Husqvarna .22 rimfire rifles

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I was at the Kimberly gun show on Saturday and lucked out. I found a Husky .22 lr bolt action repeater for a very reasonable price so I scooped it. It has a seven round magazine, a heavy barrel and the only plastic anywhere on the gun is the scope caps on the 10x Bushnell scope that I also snapped up for a song. The rifle is heavy, about 8 lbs all in, the stock is quite possibly birch or some other hardwood.
I cannot find any indication of what model this is anywhere on the gun, the barrel is stamped " Husqvarna Vapenfabriks A.B. KAL .22" . and that is it. The trigger is probably one of , if not THE best I have ever pulled in my life, probably set around 2lbs as to my guess. Does any body know anything about this rifle out there , as I would like to learn more about it. I cannot seem to Google any info on it , ????
Oh, and it shoots the lights out ! ! ! ! :rockOn::rockOn:
 
The 1722 is the model that had the grooved receiver and it looks like yours does. You should have a safety right behind the bolt handle but it seems to have been removed with the restock job from what I can see.
 
The safety is directly aft of the knurled bolt shroud. It is a lever that moves left to right. Very positive feel to it and you can still run the bolt when the safety is activated. Also there are two holes drilled and tapped on the lefthand side of the reciever and you can tell that there was some sort of sight base there at one time. The blueing is all buggered up like someone left it leaning up against something made of leather in a closet, but no rust or pitting anywhere.
 
That safety is a modification as the original one looks exactly the Husqvarna 1600 series centerfire rifles. There is a sliding safety plate just behind the bolt handle on the side of the action. The earlier 1622 has the same safety as the later 1722 but worked in reverse meaning push forward onto safe and backward off safe. Since your rifle has the grooved receiver it would have had the safety that worked in what we consider the normal manner of back for safe forward for fire.
 
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