All Swedish Mausers, whether built in Germany or Sweden, were fabricated using a Swedish-supplied high grade tool steel alloyed with nickel, copper, and vanadium, a product then noted for its strength and corrosion resistance.

The internal magazine can be loaded with single 6.5×55mm rounds by pushing the cartridges into the receiver top opening or via stripper clips.

For easier loading a crescent-shaped thumb hole cutout was introduced at the left rear of the receiver top.

These had a single-stack magazine but featured a lot of improvements described in Mauser Model 1893#Development, Spain procured small parties of them for troop trials both in 7.65 and new 7 mm cartridges.

Extant examples of these Swedish test firearms are chambered in 8×58mmR Danish Krag, adopted by Sweden in 1889, as well as 6.5.

[1] Some carbines were lost from regular use by conversion to sub-caliber targeting & practice devices for artillery pieces.

[7] m/1894-14 carbines have a steel nose piece, not dissimilar to the No.1 Mk3 Lee–Enfield, with a protruding stud under the muzzle for the bayonet ring.

The modification involved a slot machined on the nose cap and a stud sleeve attached to the barrel.

[8] Standard production at Carl Gustafs continued until 1925, but approximately 18,000 m/96 rifles were manufactured by Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB during World War II for civilian marksmanship training.

[9] Mauser produced 40,000 m/1896 long rifles between 1899 and 1900, Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 475,000 m/1896 between 1896 and 1932 and Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB 20,000 m/1896 between 1942 and 1944.

The iron sights line was matched for the trajectory of 6.5×55mm m/94 ball service ammunition loaded with a round-nosed (B-projectile) bullet.

[7] From 1941 onwards the introduction of 6.5×55mm m/94 ball ammunition loaded with a boat-tailed spitzer(D-projectile) bullet necessitated adapting the iron sight lines with a new m/41 rectangular post and the rear sight element was altered to have a U-shaped notch and match the flatter trajectory of the new service round.

Contemporary examples such as the Mauser Karabiner 98k, Short Magazine Lee–Enfield No I Mk III, MAS-36, and M1903 Springfield were all noticeably shorter than a standard late 19th century infantry rifle, and with another war on the horizon the Swedes felt it would be expedient to adopt a shorter rifle for use by mechanized troops and the Navy.

[10] The majority of purpose-built m/1938s (Type II) had turned-down bolt handles and were manufactured by Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB, with production ending in 1944.

[7] Both subtypes of the family got a new simpler and shorter-range rear sight update designed by P. O. Fäldt of Svenska Metallverken [sv] in 1936, which used a horizontal disk with ranges rotating a vertical screw in order to elevate the original tangent leaf (like a micrometer).

[1] The optics fitted were initially the German AJACK 4×90 (4×38 in modern terminology) m/41 telescopic sight.

"AJACK" refers to the German optics manufacturer Adolph Jackenroll Optische Anstalt GmbH.

[17] Model 1896 rifles used by Finland in WWII can be recognized by a stamp with the letters SA (Suomen Armeija = Finnish Army) surrounded by a square with rounded corners.

The 6.5×55mm is an ideal all-round hunting rifle cartridge, as it has a flat trajectory, low recoil, and high accuracy.

These competition/target rifles were used by members of the Swedish Volunteer Sharpshooting Movement Frivilliga Skytterörelsen (FSR) and are known to be very accurate for their price.

The CG 63 rifle was built on a Swedish Mauser receiver, to which a new heavy, non-stepped free-floating target barrel was fitted.

The triggers were adjusted and smoothed to match quality and the rifles got diopter and globe sighting lines (from several Swedish manufacturers) and target stocks.

Starting at the end of the 20th century the FSR allowed the use of competition/target rifles that are not based on the Swedish Mauser receiver.

After World War II they used m/96 and m/38 actions without thumb notch to create the Model 640 series (646 in 6.5×55mm, 648 in 8×57mm, 649 in 9.3×62mm).