As a Swede I love to see this. A good friend of mine has a AG42 that we shoot regulary and I myself harvests moose every year with my Mauser in 6.5x55. A lot of people think that the 6.5x55 isn't powerfull enough for moose but that's wrong. The 6.5x55 is the most common moose caliber in Sweden.
+Charles' Milsurp Firearms But, like all traps, it is no danger at all if you know enough to keep your fingers out of the jaws. On the Ljungman there is no reason to put your boogerhook into the action, like there is on the M1. Other than to see if it might hurt a lot, I mean.....
This has to be the most annyoing myths about this rifle. It is just as dangerous as an SKS or SVT-40 with regards to smashing your thumb. The rifle is equipped with a bolt hold open on the last round. When you're empty, you load with stripper clips, push the top cover forward and then back (with your booger hooks out of the way of course). No need to put the rifle on safe when you load. That would be terrible in battle. These are really awesome rifles that are very accurate and soft shooting. If you can find one for a good price, you should definitely pick it up.
I were using one as my rifle when i got drafted in 1962, i still have scars on my right thumb, se called it an "automatgevärstumme" which means an "automatic rifle thumb", of simply "ag-tumme" swedish for "ag-thumb" i nearly got half my thumb cut off by the bolt, and are proudly carrying my thumb scar today, 50 years later. I remember trying out a rebuilt one, fully automatic, which was to be used as an lmg, but never really were used widely in service, it had a magazine three times larger, with a completely terrible recoil, i had a large bruise on my shoulder afterwards, the ammo where fired within 5 seconds and half the plutoon went deaf.
My grandfather calls the ag42 "the thumb biter" or "tumbitaren" in swedish. But he was a sharpshooter and had the mauser so he didn't deal with it alot I would imagine.
I love the 6.5x55mm round. Was waiting to see something on RU-vid about it. Its such a nasty look cartridge, that bullet is so long and pointy and sharp lol. Very underrated round.
Keep it up Eric and crew! Seriously digging these milsurp videos. The videos you have made on milsurps inspired me to buy my first military surplus rifle (a 1938 Tula 91/30 Mosin Nagant) at 17 years old just a few weeks ago. I love my rifle and I can thank you for opening my eyes to the world of Mosins and Milsurps! Thanks so much for the vids.
My dad had the AG42 when he did his military service in the 50's, he told me this around when I did my service in the 80's. We didn't get to shoot the AG42 unfortunately, as we used the swedish version of the HK G3 (designated Ak4), but we did actually get a full day at the shooting range with m/96 rifles, which use the same ammunition (6.5x55) as the AG42. I remember they were really sweet to shoot, very accurate.
Glad you guys enjoy my familys Mauser Rifle: ( Original name, in Swedish: Automat Gevär Årsmodell Militärversion 1942 modell B ( 1939-1943 ) Ordonans 6.5x55 mm Prickskytte ammunition 6.5mm skott, Patron m/94 Prickskytteversion m/41 5 Skott per räls ( clip ) ( Translation word by word: Automatic Rifle Yearmodell Militaryversion 1942 model B ( 1939-1943 ) Ordonans 6.5 mm Marksman amunition 6.5mm bullet, cartridge m/94 ( Military group 94 ) Dot Shootingversion m/41/ Mark shooting version version or Sniper Version m/41 5 shots per clip ( The standard Swedish 9 mm is called 39B ( Trettionio Bertil ) Thirtynine Bravo ( also called "CopKiller" in the US ) is the Standard ammo for the old 9mm subMachinegun and the AK5 ( K-pist, Kulsprutepistol and Automat Karbin 5 ) A rifle that easily out perform the Germans Mausers, even the much later models. Your shooting skills and the Rifle makes a match seldom found enjoyable match. The Finnish Sniper Sima Hyähä wanted ( and had for a short time the Swedish AG42B, but had to, according the Finnish regiment Use the M/28-30 ( and the submachinegun KP/-31 ). ( My grandfather fought in the Winterwar, some Swedes enlisted to help Finland, the slogan was " Finlands cause are ours", "Finlands sak är vår"
strange that this has no iconic status at all in Sweden, most people probably don't know that it exists, the ak4 that replaced it has got more of an iconic status
Can't really think that's very odd at all, I don't think it was as widespread in swedish service as the Garand was in the US service. It wasn't it really an export succes so there's not much feed from abroad. Add to the fact that the concept was quite outdated after the 50s and everyone who could changed to full auto BRs or Assault rifles. There's a few semi auto rifles that has been more or less forgotten since they were simply short terms until BRs and ARs entered the scene. I mean how iconic is the MAS 49? Vz 52? And yet the MAS 49 was in service until the 70s.
