Scout

shootz · July 5, 2004, 08:07 PM

This is my first post, kinda Scout rifle:
Swedish Mauser Carl Gustav 1916.
Maple Classic stock,
Weaver scope mount - homemade
Bushnell eer 2x6 scope, Burris Zee rings,
Brownell extended Floorplate release,
Rust blued.

gordo b. · July 5, 2004, 09:21 PM

Friggin beautiful and HIGHLY TACTICAL! I was just looking at the ballistics of a ,308 vs 6.55X55 at 1000 yds and the Swedes got about 28% more poop.

Tommy Vercetti · July 5, 2004, 10:02 PM

does your empty brass slam into your scope when you eject them ?

shootz · July 5, 2004, 11:15 PM

Nope. The brass almost comes out flat. The beauty of control feeding.

Rich

LAK · July 6, 2004, 03:01 AM

Very nice indeed. How does it shoot?

shootz · July 6, 2004, 08:43 AM

I have some 120gr. SP loads that shoot quite well but I've been told that 140 will shoot better.

2002gti · July 6, 2004, 06:43 PM

i have my ak47 and marlin 1894p set up scout style and i love how quick they are to shoulder and gain a sight picture. way faster than any of my other scoped rifles. great way to set up a close range tactical gun.........

FirstFreedom · July 7, 2004, 03:23 PM

Very nice.

But isn't the eye relief too much for that scope position (for that EER scope)? - don't you have to place your head at the far back end of the stock to get eye relief?

Also, what bbl length? 96/38 (24ish?), 96 (29ish), or cut down?

Also, how did you make the mount - milling machine? How solid is it - how many points of contact with screws? Thanks.

shootz · July 7, 2004, 11:46 PM

The scope is an Intermediate Eye Releaf Model Bushnell.

I cut the barrel from 23" to 19 or 20" with a hacksaw and a brownell crowning tool.

I used hand tools to make the base from a weaver flat bottom mount (i think it was from a Marlin 336). I had to drill and tap the holes in the mount and drill through the front sight base guard on the barrel.

Some of these pictures a quite old.

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw...dmount-w-o.jpg

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-3.jpg

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-1.jpg

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-2.jpg

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/swed/swed-bipod.jpg

http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/custom/m96.html

LAK · July 11, 2004, 12:55 AM

Shootz,

I had a M38 about 8 years ago that did quite well with 140s. The 140s on up have excellent sectional density and usually, depending on the maker/design, excellent ballistic coefficients.

July 5, 2004, 08:07 PM	#1
shootz Member Join Date: July 5, 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 29	Scout This is my first post, kinda Scout rifle: Swedish Mauser Carl Gustav 1916. Maple Classic stock, Weaver scope mount - homemade Bushnell eer 2x6 scope, Burris Zee rings, Brownell extended Floorplate release, Rust blued.

July 5, 2004, 10:02 PM	#3
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	does your empty brass slam into your scope when you eject them ? __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

July 6, 2004, 06:43 PM	#7
2002gti Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2004 Location: FIND ME Posts: 1,125	i have my ak47 and marlin 1894p set up scout style and i love how quick they are to shoulder and gain a sight picture. way faster than any of my other scoped rifles. great way to set up a close range tactical gun......... __________________ HEE with the most toys dies happiest

July 5, 2004, 09:21 PM	#2
gordo b. Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2002 Location: Peoples republik of Calif. Posts: 961	Friggin beautiful and HIGHLY TACTICAL! I was just looking at the ballistics of a ,308 vs 6.55X55 at 1000 yds and the Swedes got about 28% more poop.

July 5, 2004, 11:15 PM	#4
shootz Member Join Date: July 5, 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 29	Nope. The brass almost comes out flat. The beauty of control feeding. Rich

July 6, 2004, 03:01 AM	#5
LAK Junior member Join Date: May 14, 2002 Posts: 2,251	Very nice indeed. How does it shoot?

July 6, 2004, 08:43 AM	#6
shootz Member Join Date: July 5, 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 29	I have some 120gr. SP loads that shoot quite well but I've been told that 140 will shoot better.

July 7, 2004, 03:23 PM	#8
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Very nice. But isn't the eye relief too much for that scope position (for that EER scope)? - don't you have to place your head at the far back end of the stock to get eye relief? Also, what bbl length? 96/38 (24ish?), 96 (29ish), or cut down? Also, how did you make the mount - milling machine? How solid is it - how many points of contact with screws? Thanks.

July 7, 2004, 11:46 PM	#9
shootz Member Join Date: July 5, 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 29	The scope is an Intermediate Eye Releaf Model Bushnell. I cut the barrel from 23" to 19 or 20" with a hacksaw and a brownell crowning tool. I used hand tools to make the base from a weaver flat bottom mount (i think it was from a Marlin 336). I had to drill and tap the holes in the mount and drill through the front sight base guard on the barrel. Some of these pictures a quite old. http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw...dmount-w-o.jpg http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-3.jpg http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-1.jpg http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/sw..._mount-w-2.jpg http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/swed/swed-bipod.jpg http://home.pipeline.com/~shootzg/custom/m96.html

July 11, 2004, 12:55 AM	#10
LAK Junior member Join Date: May 14, 2002 Posts: 2,251	Shootz, I had a M38 about 8 years ago that did quite well with 140s. The 140s on up have excellent sectional density and usually, depending on the maker/design, excellent ballistic coefficients.