenting on small arms. Other than the FNC Based rifle Sweden issues to it's troops, what other small arms are made there? Have you been to any gunshop in Sweden and seen any new Made in Sweden hunting rifles, pistols or shotguns for sale?
c s we make the AT4 and redpoint sights for the US army, tec9 is also a Swedish gun...
Also, for those curious about this round, It fits into a long action designed for a .30-06/.270/.300WM, the same bolt can be used (in some cases very minor polishing of the bolt face may be necessary). So for instance a Remington 700 in .270, with a worn out barrel, can be re-barreled to 6.5x55 with a 1:8 twist, with no other work, for an exceptionally accurate, low recoil, darned near perfect deer/boar/elk/moose rifle. The 6.5x55 even works in .270/.30-06 magazines, and even .300WM magazines with some minor massaging. The round really does love long barrels (28 inches is considered optimum, but 22-24 is more common) and slow burning powders. Keeping muzzle velocity at or below 3000 fps avoids "burning" barrels, and is more than enough for hunting with these long bullets.
This is the weapon I used during my military service in 1976. Very accurate. I still have some ammo left and the clip that was used to speed up the loading. The bullet is pointed and silver-colored. It is marked underneath with a 5 and an 8 plus letter K.
My father owns a old "Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf" model 1896 made in Germany in 1900. It still has the unit disk original to the rifle, not the bore-grade disk seen on both of hickok's rifles. only about 40,000 (7%) of all m96 rifles were made in Germany i found out , which is pretty neat! It would be more of a collectors item, but my Dad did not know the rifles value 25 years ago when he decided to have the gun's bolt bent and a scope mount put onto the rifle (professionally) due to how accurate he found the rifle. Truely a spectacular rifle, and a fantastic video Hickok45! Thank you for the information you have provided, and with the information you continue to provide!
+Sean McDermott Thanks. This is one of my very favorite rifles of all time.
Sean McDermott
I have one made in 1899! Did a trade for mine, best trade I ever made.
I envy you!
6.5x55 Swedish benefits:
Quiet as a non suppressed cartridge
Powerful for its size
Low recoil
Smooth firing
Simply the early 6.5 Creedmoor
Good at longer distances with it's flat trajectory, and a little strange it's not as sensitive if it hit some branches before hitting the target you have to go up to a heavy 9x53 to find a less sensitive calibre, atleast thats what I seen hunting Moose and what people I hunted with also think.
The carbine model was pretty loud. It would really bark, much louder than most large caliber rifles.
Outperforming the 6.5 Creedmoor 116 years before the Creedmoor existed, and still doing it today.
@@Demobius too bad they don't make a long barrel full stock mannlicher style for it. Seems like the carbine gives up a little too much velocity
@@georgefloydspaceshuttlepro1839 They did. The carbine was only issued to ski troops. Regular infantry got a long barrel rifle.
Its funny that Hickock mentions a lighter load of the cartridge as "varmint" round. Here in Sweden the 6,5x55 is the most used cartridge for moose hunting :)
That said im not downing hickock nor swedish hunters, if you hit where your supposed to the 6,5x55 packs a punch
Det går jaga allt från Orre till Älg med en 6,5x55. En av de bästa kaliber som finns.
So then its good for varmints of the two legged variety?
高恩太 The best
Very versatile cartridge.
Swedish Mauser? You sure? These were supposed to have used the best steel on the planet, I thought. They are famous for that fact.
hickok45 Yes sir! You couldn't be more right. They sent their own steel to the manufacturer and demanded they use the Swedish steel for the rifles.
A short little bayonet came with mine- takes an edge like a razor! Both it and the rifle are Carl Gustav 1905 or thereabouts IIRC. The handle is basically a hollow steel tube that begs to be corked and used for a survival knife of sorts... Altho the blade may be a bit thin for such rugged use, IDK.
The Swedes sent there steel to oberndorf so they could manufacture the Swede Mausers under contract. The Swedes made the finest steels in the world.
The oberndorf Swede Mausers are dated 1899/1900.
So you got a bayonet for it? I
Nice video sir.
