Now that we're on to the neutrals, I expect a lengthy episode on the Swiss guns, with Eduard Rubin getting the recognition he deserves. We've danced around him long enough.

You are correct, the I stands for infantry and 27 stands for the regimental number: I 27 was Gotlands infanteriregemente and as it is a carbine it would be allocated to a soldier in the supply column.

Othias: your dedication to history.. I salute you sir!

Othias you are such an enthusiastic “host” if the term fits. I’ve never seen someone talk history and actually enjoy it so much. You also keep things understandable. The small interjections of humor help too. Thank you for keeping this as enjoyable as possible while remaining as deep as possible.

Whenever someone boasts about 6.5 creedmoor my response is always, "oh, you mean 6.5 swede but more expensive?" Love that cartridge and the 7.65 mauser.

I'm firmly in the "Swedish Mauser is best Mauser" camp. I adore my m/1896.

The only thing better than a Minute of Mae is an HOUR with Mae. Just watched the Swede M94 video and had a couple comments. Just bought an M96 upgrade & sought your video. In the conversation Mae complained about the straight stock and held the rifle such that the lower edge dug in. Then, when reviewing her shooting, she did the proper elbow raise to seat the butt-plate flat in her shoulder, a must with a straight stock. I've collected bayonets for 60 years. I've collected WWI&II firearms for 45 years. A decade or more ago, I started looking for the correct rifles for my un-rifled bayonets. The hardest was my very first bought bayonet I couldn't place. It was for the Swede 94. I perused G.B. till I found an all matching blond '94, which I traded for one mismatched and tuned by a master gunsmith PLUS more money than paid for the first. I finally found another to go with my 2nd M94 bayonet. There are endless sources on bayonets with no complete single source. If I can ever help you, just let me know and I will research my bladed weapons library. Ya gotta LOVE a girl who shoots.. Mark Zachary, Cashiers, NC

6.5 Swede is one of the best calibers that not a lot of Americans seem to know about.

Being a Royal Dragoon some 10 years ago I had the m94 as one of my service rifles, mine was stamped Oberndorf Waffenfabrik 1898, the quality of these rifles are quite amazing, and what a beaut to shoot as well. Thanks for the vid!

"Norway accidentally created the better Swedish rifle." Lovely description. I have a deep-seated love for the Krag-Jørgensen, but I really like this one, too!

These are still issued to the Royal Guards in Sweden, carried loaded on guard duty.

Really fun hearing you pronounce Swedish words and cities at the start, some where rather good while others, like gevär, well.. A+ for effort! And super interesting to learn what we were up to back then. Toppen video som vanligt, stort tack!

Man that looks nice. It is like everything I wanted in a Mauser and Lee Enfield combined, but in 6.5x55 Swedish so it is even better...

The m/1914 & m/1915 bayonets actually remained in active service long after the carbines had been retired. They were fitted to the m/45 SMG aka 'Swedisk K' for use in cermonial duties and in peace keeping and law enforcement missions. Very useful for 'herding' overly curious tourist outside the Royal palaces in Stockholm as most of them seem to disregard firearms but had a healthy respect for cold steel.

I read once that they also considered a Lee during the trials and was hoping there some info on that. Trying to imagine an SMLE in 6.5 Swede and how smooth that could be. Closest I will likely get to that is an Ishipore 2a in .260 Remington

Thank you so much for the work! Always appreciate the history, background, discussion, videography, and love the logos! Being half Swedish and half Norwegian (with the corresponding internal conflict) regret not getting any of the Swedish rifles that hit the market so hard about 25 years ago when you could pick up one for about $80 - would still love to acquire a carbine. Re 6.5, I was given a 6.5 Japanese Arisaka (similar to reference around 39:27) carbine that one of my uncles picked up as a member of the army of the occupation of Japan after he fought the Ville Verde Trail during the Luzon campaign with the 32nd in the Philippines. Being born in Tokyo 13 years post war gives me a bit more investment in that piece of history. On the pandemic side, my Swedish grandfather lost both his parents in the new world to an influenza epidemic when he was around 9, and my Swedish grandmother lost several brothers around the same time - too cold to dig graves in northern Minnesota, so the boys were wrapped and in a corn crib till spring - grandma would go talk with her brothers occasionally that winter.

