1907 M94 Swedish Carbine

[Greasemonkey]

Here is the Swedish M94 I picked up, made in 1907. These as I understand are fairly rare as most were updated to the M94/14 Carbine, the major change being the addition of a bayonet lug. When these were imported the barrel length was just under the ATF barrel length law, a lawsuit followed. So during the lawsuit a barrel extension was added, to satisfy the ATF. The importer won the lawsuit and they can also be found without the extension. To give an idea of the size of the carbine, I included a comparison photo, it shows the M94 with a Spanish FR 8 and M1 Carbine.

Ok, now for the Bad, sit down and breath 
All metal parts match and is in pristine shape and the bore is immaculate. And one interesting thing, there is no import stamp anywhere I can find, even under the wood. I simply stuck screw plugs in place of the mount holes. Sadly the stock was poly coated by someone. The last strange thing is, bubba left the original stock disk in and the original sling buckle. The disk, as I found out from a big Swede collector is for the 7th Company, Artillery Regiment 5. Which was in the 5th Military District, that's Stockholm and surrounding areas. It was called Upplands artillerie Regiment. The sling buckle alone, is a pricey little part as well.

[sheepdog]

Don't see many without the bayonet lug added.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Dude...  just how many boom-sticks do you have? 

[Phosphorus32]

Why do people choose fine matching rifles with unusual features to D&T and pimp the stock?!  I suppose because it had a fine bore

Still it's a fine Swedish carbine and I bet she shoots great. I like the comparison pic! Despite being a turn of the century firearm, this really was a carbine in the mid 20th century definition of the term in regard to barrel length.

[running-man]

How close is that barrel that ATF made them put extensions on before import?

[Greasemonkey]

It's dealing with the old law, the National Firearms Act of 1934, at the time the law was wrote, importers again still stayed a 1/2 inch above. Some don't have it, due to the law suit after importation started.

Under the original Act, NFA weapons were machine guns, short-barreled rifles (SBR), short-barreled shotguns (SBS), any other weapons (AOW or concealable weapons other than pistols or revolvers), and silencers for any type of NFA or non-NFA. Minimum barrel length was soon amended to 16 inches for rimfire rifles and by 1960 had been amended to 16 inches for centerfire rifles as well.

This is my understanding of them.

[Saigon1965]

Superb example you have - The only Swede I had was a M96 I sold it last year -

[Dannyboy53]

That's smooth Greasemonkey, just plumb smooth!