More help with my Swedish Mauser.
Thank you to all who replied to my previous post on this topic, but upon futher investigation, my action which I was under the understanding was a Model 94 carbine, appears to be a different action. So I'll go into more detail, and hopefully someone has one of these. The BBL length is 18", there are no external safties, but there appears to be a knurled thumb tab which serves as a gas blocker in event of a case rupture. By lifting up on this, being attached to the bolt itself, raises the bolt handle to a half-cock, thus making it unfireable. The top of the reciever is slotted on the rear portion, allowing the bolt handle to pass through. And that bolt handle by the way, is located in the ejection port, as opposed to being behind the reciever, like most mausers. On the rear of the bolt, there is a knurled, round piece which appears to me to be for disassembly. A rectangluar shaped "guide" is attached to the previously mentioned part, and sits on the left side of the bolt. It slides in the left side of the reciever and also appears to be a gas block. It is appox. 2 1/2 inches in length. The BBL is stamped with: GARDONE VT, on the top behind the fixed rear sight. SB 6458, with a backwards DC in that order below these numbers. 942M on the other side of the other numbers. Both of which are on the sides of the BBL behind the sight. There are no other legible stampings anywhere else on the bbl or action. The front recoil lug is small, with sides that are angled about 50 degrees, and only about 1/2 inch in height. The bolt has two locking lugs, and there is a gas escape port on the top, which is then facing the right side when the bolt is closed. The bolt handle is attached to the top behind the gas port by about 3 1/2 inches. And the handle is bent to let it sit on the side of the bolt. The rear sight is stamped 6.5, and appears to be removable with one screw that goes in from right to left. The trigger is very simple and operates both the sear and bolt release. Versi, does this sound familiar to you? I was lokking at photos of an M94, and it appears to be quite different. Does anyone else have one of these, It appears to be in good shape, with a little surface rust, but otherwise, I'd like to use this rifle as a testbed for my first hand carved stock. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Again, thanks to all for taking the time to read this post and to all who answer.