How To Install A Swedish Mauser Sling

A Note on German Slings by Claus Esperholt Click for Claus' Collectors Website) All K98k's, G43's and MP44's used the same 'Karabiner' sling made of leather with a diamond pattern embossed. It had a keeper (Frosch) in butt stock end and three holes for adjustment. The keeper had a steel stud. Length 120 cm = 47'. The MP38/40 used a shorter (108 cm = 42½') leather sling with only two holes and no 'Frosch'. A sling with no diamond pattern may be postwar Norwegian. A longer sling (142 cm - 55') may be postwar Austrian if it has a steel stud on the keeper or Yugo if it has a brass stud on the keeper.

I recently was given a 6.5x55 swedish mauser by a friend. I dont know anything about them but would like to learn a little more. The Swede mauser is my favorite rifle, most accurate of everything ( The Swiss K31 gives it a good run for the money though). Carbine stock with out the medallion on the stock and you can see where the repair.

Be suspicious about a Kar.98 or K98 marked sling. The same concerns a late war sling with WaA number and production code. The Germans had at this time other things to do than stamping slings. Many of the early slings had a company code, eg. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leather Variants.

Check out the Swede Mauser forum on gunboards.com There are a lot of Swede mauser experts there.just do NOT mention ANY intention of sportsterizing the gun, or you'll get flamed bad. The Swede mauser is my favorite rifle, most accurate of everything ( The Swiss K31 gives it a good run for the money though). I have several with Elit and Soderin diopter sites.steps it up to a whole new level of accuracy, and great help for these old eyes. ******************** Why a new barrel - typically The Swedes kept excellent care of their weapons.

New Barrels ( original Swede barrels) are hard to find.you MIGHT find a NOS M38 barrel on eBay or Gunbroker or the Gunboards marketplace. ************** What model do you have.M96.M96/38.M38.??? Here is a site you can check: I'd shoot it before thinking about adding a new barrel. A few minutes late, Juergen beat me to it. One note about Swede Mauser types: Typically the sights start high (300 yards) so you wind up aiming about a foot low if you are shooting at 100 yards. You can get taller blade sights that are easy to install. I added one on an M96 I have but still need to take some time and file a little off to get it at the perfect height.

Just keep the original front sight in case you ever want to return the rifle to collectable status. Thanks for all the information so far. I would have posted pics but the Warden took the camera with her today.

The rifles reciever has the crown with an ornate 'C' (almost Old English style) under it. It then says: Carl Gustafs Stads. Then; Gervarseaktori (there are a couple of tapped holes so I think that the right spelling). Next; Interarmco G 33/50.

The serial number is prefixed with HK which I believe is the inspector and all the componets are marked with the crown and the last 3 (703) of the serial number except the floor plate which has 995 stampted under the crown (poofy crown with cross on top). The stock appears to be a cut down carbine stock with out the medallion on the stock and you can see where the repair was made to fill in where the belt sling went through the stock. I didnt see any picturs that match up with my front sight (ramp topped with a bead sight on a dove tail) that looks original.