Revisiting this vid after a few years... it still works for me! LOVE my AG42B. I don't shoot it enough, as the ammo is a bit pricey. But when I DO shoot it, I get all kinds of attention and questions from folks at the range!
Probebly the best gun walktrough video I ever seen. I like the way you take us trough the rifles mechanics and how the actual riflemen would operate with the rifle. One thing that usually gets me frustrates about all these gun videos is the sloppy misshandling of firearms. This was serious and safe, just the right amount of seriousity and fun. I´m Swedish and have 8 years in the armed forces. I sure would have loved getting some rounds down range with this m/42. Great vid!
Well, another MilSurp on my list. This is one of the more interesting ones by far. I've honestly never heard of it. Appreciate you Eric & Chad showing it's potential, good shooting.
I just bought this rifle off a private sale. Can't wait until it comes in the mail and I can take it to the range. I already am going to start loading up some 6.5x55, received a bag full of brass from a friend. Nice video as always.
Wonderful! I purchased one around '83 and it was my deer rifle, what a loyal shooter BUT it did bite the hand that feeds... Negligent as I was, bolt slammed forward while my thumb was in it's path. put a hole between my knuckle and nail. As the nail grew I had a perfect round hole in it size of the gas port. I'll never forget that and glad you both mentioned it a few times. But it was wonderful gun!
What a rifle. 6.5 mm Swedish is a great round. Wish these were common in Australia. Thanks, this is one of the most interesting reviews I have viewed in a long time.
I am truly surprised you didnt show the disassembly and the unique feature that they used to stimy the krauts the rear safety selector is also a key component in the operation that can be made to disappear by simply throwing it away
Outstanding gun, well demonstrated and fun to see. A thought, could you post a camera view of the targets from the shooting benches so the viewers can see just how small the targets appear to the shooter? Your target cams show the hits fine, but a view from the shooters view point would give us serious input as to the effectiveness of the sights, and especially for the iron sight guns!
Getting close to 666, 666 subscribers.. On a serious note this whole series on old military rifles is awesome. Easily one of my favorite series on the Tube. Keep making quality videos guys!
The Swedes are famous for the quality of their steel,and craftsmanship .The Swedes sold the patent of the .40 mm Bofors antiaircraft gun to both the U.S. ,and Germany in World War II.It is good to be neutral !
Germany did not formally & legally produce their own Bofors 40mm as far as I know. They captured alot of guns from Poland, France, Austria and Norway and pressed them into service where fitting. I think in Norway the Germans captured actual manufactoring equipment and made more guns. The UK and the US each bought licenses from Bofors and made their own versions.
Have one of these for hunting moose and deer. It's an amazing rifle. And 6.5X55mm is cheap here. And in the army it got the name Tummkrossaren ( Thumb-crusher ). But I love it. But for some reason I use my Carl Gustaf 3000 in .308w more. Even if I prefer the Ljungman.
AmericanFoxhoundSami I know. But got the approval from the local police ( drinking buddy) since I only use it for boar on my private land. Not actually state approved but who gives a crap. I live far into the wild of northern Lapland. My rifle is the last thing the law cares about. And since I wrote the comment I have leaned more towards .308 anyway since the prices dropped for ammo.
BushmasterXM15E2S Pretty easy. Most easy is to get a hunter license. Pass the education ( a couple days ) and you have the right to own up to 4 rifles and shotguns in the so called hunters cabinet/closet. Smaller pistols like a .22 does not count into the "hunting closet" and can be owned on top of that. To own more than four weapons of high caliber you need special papers that can be hard to get. For gun collecting only I don't really know. I'm guessing that is much harder.
Great video,...good competition. Nice to see this wonderful, rifle being used this way. One of the better 34 minute videos I've had the pleasure to watch. Thank you.
6,5x55 is my favorite cartridge love it over 308 and theres something about 6,5 That makes all the ammo you put in them shoot very accurate. Shooting 6,5 is like shooting an air gun and you can kill moose With it :)
watching in 1080p, i noticed at the 22:00 mark when eric is shooting at the little popper you can see a very nice vapor trail on the bullets. great video as always.
I love shooting, and watching great shots. The precision wherein a millimeter of adjustment by the shooter can result in the difference of a foot down range is amazing.