Bye the way, I´m from Sweden and I have two Husqvarna rifles. One is a 8X57 and one 6,5X55 and both are nice rifles
Ja, väldigt ofta. Flera hundra tusen...
Minelli2012 Ja Husqvarna gevär är mycket bra nej? De känner sig också väldigt trevliga att hålla. God dag.
Take any moose with the 6.5? :p
What do you think of ag42b?
husqvarna makes everything and i mean everything
RIfle, scissor or lawnmover, maybe even a dishwasher? We've got you covered!
Friendly Fire Gaming They make excellent Chainsaws.
Mutant1988 They also make sewing machines!
They also make robot lawnmowers, not just regular ones!
tobytwokenobi And they used to make motorcykles as well.
"any ammo is expensive now days", 2013. Bwahahaha!
2022 be like “hold my beer”
This cartridge was years ahead of its time. One of my favorites. If you handload, you can get incredible performance running it through a modern rifle.
What modern rifles are chambered in 6.5x55 Swede? And what year made would be the first year considered “modern”? I know Husqvarna made the 1600 and 1900 in the 50’s and 60’s but are there newer guns? Thanks
Sweden really kicks ass. They punch way way above their weight in so many ways. Militarily, environmentally, car production, chainsaw production, sport, and tech....the Swedes are a force to be reckoned with. I can only stand and applaud. From the UK to Sweden....we love you and bow to your attention to detail and your state of the art technology....all power to you!!
As a swede it´s always fun to se out stuff featured around the world.
Got a 1907 rebuilt to a Competetion/target, called CG 63 Competition. REALLY sweet shooter, grandpa competed alot with it back in the day, think he also used it when helping Finland in WW II.
I had the privilege of firing one of those while in the Swedish Royal Navy, absolutely gorgeous weapon.
Yes, Sweden was neutral during WW2 but tens of thousands of Swedish M96's saw use in the Continuation War between Finland and Russia, a war which also saw 10,000 voluntary swedish soldiers fight the Red Army for under the Finnish flag. Not a hell of alot of soldiers in a war that saw the deaths of millions but served as a massive boost of morale for both Finland and Sweden, and ultimatly brought both our countries closer after the end of the war. Swedens best friend in the whole world is still Finland and I would argue that Finland's feelings are mutual. Happy too have family on both sides of the Bothnian Gulf.
Try to go to Turku and say you are Sweetish…. LOL
@mtman2
Hitler had plans of taking Poland, invading the Ukraine, and taking as much of Russia as he could manage. Europe has been fighting over that land forever.
@@norseman5041 Ive done that a couple of times. Great times. The thing you talking about is just talk.
@@norseman5041 So have I and I was greeted very well.
My grandfather was one of those 10.000. Even though he was pretty far gone in dementia when I was old enough to remember him I still have and always had a lot of respect for him. Not that I knew anything about him and the war at that age, I thought all the pins and medals I played with was not real, but even when he was at the end of the road of both dementia and life he was a quiet, tough, fair and kind man. Later in life, when I realisead he was a war hero, my respect turned in to pride. I also have close relatives in Finland, even though none of them speak more finnish than they learned in school, since they all live on Åland. Swedes and Finns have in my experience a kind of a sibling love-hate relationship, just the way it should be. Respect is the key thing.
I learned target shooting using my father's Mauser rifle. It was extra-fitted with an aperture sight, otherwise it was all original parts. It was marvellous - just after a little practising I could place 5 rounds "bulls-eye" at a target distance of 200 meters (218 yds)! That gave me a lot of confidence, both in myself and in that remarkable rifle...
I have some of those wooden bullets I'll shoot in my Swedish Mauser one day. Didn't they use some sort of barrel attachment when they fired the wooden bullets, or did they just shoot them as you would normal ammo?
There is a barrel attachment, I have one for my for my swedish mauser, a CG from 1899.
Yes My 1906 paid $70 for it is threaded to the wooden bullet schedder! I would hat to think those threads couldn't be used for a suppressor!???
the threads are 15x1mm.@@drewbebe8427
I bought 2 of these rifles after I watched this video. What a great rifle. Thank you , Hickok.
