Gevär m/96

Adopted in 1896 as the standard regimental rifle, it replaced the Jarmann m/1887 and introduced the 6.5×55 Swedish cartridge, still praised today for accuracy and low recoil.

The first examples were produced at Oberndorf by Mauser, while serial production moved to the Swedish national arsenals: Carl Gustaf in Eskilstuna and later Husqvarna.

It stayed in front-line service until the 1950s and in second-line use until the 1990s; many surviving rifles are valued in target shooting for the quality of their barrel steel.