Husqvarna Sporting Rifles #### - ALL MODELS!!!

Hitzy said:
So I'm just about done steaming/cleaning/oiling etc on the FG Company and noticed a little quirk.


Thought the different spelling was neat....Hallefors/Hellefors lol
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I believe in Swedish it is HÄLLEFORS. the second letter is swedish and since it do not exist in the English alphabet it is sometimes translated to E. You can see the two dots faintly on the barrel roll. In Norway they use Æ, which is essentially the same letter. Some spell it out as AE if they do not have the correct alphabet on their keyboard. Some useless info for you. :)
 
NL-Hunter said:
I believe in Swedish it is HÄLLEFORS. the second letter is swedish and since it do not exist in the English alphabet it is sometimes translated to E. You can see the two dots faintly on the barrel roll. In Norway they use Æ, which is essentially the same letter. Some spell it out as AE if they do not have the correct alphabet on their keyboard. Some useless info for you. :)
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Not entirely useless NL...it is appreciated on this end.
 
NL-Hunter said:
I believe in Swedish it is HÄLLEFORS. the second letter is swedish and since it do not exist in the English alphabet it is sometimes translated to E. You can see the two dots faintly on the barrel roll. In Norway they use Æ, which is essentially the same letter. Some spell it out as AE if they do not have the correct alphabet on their keyboard. Some useless info for you. :)
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Yeah, good stuff! I still have no idea why the different spelling though on the same rifle built at the same factory, for the same guy's company Folke Dahlberg. Now, he died in 1966 and this rifle was made in 1967, so I guess there was nobody around to give them #### at HVA....lol
 
Hitzy said:
Yeah, good stuff! I still have no idea why the different spelling though on the same rifle built at the same factory, for the same guy's company Folke Dahlberg. Now, he died in 1966 and this rifle was made in 1967, so I guess there was nobody around to give them #### at HVA....lol
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Sometimes when products are made for international market, changes are made to spelling. It even looks like the barrel roll was modified to not show the . . Recoil pad may have been outsourced.
 
So I was recently gifted a 30-06 Husqvarna rifle by my wifes grandfather. Trying to identify what model it is Origninally I thought it might be a Hi-Power but now I'm not sure as I have seen some pictures in this thread of some 1100's that look a lot like it. Serial number is in the 133### range.

This is the only picture I currently have of it. It looks like it should have a sight hood on it too if that helps identify it.

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I got the shotgun from him too its a Winchester 2200.
 
133### would put it at 1952, does it have a solid left sidewall? It's an FN98 action, I have the sister to that one in 8x57.
 
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Kedive said:
It does have a solid left sidewall. It looks pretty much identical to yours down to the non-hinged floor plate.
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I think these are late 640's then, baribal will come along soon and chime in I'm sure.
Stocks are Beech and we have the later style rear sights. I really like the feel of these stocks with the wide forends.
There was one more design change with these which had them looking very much like the 1600's stocks and rear sights that followed. Here is one I have in 30'06, same commercial FN98 action.
 
Kedive said:
So I was recently gifted a 30-06 Husqvarna rifle by my wifes grandfather. Trying to identify what model it is Origninally I thought it might be a Hi-Power but now I'm not sure as I have seen some pictures in this thread of some 1100's that look a lot like it. Serial number is in the 133### range.

This is the only picture I currently have of it. It looks like it should have a sight hood on it too if that helps identify it.

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I got the shotgun from him too its a Winchester 2200.
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If it's from orignal '50s imports, Tradewinds or for Canada Dorken Brothers, the model number they then used was either 1950 or 1951 High Power, the 1950 have two screws holding the rear sight while the 1951 is dovetailed in the barrel and these all got the beechwood stocks. Yours surely is a 1951 "Hi-Power".
The 1000/1100 have a walnut stock and are "De Luxe" models.

The "solid left side wall" appeared somewhere in 1947, at the same time the rear bridge "hump" and stripper clip lips disappeared. Then, somewhere in 1948 appeared the "H" type receivers and in 1949, the "commercial" High Power action was all set, with it's elongated release floorplate release pin.
Then, somewhere around SN 150 750 they offered the schnabel fore end stock, first in beechwood then, later some were in walnut.
 
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Thanks for the info Hitzy and Baribal. Gonna take it out this weekend and see how it shoots but I'm thinking this is gonna end up being my sons first rifle.
 
DrWho said:
Thanks Hitzy but I was told that those 2 piece leupold Mauser 96 bases the rear base screw holes don't match up with the Husqvarna 4100 ????? any inside info on that ??
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I just mounted a scope on my 4100. I used Weaver bases, as per the chart - #46 on front, #55 on rear. Screw mount holes aligned properly.
 
There are some oddball screw spacing for rear base. Have even seen rifles drilled with three holes in cases where standard spacing was not utilized. Have a FN action (J.C. Higgins) that I had a hard time getting rear mount for. Found an obscure Warne listing that had them and found a dealer in BC that had them in stock. Anything is possible. If the rifle was not factory drilled, the possibilities are endless. A method used for LE .303 was to mount a piece of angle iron as mount lol.
 
The early JC Higgins (JC Higgins were made by High Standard) were drilled to fit the JC Higgins bases, that's why they are not standard. All of the factory d&t 1600/1640 are drilled for standard Weaver hole spacing (0.500" rear and 0.860" front).
Then, you have all the 46, 46A and B, 146 and 640 (M/38 and M98) which may have been d&t for whatever "standard" was available at the time in Sweden (I mean, Bubba's shop).
 
They should. The only 1640 model which was not always D&T is the 1640K, a low end model, with either waknut or beech stock without checkering, sandblasted and blued (not polished) receiver, often much more purpleish in color than usual.
 
Potashminer said:
I just mounted a scope on my 4100. I used Weaver bases, as per the chart - #46 on front, #55 on rear. Screw mount holes aligned properly.
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Thanks already have the proper Weaver 2 piece base set with the weaver rings . Yes I know they work and are light weight but they are soooo ugly !!!!! . That is the reason I would like to set up to Leupold style 2 piece bases . My other 4 Husky have Leupold or Redfield one piece base- rings set up .
 
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