Well, a year ago I watched and enjoyed this video. Now today I have the chance to buy one that's been treated kind of carelessly, to say the least. My Gunsmith/Dealer has it now and is going to give it a good cleaning and check over. Regardless of the way it looks now and it's mostly cosmetic roughness, I think I will pay the few bucks and grab it with both hands. Thanks again Chad & Eric , I watched this again, just to refresh my mind about the way they should shoot.
isaksgaming hörna kopior? AK5C är teoretiskt sätt en kopia, en svensk modifiering av den belgiska FN FNC. Och om det fanns kopior av ak5c så skulle den inte ha samma namn, pga att det är något dem skulle kunnas stämmas för. Samma anledning till att chineserna inte döpte sina ak's till just Ak47 etc. även om dem är samma vapen system.
Samuel Swift They're speaking Swedish. The current topic of discussion is weather Iraqveteran8888 would ever get to shoot the Swedish AK5C. Which is the Swedish made and modified version of the Belgian FN FNC.
Never heard about Krag in 30.06, it would be a resepie for boltinface. I have heard about krag in 30-40, 6,5x55 and a few made in a reduced 8x57, known as the 8x57 moderat.
The Swedes have not had any major conflict since firearms started becoming popular. They have been a bit more involved in the last decade, but they have kept out of conflicts for a good long while now.
They're great rifles. I have one as well and have heard that only about 30,000 were made! It was also the first direct gas impingement system to be widely integrated. So I've been told.
slowpokebr549 It won't cut it to the bone. The only time I shot one, when I reloaded I put the pinky side base of my hand against the slide, to prevent it from slamming into me because M1 thumb also sketches me out.
slowpokebr549 Maybe when there is no rounds in there but when you're loading an Enbloc clip your thumb doesn't go that deep into the receiver. IMO it'd pinch the upper part of your thumb. It'd still hurt, but it definitely wouldn't be as bad as this thing.
Eric! Ljungman was a firm that made gasolinepumps and still does I think. But during the war the was a gasshortage and they had good engineneers that needed something to do and together with the inventor constructed the AG42.
Years back I shot one that belonged to a friend. Shot it prone on a hot humid day at about 150yds. Two 5 shot groups in bad conditions at 1 and 1/8". After that I went on a quest to find one....which I did. Took it to the range and repeated those exact groups. Much more accurate off the bench, but it's easily the best battle rifle ever invented
6.5x55 is a very underrated hunting cartridge in the States now. The .260 Remington and .25-06 made the 6.5 Swede almost disappear. For what it is, it is far superior in its own compared to the .260 and .25-06 and any magnum. Don't know why people need a .30 caliber super short ultra magnum express shoulder bruiser when non-magnums like this will do the job (as it does in Scandinavian countries for hunting) with no problem and will do it without killing your shoulder.
Eric, you forgot to demonstrate that you can manually recock the hammer. Very very useful for shooting crappy surplus ammo. Also, the disassembly for field maintenance is pretty interesting. 6.5x55 is so accurate due to the extremely high BC of the bullets. the hakim has a ridiculous muzzle brake. extremely effective, but it's like a hurricane for anyone off to your sides. you'll easily blow everything off the tables next to you.
Excellent rifle, the very first to use a gas impingement system. I own a beautiful, mint rifle that I love to shoot. One fun thing about this rifle is shooting the wooden blanks into a steel cap on the end of the barrel! I found some surplus blanks and bought around 5k of them. The combination of the gas impingement system and factory ported barrel makes it a fine shooter. Thanks for the video!
Iv got the egypt hakim rifle and you are not joking about it biting you, I got a good case of the hakim thumb when I first messed with my rifle that ended in a trip to the ER for 9 stitches. You only get it good one time after that you watch what you are doing thats for sure. But its is one of the best shooting rifles I have and is a blast to shoot and it will eat anything you put in it as long as its not a soft point tip but other then that it will eat anything that iv found.
Awesome! I used to own one of these but had to sell it because I wanted to go back to school. I promised myself that I'd buy another one some day but now, I can't find one anywhere...oh, well, one of life's lessons learned!
Would love to see y'all try this from your newly built platform. With that flat of a trajectory you should have no problem reaching out over 600 yards with that thing :) One of few things that makes me proud to be a swede.
Nice to finally see some love for Erik Eklund's design. I still need to get a Hakim, but have had an AG-42 for a while now and share your affection for the rifle. Also picked up a Rasheed last year. Gotta love these goofy transitional semi-autos. Thanks for the video.
I own one of these rifles, on a lark, I brought it out to a NM course our club was holding and out shot a lot of the shooters with M1A's and Garands! Got 2nd place missed 1st place by 1X, great fun to shoot, very expensive as I only had Norma Ammo and bought up all I could find to shoot in the match.
