Posted on 11/22/2014 8:16:38 PM PST by Retain Mike
I have a Carl Gustaf 1915 Mauser. I rifle has threading at the end of the barrel for a blank attachment. I also have what looks like a yellow hard plastic clyinder that fits exactly over all the threading. Was this originally part of the rifle and does it ad value to it.
Not sure if it’s original equipment, but Samcoglobal has lots of goodies.
My first thought was they might have been threads for a silencer, since a lot of that model, 1915 and earlier years wound up in Finland for their ‘39-40 war with the Rooskis, then the second struggle until ‘44. But those are prolly threads for a blank firing adapter.
Sorry, misread question. No idea if those threads were added later.
As to why the threads? Perhaps a suppressor? Some countries require them for target shooting, just to reduce the noise. Not every Government is as stupid and slackwitted as ours.
The threaded barrel was for a wooden bullet shredder.
the Swedish Mauser used a blank firing attachment. The blank has a wooden bullet. The threaded barrel allowed the blank attachment to screw on. It shredded the wooden bullet.
On the aftermarket you can buy muzzle nuts and flash hiders. It isn’t for a suppressor.
Sounds like a thread protector.
The threading also allowed for the use of rifle grenades, via wooden bullets. I own a Swedish 1896 rifle with the same threading.
As far as adding value, the threads are normal for the rifle. It was made as an infantry weapon not a hunting rifle. Do not let the threads get damaged or whatever value your rifle possesses will drop. IMO
Recall firing blanks in an M-14 both with and without a blank adapter. All that moving machinery made for a crisper bang.
“wooden bullet shredder”
Didn’t Lee Harvey Peckerwood use a 1915 Carl Gustav Mauser with a wooden bullet shredder to assassinate Italy’s King Peter Pinocchio ...
OK, so then the one-legged woman turned on her bar stool to the man with a left eye made of hickory (and he was terribly sensitive of it), considered his proposal asking if she might like to leave the bar and walk along the beach with him, located his live eye and exclaimed, “Wouldn’t I!” and he angrily replied,
“Peg leg!”
My husband has essentially the same rifle. It’s a 1912 model.
The threads are for a grenade launcher attachment. You use special blanks to launch the grenades.
It turns the rifle into a small cannon.
They them at Big 5 for only about $100 bucks.
I’ve shot em at the range and besides the kick, they seem pretty acurrate.
Ammo’s cheaper than .308 too.
Would probably look funny as hell to slap my spare Luepold MK IV on it but, it ain’t doing nkthing but sitting in a box.
I should just buy two or three and toss em in the safe.
Threading was for bullet shredder (blanks fired wooden bullets). Not original, but added while still in service. Yes, ugly plastic cap is correct as issued, but the AG42 flash suppressor also fits, and there are after maker steel ones that look better. Doesn’t add much value, as they aren’t that hard to get. The ‘96 Mauser is a nice rifle. What does your stock plate say?
We have a pressure plug on the end of our M-1’s for Funeral Salutes.
I have an Argentine Mauser from 1880.
It's in 95 percent condition with matching numbers on all the parts.
I'm guessing it was a parade weapon based on the condition.
I believe it is for protecting the muzzle of the rifle while running the cleaning rod down the bore. I have a Swedish rifle with a similar attachment.
There are three sections.
Torped Overslag 0 Str (With umlaut over O)
6,51 followed by 23456789 over 6,48 followed by 7890 (there is a stamp mark a base of the 0)
1 over 23
The full name is Carl Gustafs Stade Gevarfaktori 1915
You have the later, and most common, type of disk.
The 6.51 should have a 6.46 below it, but it may not. Regardless, the mark on “0” indicates a 6.50mm bore size was measured at the arsenal when the rifle was looked at. If there is more than one mark here, the larger bore size is the latest.
The bore condition is registered where you see the 1, 2, 3. The best has no mark on any of them, getting progressively worse working from none to 3. That said, the 3 is not a “bad” barrel. The Swedes did not keep bad barrels. Caveat that these marking were how things were at that point in time, not now.
Finally, “Torped Overslag 0 Str” indicates if there is overshoot above the point of aim with the updated 139gr m/41, boat-tail, bullet. If there is a number in this section it indicates the number of cm at 100m that the point of impact is above the point of aim.
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