Gevär M1923-36 Test Rifle

The m/96 rifle used a short knife bayonet with a hollow steel handle, called the "bajonett m/96" - though it was actually not adopted until the summer of 1897. Early rifles have stocks cut from walnut. Rifles made during WW1 have stocks cut from birch, elm or mahogany. Rifles manufactured later got stock cut from copper beech. The m/96 rifle used a triangular front sight post and a rear leaf sight with a V-shaped notch. When folded down the rear sight is graduated from 300 to 600 metres, in 100 m steps. When flipped up it is graduated from 700 to 2000 metres. A rifleman never used the flipped up position on his own - it was only used for simultaneous fire at ranks of enemies. The width of the leaf at the axle-end is 11 millimetres. The Army's intention was to equip all m/96 rifles with a SM sight, calibrated for the m/41 "torped" ammunition. Trails were made with the "SM sikte F ram", but for some reason this minor modification was never carried out.