Briman,

Yes, most IMPORTED (imported into Sweden, that is) rifles of pre 1909 manufacture were made to take the old roundnose bullet, but nevertheless some rifles could be used with both with equal succes, most carbines were less happy with spitzers for some reason. Swedish made rifles were all made to use spitzers, Norwegian Krags were all made for roundnose bullets. Actually the twistrate of the barrels made for roundnoses are lower than those for spitzers. Accuracywise they don't differ that much though, I've shot Mausers, Carl Gustavs and Krags and all shoot well with both types of ammo, though a M38 for exampe is less easy to cycle roundnose than earlier rifles.

Actually the name pryttskytte means presision rifle ammunition (sniper round, usually with a gilding metal jacketed projectile which looks like its nickel-plated) and was and is used for all rifle ammunition (for battle use). The old roundnose bullet stayed in use throughout the use of the M38, only being abandoned when Sweden adopted the Ljungmann self-loader, which would not cycle reliabily with the round bullet. Yes, the stockplates are meant for recalibrating the sights, btw.

as for the VT mark, to the best of my knowledge it stands for "Värja Typ", meaning Defence Model, but you could just as well be right.


Kind regards,

Vesi