The smile on her face while shooting says it all

Yay happy day! I’ve waited with eager anticipation for this and the next primer. A big ‘thank you’ to the whole team for the hard work that you have put in. You guys are scholars by each and every definition of the word.

Excellent as always, Othias! At about 21 min: is another possible reason for the large loading notch the geographical necessity for the Swedes and Norwegians to often wear gloves? Thanks again!

I27 was the number for the infantry regiment on the island of Gotland (Gotlands infanteriregemente) in 1887-1927. From then they were redesignated as I18, and from 1963 as P18, when they switched from infantry to armour.

I grew up with my dad's 94. It was cherry. He had a beautiful bayonet with it as well. Imported in either late 50s or early 60s. My favorite!

As always, the two of you are so appreciated by the firearms community. Thank you for the thorough research you put into each and every episode.

Recoil comparison is gem, guys! Thank you for that idea. And thanks for the topic of this episode! Also, more sick camera transitions. :D

Glad To See You Back - Wonderful Information as Usual

The perfect welcome home from work! Excellent as always.

Gotta love the little laugh and grin she always does at the end of her shooting..she has fun.

This is the beginning of going down the rabbit hole, soon “the horror of the aggression of the rabid neutral Swiss upon the world stage”.

thank you for another great video! . . . i was surprised that your number of subscribers is still less than a million. This is the best channel of the genre that i have yet seen.

Absolutely love the extra graphics guys really added to the story

This is by far one of your best videos, and on a carbine that most milsurp collectors just love. The one major improvement on the 96 and later 38 series Swedish Mausers was that they increased the LOP by 1". For those of us tall guys they stocks on the M94s are a little on the short side. I'm really looking forward to part 2, and your wifes' input and shooting really makes your videos fun to watch.

I am always here for part 2 and looking forward to it, great job as always guys😊

I absolutely love your attempt at Swedish. Great content as always Othias!

If Oscar II was wearing a cap he could pass for Othias's father.

The step on the cocking piece is for a leather tab that allows you to dry fire the gun without undue damage. essentially an external snapcap.

Going off of your bayonet video comment, I'd highly recommend Imperial German Bayonet's channel. I think you plugged him before, and his videos are excellent!

I would love to see a video on the Swedish Mauser Model 96! Similar the the Gewehr 98, those beauties were modified and shortened prior to the second world war. Your videos are great Othais!

Love the vids Othias! Love the great quality! I own a Swedish nagant and Mauser rifle. Have a great day!

the well known hi-point collector ran one of those at the first ww1 themed 2gun match in Tucson - they are amazing little carbines. I ran my M96 Swede. a great time was had by all because we were not villains so the man eating cow did not show up

A wonderful story! Thank you again Othias and the GatGang!

Wow first video I’ve watched and definitely now a subscriber wasn’t prepared for an entertaining in depth video such as this

"...we'll give (the Krag) sufficient attention." Remembering US episode and rubbing hands together for 2 hour ep.

I have one of the rare model 94/96 with the sling mounts on the bottom of the stock. Best rifle I've ever owned, had it got over 30 yes now. Thank you for this video.

What makes a man go neutral... Lust for gold? Power? Or was he just born with a heart full of neutrality?

Great video! I just picked up a 94/14 for myself with a navy marked bayonet. One thing I might add is that some of them had their date ground off and replaced with "INTERARMSCO G33/50"

Handy little carbine! 6.5mmX55 is an excellent deer round here in Colorado, also useful for larger game as well... "big" isn't always best... waiting with bated breath for the Swede 96 episode!

You guys are awesome I appreciate all you hard work thank you

Thanks for the video.

