Faux Swedish M41B CMP vintage sniper match rifle

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Several years back I got a great deal on a Swedish M96. It is not a total mixmaster...bolt and bolt components, receiver, and buttplate match. Floorplate, barrel bands and bolt release do not. Bore is great.

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My cheap camera can't quite capture the bore's shine.

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I never really shot it much, but here are 5 rounds of the PPU 120gr "target ammo" @ 100 yards shot with iron sights right after I got it.

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A few months ago I decided to convert one of my M96's into a Swedish sniper rifle for use in the CMP vintage sniper rifle matches. This one got the nod. I bought an Accumount repro scope mount and sent it to a trusted gunsmith. He is fairly busy and it took some months for him to complete the job. In the mean time I got a smoking deal on a real Swedish M41B sniper rifle, but that is a different story.

After he completed the job, he sent me several pictures of the rifle and I must admit, it came out looking good.

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I'll post more pics and a range report when I can.
Last edited by Mustang on Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:15 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Re: Faux Swedish M41B CMP vintage sniper match rifle

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I got a chance to shoot the CMP vintage sniper match "faux" Swedish sniper and it shoots like a house on fire!

I shot a three shot group at 25 yards to make sure it was on paper. I used Prvi Partizan 120 gr "match" ammo. (only had 6 rounds)

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Since the rifle was on paper, I switched to a target at 100 yards. I fired the remainder of my 120 gr PPU match rounds and got the blue circled group.

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I then adjusted the scope and here is where things went a little janky. My son fired three rounds of PPU 139 gr SP and got the red circle group (!). My son is a great shot, as you will see later, and I'm sure that the scatter group was a result of adjusting the scope. I then fired three rounds of the PPU 139 gr's and got the yellow circle group. It appears that it took a couple of rounds to settle the scope down after adjustment (?).

My son then used some 108 gr Lapua ammo that I have and got this group @ 100 yards...about 1/2 MOA

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I then shot this 5 round group with some handloads that I had loaded for my Ljungman (again, at 100 yards).

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Except for the burble after adjusting the scope, the Swede is shooting outstandingly.
Last edited by Mustang on Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:48 am, edited 1 time in total.

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