Swedish FM23-36 "trial" Mauser rifle.

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Swedish FM23-36 "trial" Mauser rifle.

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Last week I noticed this at an auction. I thought it might be some kind of sporterized hack job, but found that it is actually a rare FM 23-36 Swedish

http://dutchman.rebooty.com/fm36.html

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Nice but I thought thumbhole stocks were illegal in CA.
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Longcolt44 wrote:Nice but I thought thumbhole stocks were illegal in CA.

Not on bolt action rifles.
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Very cool...and rare. Only 500 were made according to Jones, "Crown Jewels"!
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After I won it at the auction, I checked around and found my new rifle over on GunBoard. Someone had noticed it for sale on Gun Broker back in 2016 and preserved the GB pictures.

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That thing is badass.
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:vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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WOOF!!!
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:Drool1: Just stopped by to drool some more
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On second thought, WOOF,WOOF!!!
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Beautiful. How for out do the sights go?
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A tough find for sure. The pinnacle of any Swede collectors firearms.
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Thanks, guys!

My FM23-36 trials rifle arrived a few days ago at the FFL to begin the 10 day "cooling off" period.

Stock is in great shape, as is the bluing. bore looks great and all numbers seem to match. I grabbed a few pictures before it went into my FFL's safe

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I finally got a chance to compare the FM23-36 to my CG63 Swedish target rifle

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It is clear that the barrel profile on the FM23 is significantly heavier than the CG63. I tried to take a few pictures to demonstrate that...

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Still have to get these rifles out to the range for a shoot off.
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That is pretty dang spiffy!
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You're on a roll... Some sweet rifles there... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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