My sleep schedule is fucked up and I started going to bed at a decent time not too long ago, thank you for setting it straight again Othias

I LOVE this channel. Othias = The Bob Ross of war.

Mae: "We'll be your friend too" That's a binding friendship contract! No take-backs!

great episode, thanks to all involved. as everyone is talking about the neutral rifle they are waiting for... mine is the Dutch M95. :)

I like seeing the neutral powers rifles too, can't wait for the Swiss straight pulls!

Thanks for another interesting video!

I made my national service at I1, Royal Svea Lifeguards. We were issued with Mausers for the ceremonial guard at the royal palace in Stockholm. My first one was a Carl Gustaf from circa 1900. I completely split the stock in two during drill, and was given a 1941 Husqvarna. Our standard service weapon was the Kulsprutepistol mod. 45. I was seriously shocked first time I fired the Mauser at the training shooting range. Used as I was to the submachine gun recoil.... Thanks for a really great video.

I've shot hundreds of rounds through them, never even thought of the front site wings in this way. To me that is ridiculous. It's like your trying hard to find something wrong. This thing is a work of art for its time.

Love it! As it was explained to me by gunsmith, knurling is for metal while checkering is for wood. Both are texturing, which is also the term used for polymer. In practice, they're all used pretty interchangeably. If I'm incorrect here, please advise. Great episode as always.

Can we look forward to the Norwegian Krag? A lovely rifle in 6.5x55. Edited: I see you have addressed it.

So nice to know that Mae IS an essential employee...lol

Awesome rifle. I had a very similar mauser like this....mine was chambered 7.57, had the side sling & a ring mounted behind the trigger. Stock was full top & bottom all the way to front site & a steel but plate OUCH very smooth bolt action.....as you mentioned....I assumed it was cavalry because of the ring & lack of bayonet mounts.....it was an awesome piece.....only odd thing was the rifling in the barrel......it wasn't grooved it was more like a raised spiral.....it served as my hunting gun as it was easy to transport cuz it was so short & the side sling made easy carry too.....I cryd the day I sold it....sure love to find another....Thanks for this lesson

Swedish Mausers are amazing shooters. 6.5x55 is a sexy ass cartridge.

A year and a half ago I had my DNA analyzed, I’m 3% Norwegian. At 21:24 I was 3% offended.

The knurled cocking piece can also be pulled back to silently disengage the safety, if you are hunting with it. I did for a few years.

The Rolling Block was the AK of breech loading black powder rifles

Good video. And I never have seen a young lady so into being beat around by recoil. She said she was having fun that smile said she was really having fun. Very few times do you see such a assort of military arms from around the world.

glad your expanding maybe to ww2.thanks your reviews are great

I like carbines in general, and the M96 is an awesome rifle. This is both in one package. It just looks right.

As a swede, I had a moment of shameful laughter @21:22, when the process of making this rifle "idiot proofed" was brought up. Sweden and Norway, have... a history, as this video indeed gives the gist of, and there is a "love-hate" (sibling?) relationship. Part of this shows in that, in Norway, they tell anekdotes and funny stories about how "stupid" the swedish are, and in Sweden, well... vice versa. So the thought of norweigians unintentionally making this rifle "idiot proof", sort of, hit that spot of uncontrollable-reflex-love/hate-humor. I could not help but laugh. I love you Noreg, please don't think anything else.

Great vid, very interesting

Maybe now would be a good time to elaborate on the Chassepot. It didn’t see service long and not in WWI, but still an iconic firearm, in the development of firearm technology. The base for numerous conversions outside of France, as well as the Gras.

21:26 Probably helps with loading with thick gloves too.

Oh, we can tell with Mays smile that got bigger and bigger while shouting the fun she was having.

Have you planned out how many primers there will be before you're done with WW1? I know there are probably some you are not sure you'll be able to get your hands on but a general number? Its incredible you have so many already. Awesome work as always.

