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  • hchon3

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    Aug 8, 2017
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    Got my hands on what i believe to be a swede m38 and a no. 4 mk 2 "irish contract". Does anyone know why a m38 which looks like its been untouched be chambered in 7 mil? Iv been told that it was a popular thing to do awhile back, and if that is so why would they put it back to original configuration?
     

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    joppaj

    Sheepdog
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    Apr 11, 2008
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    I've always loved the Enfield. I sold mine to a board member a few years ago. Hopefully it sees the rifle range more with him than it did with me.
     

    John from MD

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    May 12, 2005
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    I've owned and shot numerous Swede M96's and M38's over the years and never saw one chambered in 7mm. I suggest that you do a chamber cast to determine the real chambering of the rifle to be safe.
     

    mawkie

    C&R Whisperer
    Sep 28, 2007
    4,337
    Catonsville
    I remember seeing those MKIIs from Century with numbers matching bayonet selling for as little as $225 in the 90s. Today that's dirt cheap, but back in the day you could get a pristine MKI* or MKII for $75-100.
    There's been many a discussion about leaving them in the wrap. As a collector I'd prefer to leave it and believe it enhances value. But that wrap wasn't designed to work for 6 decades of storage. The argument is that there may be hidden corrosion going on under the wrap, slowly eating away at the condition and value.
    In the end I decided to grab one un-fired but removed from the wrap. I was lucky enough to find mine at a HOCO gunshow for the same $225 about 10 yrs ago. Sadly the bayonet isn't matching but just one number off. Obviously the seller had consecutive numbered examples and sold them off individually. But still a good find. I watched one sell about 5 yrs ago at a back water auction house and the bidding on it was strong. Remember it hammering for $450 w.o. the bayonet and removed from the wrap. Twice what I paid for mine just 5 yrs prior.
     

    hchon3

    Active Member
    Aug 8, 2017
    133
    Picked up the rifles today and noticed a few things. The swede is stamped 6.5 and not 7 mil, i guess the posting was wrong. I also found out the mk 2 has a bayonet in wrapped attached which is pretty sweet. I dont think its numbered but if it is where would i find it? And lastly the wrapping is not at all what i thought. The outer wrapper it came in is more like a wax paper with a thin secondary cardboard type wrapping.
     

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