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

[JonCT]

Was the trigger guard refinished ? If not, then, it's barely used... The alloy trigger guards are prone to nicks...

Barely used…not refinished

 

[inawoods90]

Your rifle probably started as a 3000 Crown Grade or a 1640 MC and had the barrel replaced, the stock was also worked on, as per the rosewood fore end noses were squared, the round ones were plastic, not rosewood.
There should have the SN electro-penciled under the bolt lever. The serial and proof (NITRO) was initially stamped on the left side of the barrel.

I checked under the bolt lever and there’s an “L” but do you know what it means?

 

[Baribal]

I checked under the bolt lever and there’s an “L” but do you know what it means?

The "L" doesn't tell us anything, as per it's most likely a batch or a view stamp.

 

[bat119]

I don't know if this has been asked before I was looking at the Husqvarna Firearms Serial Numbers chart anybody know why in 1937 the production jumped by 20,000 in one year from an average of 1,500-2000?

 

[track]

I don't know if this has been asked before I was looking at the Husqvarna Firearms Serial Numbers chart anybody know why in 1937 the production jumped by 20,000 in one year from an average of 1,500-2000?

My only "guess" is, "they anticipated that war was to brake-open."

 

[bat119]

Thats what I was thinking, Sweden was neutral maybe Germany put in a big order

 

[Baribal]

If you look carefully, you will see that from 1937, the serial numbers are not following a numerical order. That year, they introduced the FN actionned 146 and 246, which were made from serial 20001 to 31440 and N501 to N727. This means a production of around 2300 rilfes from 1937 to 1941.
They then used serial ranges by caliber for a while, between 1942 and 1945 for the 46A (SN 40 000 to 47 813) , 46B (SN 70 001 to 73 947) and 46AN N1001 to N1228).
So, to answer your question, no, they did not increase their civilian arms production during these years, they only introduced a different action made by FN, which was a departure form their early production based on the shelved M94 military actions made by Carl Gustav, which they were using for their M46 rifles. When tey got the tooling to make the M96/38 actions in 1940-41, they restarted using their own actions for the civilian market for some time and went back to FN after the war.

 

[bat119]

Thank you for that I noticed the jump when I looked up a 1640 I purchased recently serial number 1699XX the workmanship on this rifle is more detailed than others I’ve handled