Wooo nice, glad to see this

After all these years you finally have an episode of something I own 😂

Interesting rifle... Thank You for covering it.

The gun is simply in amazing condition. You guys really lucked out or Mark put a lot of work in to gun.

I’m glad to see the backstreet boys world tour isn’t slowing you down in terms of quality content!

I was literally just looking into a reloading kit for 6.5×55 i have a husqvarna m38 that i believe is in a old weaver stock i believe it was originally a training rifle

Fingers crossed for a 1889 Schmidt-Rubin! 🤞

M94 and M96 were used in the Winter War. You can argue the amount of use but definitely seen action.

You haven't shot a Swedish Mauser until you've shot one that has been updated with aperture sights. The variety and ingenuity of the aperture sights alone is quite amazing. 500m shots are almost too easy.

Was there ever a stage in the Great War where an army on any side was uniformly armed with the same rifles and L/HMG's? It all that arming a army was so chaotic even in late war. Anyway keep making these great videos!

As many years of handling weapons of all sort of domestic and military surplus scattered around dads room like I see on here . I have never attempted to use a sight wing for my aiming point or even heard of it until I listened to you two. I think its a nonissue. We had some 155 gr. Round nose that was incredible! Lol plus the penetration was amazing

Is there anything on the M96 Swede? I love that thing.

Greetings !! I very much enjoyed this video. I have exalted the virtues of the Swedish Mauser for nearly 20 years. My first was the M94 Calvery carbine and its my favorite bolt gun of my collection. Its a "go to" when ever I go shooting. Handy and just a natural feeling when I shoulder it. Perhaps its me, but I find the "cock on close" bolts easy to handle. Of course, my first rifle ever purchased was a Lee-Enfield Mk 4 No 1 and the second was the M94. So perhaps I'm biased. My only non Lee-Enfield ( I have 2 rifles) or Swedish Mauser (I have 3 rifles) is a Marlin .22 tube fed bolt action. One day I will have some kind of German 8mm Mauser, but my preference would be to get an M96/38 as that would do fine for my collection. Thank you for all your work in this series. Be well !!

You were right about the numbees disk on the stock. It is Infantry regiment 27. Wish means it was on Gotland, and clear evidence to have been issued before 1928. The regiment changed name to I 18 in 1928.

Mae always looks so happy shooting

Had one, sold it, sort regret it! Amazing little rifle!

THANKS for the slowed motion recoil comparison with the Serbian carbine. To my eyes, the Mauser took longer to climb to apex and was slower to return to resight.

I think some small number of these served with the longer Swedish rifle versions e.g. with the Swedish voluntary forces during Winter War and in Finnish home frontier guard etc. secondary service use.

32:02 Neutrality were declared.

My buddy just found a 1916 stamped model. Unfortunately some one fitted a shorter stock and drilled and tapped the receiver for a scope. But my goodness does it shoot well and flat.

Didn't the previously covered French Berthier carbine precede the long rifles?

Morning and Mauser. Good mixture.

Dad had one of these and the bayonet, army model bayonet. It was absoulute delight to shoot even as a boy. It shot great, velvet smooth bolt action, beautiful bluing.Fantastic job on Ks. Whitails and coyotes. Dad's had it sporterized in the early 70s. I begged him not too. I wish I could find one again I can afford before my days are done! 😃

The Swedish Mauser is the best rifle ever made. The carbine version is fantastic and incredible. I am an unbiased observer.

6.5X55 is my favorite cartridge. The '96 is my favorite bolt gun of the era.

It's about time. This is probably the best general issue bolt action of all time. I have the rarer matching 1894 and it is the most valuable gun in my collection. The Swedes were 100 yrs ahead with their cartridge selection.

These carbines with the muzzle cap are some of the more aesthetically pleasing of the longarms, in my opinion.

The length of the 1894 carbine is 37 inches, not 44 inches, as incorrectly shown @0:50. The M38 rifle is 44 inches though.