Husky 1600's vs M96 actions

[StevieK]

I am trying to get my hands on a 6.5 swede, and it looks as though tradex is my only option. I am not a fan of the step down heavy to light military barrels that most of the m96 sporters have so I am thinking of getting a husky 1600. Correct me if i'm wrong but I have been told that these rifles are lighter than the sporterized military ones and don't have the heavy barrel.
Also, I am wondering about the action. I reload and may want to try to push the limits of the cartridge, can the 1600 action take higher pressures than the m96 or are they basically the same action?

 

[Baribal]

The 1640 (the real 1600 is the short barreled rifle, but same action) is safer, especially when a case head rupture happens. They are both Small Ring actions and the 1640 is a bit lighter because of the floorplate (the alloy one is even a bit lighter).

 

[cosmic]

To boot, you'll get a hinged floorplate and a better trigger, and a more useful safety. Also, its already D+T'd properly. (Ive seen several of the Tradex 96's with poorly gunsmithed D+T jobs..)

 

[strategoi]

The 1640 (the real 1600 is the short barreled rifle, but same action) is safer, especially when a case head rupture happens. They are both Small Ring actions and the 1640 is a bit lighter because of the floorplate (the alloy one is even a bit lighter).

Baribal, are you referring to the third lug on the bolt?
(that would make it safer than the M96 action which only has the front two lugs)

 

[Baribal]

HVA did use quite a bit of mixed features between the M/94 and the M/98 to design their 1640 action and they only kept the best features of each actions.

Actually, I am not only referring to the third lug; as an example, there's also the bolt shroud wich is the same as the M/98 and acts as a gas deflector. The bolt head also have a wide ejector chanel cut wich will helps to divert the hot gases through the side chanel when the action is closed.
On an other hand, when there's a large amount of hot gases flowing from the M/94 action, the ejector cut is placed on top of the action where very little gas can escape and it usually rips to top action off.
When this happens, the action bends,and this usually blocks the bolt from going backwards and the flooplate rips off . I have some examples of this here and you can also see the same result on page 141 of the Norma reloading book.
The countries who decided to rechamber their pre-98 military actions to higher intensity rounds usually added vent holes on one or both sides of the front ring.

There were reasons why HVA who manufactured the M/38 actions, chose not to use it for high intensity rounds, unlike what they did for the 1640.

Don't take me wrong here, I know the M/94/96/38 were "successfully" used for high pressure rounds, but from todays stand of view, there is no reason to do so, seen the choice of modern, sturdy designs. Just like the previous Mauser actions, the M/94 action was designed for a case of less pressure, while the M/1898 was expressely designed for the upcoming higher pressure ammos (wich ended up being the 8X57IS).