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

It's a model 1600 Std, built in 1956, it's a European model.
The 1600, with 520mm barrels, ARE the "carbine" or "Lightwieight", while the "common" 600mm are named 1640.
There is a lot of confusion created by using the "1600" denomination as a common name for the HVA Improved Mauser.

The models should be devided like that ;

1600 = 520mm barrels

1640 = 600mm barrels, for which we add the "Husky" having a 560mm barrel

1651 = 660mm barrels, 358 Norma Magnum
 
Hi Baribal
good to see you around, i haven't seen this thread for close to 10 years, or so, my bookmark is on the page 19.

I was wondering if I could reach for your wisdom.

My buddy just picked up a mauser in 8x57, barely any markings anywhere, and he was curious as what it is.
What he learned from the seller.

Mauser action, purchased back in the 60s. Looks refurbished, the stock back plate and the bottom plate are different s/n from the barrel. Stock is not checkered, and looks like there's a big insert/repair in the stock butt (diff. color of wood, big piece, about 1/2 length of the butt.
Only markings are s/n (19209), caliber (8x57), and a little crown stamp. Front sight is not hooded. The sling is European size (skinny, didn't measure, but the same size as I have on my Husky).
Anything you can tell from that info? I need to check how to upload photos, things have changed in years i haven't been around.

TIA.
 
I can't tell you much, apart that it's not a HVA rifle..

Post pics in the general Rifle thread, but if there's no markings on it, it might be a hard task finding who made it. Check under the barrel for markings, as per if it's European, it's must have been proofed.
 
This lovely lady in 243 is on its way to me as we speak. Can't wait! New rifles just don't have the quality to match these.

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Is there a brand in particular you're looking for ?

While your rifle is technically a 1600 (520mm barrel), you won't find much this number referenced...
You can check for "Husqvarna Small Ring Mauser" (not the 94/96 type), Huskvarna (or Husqvarna), Carl Gustav 1900 etc...

Anyhow, here's a little list;

Weaver = F = 46, R = 55 (for the Grand Slam ad an "S" before these numbers).

S&K use the F = 46, R = 55 denomination too

Warne = F = 898, R = 828

Leupold 1 PCE = STD-HC 49989

There are others, but you can work from there...
 
Baribal said:
Is there a brand in particular you're looking for ?

While your rifle is technically a 1600 (520mm barrel), you won't find much this number referenced...
You can check for "Husqvarna Small Ring Mauser" (not the 94/96 type), Huskvarna (or Husqvarna), Carl Gustav 1900 etc...

Anyhow, here's a little list;

Weaver = F = 46, R = 55 (for the Grand Slam ad an "S" before these numbers).

S&K use the F = 46, R = 55 denomination too

Warne = F = 898, R = 828

Leupold 1 PCE = STD-HC 49989

There are others, but you can work from there...
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Thank you! Much appreciated.

From the photos the seller provided, there do not appear to be screws in the drilled/tapped holes. Is there anything special about those I need to know when finding some?
 
Would be very surprising if the rifle wasn't factory d&t'd... and I clearly see the plug screws for the receiver sight at the rear.
 
Well, they are nice rifles but the CG63's and the M/94/96/38 aren't the topic of this thread and we try to keep it to HVA commercial rifles as much as possible... Sorry !
The CG63 are often dicussed in the military rifles forum.
 
Hello. After owning it for several years, I finally disassembled my Husqvarna 4100 - or at least I think it is, based on "short" barrel (520 mm??) and the stock - straight comb, with cheek piece. It is chambered in 7x57 Mauser. A small ring mauser sized action, with the 1600 series style bolt stop. So two curiosities were discovered - do either of these appear to be factory, or has someone been "working" on it??

First issue - two pictures - first picture - the serial number visible on the barrel is what I thought the rifle's serial number to be - second picture - found a different serial number stamped on bottom of the receiver behind the recoil lug - obviously only visible if the rifle is dismounted from the stock. Both serial numbers appear to be accompanied by the Husqvarna mark and "Nitro" proof mark stampings?

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The second curiosity, to me. A very thin slit has been cut along the left and right area of the "flat" in the stock, behind the recoil lug. About 1/4" wide metal strip has been placed - like a squared "U" - into left side slit, then across recoil bearing face of wood, then into the slit on right side. There is no stock cross bolt in the recoil area. Result appears to be that the recoil lug of the receiver would bear on that metal strip, but the installation might have the effect of separating any connection between sides of the stock from that recoil bearing area?

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And, yes - in that last picture, that is a crack in the stock starting at the rear of the left side slit near the magazine well - the crack appears to extend right down to the floor plate inletting, at least on the front face of the magazine well.
 

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Potashminer,

It seems you really have a 4100. Now, the number under the action isn't the serial. The serial were always on the barrel prior to the US law of 1968 that requested the action to wear the SN. The number under the action is what we think to be a batch number or something similar. They never match the barrel #
The steel strip on the bedding face was added by a previous owner. It seems likely that adding of the strip is the cause of the cracking wood as per it was probably not imbedded properly in the stock

The crack is easily fixed with a threaded brass rod, like those of the later HVA production.
 
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Perfect. Thank you Baribal!! For some reason, I believe this rifle was created in 1955, which makes it the same age as I am, so some odd things have occurred to both of us over the years, and we both bear the marks!! I have installed a few of the threaded brass stock repair screws from Brownells - I think this one might benefit from one to stop further separation of that crack. I will also consider a couple 3/8" or 1/2" oak dowels vertically into that flat - each side of the number "3" - hope that will keep that area from "blowing out" from the stock over its next 65 years...
 
Question, do the model 46A require a different sight hood than say a 648 ? The hood I have for my 648 seems extra tight and too long for the groove in the ramp on my 46 ?
 
Peecos, the 46A/B use a different front ramp and were not supplied with a hood. THe "Winchester" type works and I used some commercial Mauser ones on some rifles in the past.
 
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What you have is a late 640 made on the "commercial" FN '98 action and with the plain beech stock made late 1953 (the year HVA introduced their Improved Mauser 1640 action. You're lucky to have the front sight hood. Other than that, it's pretty in original condition, except, maybe, the sling swivels.
 
Baribal said:
What you have is a late 640 made on the "commercial" FN '98 action and with the plain beech stock made late 1953 (the year HVA introduced their Improved Mauser 1640 action. You're lucky to have the front sight hood. Other than that, it's pretty in original condition, except, maybe, the sling swivels.
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Thank you!
 
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