Great rifle, I have a 1943 Husqvarna M/1938 (Type II). Love shooting it. I also hand load for a friends Tikka T3 in 6.5x55. Just shows how the popular calibre is still for modern sporting arms.
I inherited one of these and have been dying to learn more about it and get it to the range. What a cool rifle!
My grandpa just gave me one made in the Mauser factory in Germany in 1901 I was blown away by how accurate it is. Fun to shoot fairly hard hitting and very low recoil. At 59 to 100 yards it did as well as my high dollar at-15 style rifle chambered in 6.5 Creedmore 117 years old and still able to match the newest top of the line stuff in accuracy at least speed not so much but still impressive.
Thank you hickok45
I have 1902 Carl Gustafs I bought at a gun show 20 years ago for $99..
All numbers match.
Stock wood is just as clear and beautiful as the one you are demonstrating here.
It is metered for 140 grain bullet, so I reload it with 140 grn. Nosler partition.
It takes mountain mule deer, and plains prong horn.
1" groups all day long @ 100yds.
I like WW2 battle arms...This is my very favorite.
It will go to the grave with me.
"We'll see if we can hit the plate with it ..."
Dong!
You tease ...
My 1905 Carl Gustafs Mauser is one of my favorite rifles, nice to see a good video demonstrating what a fine piece of engineering it is.
I have a Husqvarna swedish mauser :D but its chambered in 9,3x62 mm. Btw the 6.5x55 is popular because of its relative fast speeds and low bulletdrop, that makes it perfect for hunting at longer ranges.
niice
Me to
Cool, they are sweet
***** Ummm...no. No, you really don't. What you have is a Husqvarna rifle. It just so happens to be chambered in a German-made(originally, that is) calibre.
The Swedish Mauser is, specifically, German 1893 rifles, either German-made or made on license in Sweden, and chambered in 6.5x55. If it's not a 1893, and/or it isn't chambered for the 6.5x55, then it isn't a Swedish Mauser.
Incidentally, while the 9.3x62 was designed to work in the 1898 Mauser rifle, it isn't a Mauser round, per se.
Well mine isn't, i have the 1640, but there is some with the M96 and M98 action, and that is kinda a Mauser..
Hi Hickok.
Hi John.
Just took my 1921 C.G.,6.5x55 all original, target rifle out for the first shots today.
Absolutely a dream to shoot.
Now, I have a 6.5mm, a 7mm, and an 8mm, Mauser.
The 6.5 and 7mm are all original, numbers matching guns, but the 6.5 is an almost immaculate firearm.
Life IS good!
Thanks for all you guys do.
P.S.
My Hickok45 marathon was a great way to spend New Year!
Used to compete with a M 96, just like the one in the clip but with diopter sight, when I was a kid, here in Sweden. My father let me use it when he got a new gun ("CG 63" same gun but a different stock). Those old guns have an impressive precision. A fair marksman would hit a target the size of half a man at 650 meters. The spread on a good gun is no more than an inch at 300 meters.
The M96 I have has the holes drilled on the receiver for the diopter sight, and I'm trying to find the right one to put back on. It also has the three crown branding on the stock.
The wood-bulletted blanks were still in use during my military service in 2001; they have since gone over to crimped blanks, I believe, but I'm not sure when. The wood blanks have a longer safety distance, but they look pretty impressive at night - particularly when they're being fired from the MAG 58. Big spray of flaming sawdust...
The gun store by my house has one of these for 700$ but it's real good condition and all cleaned up nice. I'm going to buy it this weekend.
+Robby47 Did you pick up that rifle?
+Robby47 It's kinda funny actually, you can buy m96's for between 50 to 200 dollars here, but they don't sell very well so they just ship them to the US and sell them for a huge profit
Guess because we have a limit of how many weapons a hunter can have., you only want the rifles you REALLY need
David Karlsson Also because the market is flooded with them, every hunter that enjoy them already owns one.
That's what happens when an obsolete military rifle in sufficient numbers to arm almost 1/8th of the population in case of mobilization gets decomissioned by public sale...
My grandfather was one of them who modified the m/1939 to gevär m/1940, kaliber 8x63mm.
