This photo shows the rather dramatic difference between the old style buttplate angle and the later style.
The top rifle is an original 1902 Carl Gustaf, the stock being a light hue French walnut.
All German-made Mausers prior to the 1896 Swedish used this old style configuration, including
the 1891 Argentine, 1893 Chilean and 1895 Chilean, all of which I have in my collection.
Why the change?
We still don't know.