The Design was put forth in 41 and the first rifles were done in 42, hence the name. The Ljungman had a ridiculously short development cicle, but that is wha war does to you, you try come up with a solution to a problem right away and put all availiable resources into the project most likely to show the best results. The mentality with the Ljungman was to be able to use equipment already in use by the Armed Forces, hence the relative resemblence of of a Mauser rifle. The Ljungman has the same barrel dimensions as the M96 and uses the same Bayonet and Stripper Clips. Ease of maintentence and a minimum amount of moving parts in the gun was also requirement. That is why the Direct Gas Impingement system was favored and it arguably had the best results. People tend to give Sweden a bad rap about the neutrality during the War but you gotta remember that they were surrounded by enemies and are a huge country with reletively small population and an even smaller defense force. All of Sweden was on edge all throughout the war, expecting either the Nazis or the Soviets to invade at any moment. And Sweden did contribute to the war, both in munitions and armor aswell as active troops. More then 10,000 voluntary swedish citizens fought the Soviets in Finland and the Norwegian Resistence was trained and equiped in Sweden under the guise that they were training police officers in new operation techniques. Sweden even shot down multiple German planes that entered Swedish airspace becuase they violated their neutrality and/or had no permission from swedish officials to use those flight routes.
He's not joking when he tells you to be careful when loading this rifle with a stripper clip... When my grandfather did his military service in Skövde they used this rifle on occasion, but they mostly preferred the older Mauser models because of the Ljungman being widely known as "Tumkrossen", meaning the "Thumbcrusher".
My dad has a 6.5 by 55mm swedish mouser we went out and grouped it it shot a group the size of a nickle at 150 yard outside not on a vise or anythings its beautiful its his deer rifle
Very good video camera work, especially the close-ups of the AG42B. This round gives stiff competition to the 6.5 Creedmoor, which makes me reconsider purchasing a new rifle in 6.5 CM, which has extreme ammo shortage now (Dec. 2020). Both of you demonstrated excellent shooting skills, too!
Eric, its all about the bullet. The 6.5mm AFAIK has one of the highest ballistic coefficients available. Vast majority of true bench rest rifles are in this caliber. I think our modern equivalent would be the 260 Remington or the 6.5 Creedmoor. The 6.5 Grendel comes to mind, but this is based on the 220 Russian. It would have been interesting to see if the Garand was made in the 6.5mm chamberings.
Look into the CMP Eastern Games/Creedmoor Cup matches at Camp Butner, NC. You can shoot the AG 42B in the vintage match, as part of the Garand, Springfield, Vintage military 3 gun aggregate. This premier event is the largest of the CMP travel games, and is a 10 day shooting extravaganza. Don't miss it !
See? Not every Direct Impingement gun is an AR10 or 15 clone. Correction: the MAS40 was the first Direct Impingement Rifle to be adopted. However, the Nazis invaded France before mass production could begin, so the French had to hide the prototypes and blueprints. They would not start making these until autumn ‘44. However, the AG-42 is the first DI gun to be produced en masse.
A long time with no comments but a great shoot. I bought an AG42 B sometime around 1972 for $29.95 to shoot groundhogs. It is very accurate but I haven't shot it for years. I may break it out for some shots.
Hi, Vet,.... it's amazing how you are albe to get genuine surplus ammo in yr US... the box you are using is also a SELECTED one ...sk patr mean skarpa patroona...sharp ammo... my congrats...
If it's still short-cycling maybe try some brake cleaner. Stick the spray tube in the gas tube with the rifle angled muzzle down and just spray it through and let it blast any built up crud in there out the gas port and out the muzzle. I've had mine for 12 years and I can't remember it ever short-cycling. Springfield Sporters is a good sources of parts for them. I replaced the recoil springs in mine just because they were probably about due for it.
Thanx guys!!! This made my day! The AG42b is a awesome rifle, they are hard to get even here i Sweden.. I just might have to come over there and try your out 😃
I bought a Ljunman from a hardware store somewhere about 1992. Fun to shoot and accurate. the cheap surplus ammunition made it even more fun. almost overnight that ammo went from 3 dollars to 25 dollars for 20 rounds. I'm an idiot, I sold the rifle.
I am glad you touched on sight adjustment you guys shoot a lot and sight adjustment is a key part of getting rounds down range on target maybe you could go over sight adjustment on other types of rifle sights Good job on your channel
I like watching theese vids perfect mix of historical facts, guns I have never seen and now for a short period of time feel the urge to own one and chad mastering the gun. time well spend
You guys do a really good job with these videos. I love this format. You two could probably make a living just doing photography for other people but your content is top notch as well. Good job. I'd never heard of this gun before. I bet with a measly 4X you could go to 1000 yards with that masterpiece.