A really nice gun to shoot with. My grandpa got the M96 model for being in the swedish army during WW2. Felt just amazing to finally be able to try one out. our fine guns made in Husqvarna and eskilstuna is one thing to be proud of.
Wow, beautiful rifle! Action at a distance at it's best! That's very interesting. It goes right through the cinder block where as the 8mm shatters it. It must be the extra velocity!
Europeans were on the cuspid of cartridge development in the late 1800s and early 1900's. Peter Paul Mauser was equivalent to our John Moses Browning in innovation that brought smokeless powder into the 20th Century. Excellent engineering and innovation. War time innovation brings optimization of current technology and metallurgy. There is a sweet spot in the historical aspect of development where function meets modern technology. Those are timeless produced designs. Rifles like this will never be produced again. They're Gold.
Would you say this channel is kid friendly? my little brother wants to see
yup
Yes, absolutely family friendly.
Manfred if you live in America..
No
Thanks for sharing. You provided good information for my M96 1916 Carl Gustav 6.5x55 rifle. It's one of my favorite milsurp rifles.
"you didn't know I could read, did you?" hahaha I love hickok
Yeah, you'd think he was a middle school English teacher. Oh, wait...
Fun isn't the word for this rifle. I absolutely enjoy shooting it. I have had mine for over 25 years. Bought it for hunting because it was on sale and was sporterized by Kimber. I love this round. I can shoot it all day the only problem is I have reload all the rounds I shot. It is my go to for deer hunting.
Husqvarna was founded an arms factory (including rifles) in 1689 (and did help sweden win many battles against the mentally unstable danes;)
we Danes are not that mentally unstable :-) love the 6,5x55, very good at geting meet on the table
some of you are
haha just joking,got nothing against our neighbour ;)
That's Scandinavia for You. I've got a pretty good idea how the conversation would continue if You two were from Balkans.
6.5x55Swedish is a Fantastic Cartridge. The M96 is a damn fine handling Rifle, I enjoy it very much!
I used to shoot that swedish mauser in "hemvärnet" (dont know how to translate that) and I taught I had a good aim but damn.... This guy can aim!
hemvärnet= the national guard
Henrik Lundström Hemvärnet = Homeguard
Hemvärnet,, nationella skyddsstyrkorna
+Bobban me to (hemvärnet) as a youth .. a love affair that had it´s reunion this spring now 49 years old ... i bougt one M38 1944 Husqvarna an using it for roedeer hunting ... my bad Eyes made me to put on a scout-sight 2-6x32 (simmons) in the rear sight slot and its a tack driver... :)
My father and I have been shooting this calibre and gun for 3 decades. Awesome rifle.
Cool! Nobody has to tell you all what a great round it is then. :-)
Finest in viking engineering.
just bought my own M96 and what a great shooter. Over a 1Euro per round you shoot. What a beautiful weapon
I had this exact gun when I was in the military in 1980.
It was made in 1896.
I would really like to see you do a video about the Ag42 Ljungman...
Mikael Larsson model B
Yes, the Ag42B! :)
Id kill for the Ljungman
The Ag42 Ljungman is a nice rifle, very nice. It is one of mine that will be the last to go when I have to start downsizing.
@@randyphillips2263 hi, what ammo do you use in ag42?
Thanks Hickock. A lovely rifle. I was spoiled growing up spotting the Carl G Mausers. Took my first moose with one. Plenty powerful and fantastic long range when needed.
6.5x55 is what I hunt moose with here in sweden, comfortable to shoot
+theunknown2142 is that allowed in Sweden ? Don't you need a 30 calibre for moose ?
+Ade Larsen There is no other caliber that has bagged as much moose in Sweden as 6.5x55, and yes it's legal, it comes down to what ammunition you use
My father was in the homeguard in Sweden and had a swedish mauser well into the 80s. I fired red wooden bullets once as a child on new years eve when no one would notice. He had no attachment on that rifle. The bullet became pouder after shooting and was safe on a 10 meters distance.
The 6.5 Swede is a really good round,I don't think there are many Swedish Mausers around any more,unfortunately.
*****
I dont blame 'em :)
***** That and the Swedish Military still have several of them as ceremonial rifles at the royal Castle. Carl Gustaf and Husqvarna produced approximately 553 000 ''Swedish Mausers'' and Carl Gustaf rebuilt like 55 000 orignial Mausers.
