Husqvarna Sporting Rifles #### - ALL MODELS!!!
- Thread starter Baribal
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It sure did! You spent some serious time on that job.
Ted
I have a Husqvarna Commercial 96 (no thumb cut-out) in 9.3x62 with a side safety that I have not seen before. It is very smooth and silent yet positive. It locks both the trigger and the bolt, locking the bolt handle down. It is the traditional push forward to release the safety. It is very ergonomic: in perfect thumb position. The triangular housing and the switch look to be made from some type of vintage plastic like Bakelite. The regular Mauser leaf safety works as well. Trigger is single stage. I am wondering if someone knows the manufacturer and any other information they might have about this interesting safety.
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There was a lot of aftermarket parts made in Sweden in the '60's and '70's and the only way to know what it was is going through old Swedish catalogs. Even there, a lot of these things were made for / by custom gunsmiths and it's often impossible to get more info now that these people are long gone.
Nice 1640 Std. I use one of mine as a my "lightweight" 9.3's especially when hicking in heavy brush when moose hunting. And unlike many modern rifles, the bolt locks when the safety is on, making it a perfect brush rifle (and that's one of the reasons I went to HVA rifles decades ago...)
I assumed that since the body of the safety switch is made from some sort of ancient plastic, it had to have been at least semi-mass-produced. But maybe not. I'm not sure how easy or hard it was to produce just a few of these parts.
Was at the range late yesterday afternoon with DGY to check out the bison load in field conditions, -14C, using my old 1640 Husqvarna. Put two shots almost touching, 3 1/2" high at 100 yards, and called it good.
Load was some old 250 gr Barnes X, with Varget and Federal 215 Magnum primers. Velocity measured with David's little Garmin was 2620 fps. That's a tad over 3800 ft/lb energy, more than enough for anything we hunt in NA, and plenty for your shoulder in that lightweight.
Ted
Yeah, of the modern ones, I like Savage's tang safety on the 110, which has three settings: live-trigger only locked-trigger and bolt locked.
On the Huskys, I like the fact that the safety is a slide that's flush against the side of the rifle, not a lever (like on a Howa) which can catch on clothing or branches.
Just picked up this Husqvarna 98 9.3x62 with what I assume is a custom stock. Bueller safety and Timney trigger any idea why there is a sling mount in front of the custom trigger guard. The Leupold QR scope mount has a shim under it I think this is not unusual I had a 98 Zastava I had to shim.
9.3x57 or 9.3x62? That's pretty thumpy, would really shut most anything off quickly.
Mark
Baribal or any other member, do you know of any other source on Civilian Husqvarna models besides
https://www.rex.gl/search.html
I'm finding a couple inconsistency on variations on some models.
Mostly around the miniature models. (stocks & comments)
I'm thinking maybe a few variations were left out.
Something like this for civilian rifle would be nice...
https://www.rex.gl/search.html
I'm finding a couple inconsistency on variations on some models.
Mostly around the miniature models. (stocks & comments)
I'm thinking maybe a few variations were left out.
Something like this for civilian rifle would be nice...
