{"id":686,"date":"2017-06-20T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/06\/20\/one-of-my-grail-guns\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:27:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:27:50","slug":"one-of-my-grail-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"One Of My Grail Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8388,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.johnsoncitypress.com\\\/Sports\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/06\\\/The-outdoor-life-Writing-became-worldly-adventure-for-Carmichel&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.johnsoncitypress.com\\\/Sports\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/06\\\/The-outdoor-life-Writing-became-worldly-adventure-for-Carmichel&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8389,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.full30.com\\\/video\\\/6bb5c059289b3d17f7969289e078a5ce&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/full30.com\\\/video\\\/6bb5c059289b3d17f7969289e078a5ce&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nWe all have them. It may have been a gun that our dads&#8217; had and let us shoot when we were younger that somehow got lost over the years. Or, it might have been a rifle in a cartridge that we read about in an old gun magazine that the grizzled gun writer told us was the be-all and end-all of rifle cartridges. Then again, it could be the one model of an old military rifle that completes our collection.<\/p>\n<p>Two rifles that come to mind for me as grail guns would be a bolt action chambered in .257 Roberts (Ackley Improved versions would be OK, too) and the M94 which was the first Swedish Mauser. I remember writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsoncitypress.com\/Sports\/2012\/10\/06\/The-outdoor-life-Writing-became-worldly-adventure-for-Carmichel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Carmichel<\/a> of Outdoor Life asking about the .257 Roberts and he was nice enough to send a short letter back. I wish I knew what became of that letter. As to the M94, I have the M96, the M38 (my first C&amp;R), and even the AG-42 Ljungman in my collection of Swedish rifles but no M94.<\/p>\n<p>Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons just released an excellent video on the M94 and the later M94-14. He goes over their history and then points out the difference between the two.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" src=\"https:\/\/www.full30.com\/embed\/6bb5c059289b3d17f7969289e078a5ce\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.full30.com\/video\/6bb5c059289b3d17f7969289e078a5ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian goes on to provide this thumbnail<\/a> about the Swedish M94:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>When Sweden decided to replace its Remington Rolling Block rifles with a more modern repeating rifle design, they tested models from Mauser, Mannlicher, Lee, and Krag. The Mauser 1893 was chosen as the winner of the competition, with a few modifications (most notably a change to allow the safety to be engaged whether the striker was cocked or not). A carbine was adopted first &#8211; the infantry rifle would follow a few years later. An initial batch of m\/1894 carbines was purchased from Mauser Oberndorf, to start the military transition while the Carl Gustav factory tooled up to begin licensed production.<\/p>\n<p>The original m\/94 Swedish carbines used a heavy nosecap to protect the front sight, but did not have a fitting for a bayonet. This was changed in 1914, with new production guns being fitted with a Lee-Enfield style bayonet lug below the muzzle (and many existing carbines were updated to this new configuration) and designated the model m\/94-14. Production continued sporadically until 1932, with most of the guns being made in the first decade of the 20th century and during World War One.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Sweden did not adopt a spitzer version of the 6.5x55mm cartridge until 1941 &#8211; much later than most other nations. When this was done, the sights on the existing carbines were not modified. Instead, a range conversion table was affixed to the right side of the stock, indicating proper sight settings and holdovers for using the new ammunition.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have them. 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