Fredrik Häll och där var du igen..haha
I have a m94. All matching numbers
Nothing better than seeing the intricate, extremely well machined, with high end steel, old milsurps. Never really got into Milsurps till I bought my K-31. Now I'm looking everywhere for one of these in great shape, a Finnish Nagant. And a couple more. Just something about shooting them, and just seeing how well made they are for their time. Expensive hobby, but very fulfilling.
We swedes now what we want and how to improve like when we bought the Leopard II already the best tank in the world but we made it even better in terms of efficiency. Another example is the AK5 that's based on the belgian FN FNC but we totally improved it. And then we developed the AK5-C which is a whole new gun basically and better in every single way. We don't have the quantity so we need quality and swedish standards are pretty damn high.
Roffel Swagman If AK5C is so good, why other militaries in the world are not interested about it?
salo
Nevermind him - he is plain and simply wrong. The FN FNC is indeed used by several countries (not as many as the ones using guns from the AK or M16 family however), but the improvements just makes that gun more expensive. Better then to purchase the FN FNC and make your own modifications. Or, as the Finns did: they bought the AK from Russia and modified it into a lighter and slightly better version of the weapon, first the RK62 and later the RK95. But that isn't exported either, for the same reasons.
That said, neither the Finnsih RK62 or 95 or the Swedish AK5c are so good they are above a lot of other games of the same class.
MetricButtload
It's not ours - Ikea is a mulitnational corporation with its seat - I think - in the Netherlands.
The only Swedish about it is its roots and its founder.
Perkeleen hurri
Roffel Swagman have you used the Ak 5C? It's shorter and somehow heavier than the original Ak 5.It sucks.
Mr.hicko45 I have to salute you from Canada...of all the shooting videos I watch on youtube you have got to be the best, most informative, great voice, on firearm discussions. Thanks for all the great videos.
Damn, I wish I hadn't traded mine!
I had one of these when I was a teenager.....deer hunting with my dad. It was a great rifle and I took a large buck that year. Later I sold it and went for a .35 Remington and never had much luck after that.
I almost hate to say this, but your jokes about your age are hilarious. You say them as if you are 100% serious. ..
I've got a step down barrel Mauser 98, syn stock 6.5x55. LOVE it ! I reload 120 grain Barnes Tipped Triple Shock. Taken 2 elk a half dozen mule deer, and several whitetail with it. It's the second most accurate rifle in my collection. Put a friend of mines 6.5 Creedmoor to shame. LOL........Anywho, another great vid Hickok45. There's Wikipedia for info, which is "so-so" and then there's Hickok which is dead on. I learn something new every time watching this Legend.
Any chance you'd be able to get an AG-42b Ljungman to do some shooting with?
That would be pretty sweet.
I've always heard that the 6.5 is an absolute pleasure to shoot and at the same time a really lethal cartridge. Love the video
This rifle looks like if Mosin nagant and Kar 98k mix
I am very envious that you get to handle and shoot so many great guns.... what a great job !!
I realize this is a rather old video,but the model 96 is impressive. I bought 4 of these rifles one for me and the other three for my boys. Being so long I knew for hunting my boys would have a little difficulty handling them. I had a friend who was a gunsmith and I had him cut and crown the barrels to 22 inches and replace the leaf safety with a Bueller safety. For the boys I bought Ramline stocks, glass bedded and free floated the barrels. For myself I purchased a Reinhardt red,green, blonde laminate stock with an ashtray cut. Like the boys my rifle has a free floated barrel and is glass bedded. These guns had never been fired as when you look at the barrels with a bore scope they almost made you think they were chrome lined. Out of the 4 rifles I could cover a 3 shot group with a dime at a hundred yards with two of them. The other two had groupings just a little larger than the others. I’ve killed deer with 120, 139, and 142 grain bullets. Here in Georgia we can take 10 a year but only two bucks. The rest must be does. Since I’ve had my rifle I’d have to say 90% of the deer I’ve taken dropped in their tracks and the other 10% might have run 20 to 30 yards. The 6.5 X 55 is a great round and I prefer shooting my Swede over my Browning .308 Auto.
