1901 CG m94-14, God plays funny tricks sometimes

[sheepdog]

I was asking a pretty well known collector about this carbine way back in March. Said he needed some money and he was going to sell some guns. Well he went and sold something else. Forward to December when I see this old warhorse on Gunbroker. Thankfully not much interest was paid to it, why I don't know, this one is sweet. I won it and got it for what I thought was fairly cheap, $100 under my max. It was only later that I realized it was the same one I was after in March. His handle on the Swedish boards isn't the same as on GB. Must have been a divine intervention.

M94-14s don't get very much more legit than this one, completely numbers matching. The Swedish arsenal added the bayo mount during WWI, hence 94-14 . The brass bore disk was added in the 50s. The thrifty Swedes could have put different sights on it when the went from a round nose bullet to a lighter spitzer bullet but instead they put decals or these brass range plates on them telling the shooter how much higher or lower to aim. The metal plates for an M94 are real hard to come by. Notice it's on upside down so the soldier would have to flip the little carbine over to read it. The original slings are also pretty rare, over $100 when you can find one. I've been told the fireball out of the 17.5 inch barrel is a joy in itself.









For those with sharp eyes, even the extractor is original. see the number etched on it?



The top setting is 1600 meters, wishful thinking.



No silly barrel extension added by the importer, no import mark, this one's been here for a while







85* butt used only before 1904 on Swedish M94s and M96s, this assures me the stock is original to the carbine. Numbers in the channel and on the handguard match



Numbers on the barrel match the numbers on the receiver, even the font is the same. Barrel is rated a number 3 but after working on it for a couple of days it shines like new money, as good as any 113 year old barrel could.





Oh did I mention fireballs. 

[Greasemonkey]

Fireballs?  Hum, maybe my M94 just moved higher up on the list to fire

And, no 1/2 inch barrel extension like mine, nice


Seriously, fireballs 

[Adam7]

I bet this thing belches fore better then an m44!  I like it.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Hella fireballs!

Great rifle sheep...  thanks for sharing.

[1mlt]

I want of those really bad to go with my M96. I also want M42B. GREAT find.

Congrats

Marcus

[Worm]

Horizontal serial numbers?!

Deedeedeedeedee 

[Phosphorus32]

That's a beautiful all matching carbine 

I think it's cool that it's a low serial number early production Carl Gustaf, only the second year of significant production by CG. I'm glad it found a good home 

[Blicero]

Awesome carbine. I'm curious to hear how you think it stacks up next to 38s & 96s at the range.

[Dannyboy53]

VERY nice sheepdog, thanks for the photos/info!