Haha, a weapon that comes from my country! ^^
Thanks for the video. I just picked one up yesterday. With short barrel
all matching numbers. In excellent condition turned down bolt two positions safety without the part for dry firing with the leather. It's a carl Gustav made.
Wait, 1917 was a few years after you were born??? So your near 100? Nice!
He's being sarcastic...
You must be new to this channel lol
warhero296 Maybe he's dyslectic, a common trait is that you don't get sarcasm easily enough.
madman2u Beats me...
Im from sweden yeeey
Sweden yey😀
of course you would like that gun :p its swedish haha
I have a Swede barrel on a large ring Turk receiver and its just a beauty of a shooter. Was already sportered when i got it so i just freshened it up and bedded it.
SWEDEN YES!
hallo. i am from norway. we use 6,5x55 to hunting.. it's a great caliber. alot of people in norway/sweden hunt with it :) from birds to big moos. i got one mauser m67 and a sauer 202 in that caliber. great video. cheers from norway :)
Husk-ah-warna xD
That bolt and bolt handle is a work of art! I love the flutes on the handle.
This is a really cool rifle that is easy to learn how to shoot. For the first time for me shooting a Swedish Mauser I did really good, compared to other WWI bolt action rifles.
Heja Sverge :>
vad hände med i:et i sverige?hehe
Jäkla skit det där med gramatik, jag går på engelsk skola ,så det sabbar min svenska lite här o där ;)
Lugnt
Henrik Lundström därför har vi svegelska (O-o)b
My dad has a 6.5x55 swedish mauser it was my papa's before he passed away. Now 17 years later I was disappointed to never meet him I hear stories all the time about him.
You were born before 1917?????
His humor
I own 2 antique Swedish bayonet's. They were made around roughly 1896+ (one used - one not used; both have conical studs), and were used with the Swedish Mauser. I just wanted to add this...
Wild Bill, you just cover everything so well. It's like sitting with a cup of coffee next to you at the table. Love this.
Man I can watch your videos all day. I just got into shooting and your videos make me really wanna get deeper into it.
i own two Swedish mausers custom made by my grandfather for my deer season... very accurate and very effective !!! absolutely love the 6.5×55mm round
and also own MANY German 98s
in various calibers and an extra two modelo Argentine mausers that are all tack driving pieces of art!!! nothing beats any bolt actioned mauser when comes to effeciancy and reliability for any hunting needs!!!
Hey Mr Hickok, a swede here with some knowledge of the M/96. It was not an improvement on the normal german mauser, but actually an older version of it. It's an improved Mauser model 1893, and not really related to the Mauser Model 1898.
As for the wooden bullets. We still use those in the swedish military, on our modern rifles as well.
And there are a lot of them in Sweden, and selling for as little as US$80-150 due to supply and demand as the military sold them off cheap when they upgraded.
I have just purchased the shorter version 1917 as well. I can’t wait to try it out at the range. It’s such a elegant looking gun
Keep an eye out for one of the Kimber conversion 6.5 Swedes. Not really common, but not all that hard to find either. Kimber (1st gen) bought a bunch of these when they were in money trouble. They handpicked the best, put Timney triggers in, cut/recrowned the barrels down a bit, and restocked them in poly. Very nice and can be had in the 400 dollar or so range. I bought one for 325, hung a bottom end Leopold and a 40.00 bipod on it. Regularly get 3/4in 5 shot groups at 100 yrds for just over 500.00! I love it.
the tags are to inform the armorour of the condition of the barrel at each inspection..he will restamp after inspecting if the condition has deteriorated,..mine has an extra rectangular tag that tells the hold over useing the later model spitzer projectiles,instead of the older roundnose millitary ammo.
I love my 6.5 Swede. My grandfather was a gunsmith in the 40s, 50s and 60s, and built it for me as my first deer rifle when I was about 15. He made it into a sporter carbine deer gun and I have killed many whitetails with it. I have since turned it into a pseudo-scout rifle and can use stripper clips to reload. I have many other guns and rifles, some of them "better" and prettier, but the Swede is still my baby.