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

vviking said:
Never yet had an extended floorplate release button come adrift. They are secure.
The floorplate itself is somewhat sensetive as to its fitting to the bottom metal. Too tight, and it becomes difficult to remove. Too loose and it rattles about. Even the loose ones always stay on the rifle until you want it off.
Most are very well fitted from the factory though.

That is a wonderfull working rifle you have there.
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Thanks for the information, and my rifle appreciates the compliment :) I have some plans for this rifle, something special. It'll take a while to make it happen but I'll post a thread about it when I'm done with the results.
 
Thanks Redlich, much appreciated. I'm not a collector but as I mentioned previously, I am somewhat of a fan. Here's the three Husqvarnas I have. Top down;
Model 3000 in 270Win
Model 4000 in 30-06
Model 1651 in 358 Norma Magnum

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Cleftwynd said:
Johnn, that is one nice 4000! If it was in 6.5x55 I would have asked what your price was lol.
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Somehow I skipped this post a bit, opps. The Husqvarna 4000 in 30-06 was one I inherited when my when my Dad passed away. Here's a closer look.

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In Dad's memory a few years ago, I used it on my 1st Mule Deer hunt on draw in AB, hunting with my Daughter & Son In Law.

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Seems like we have some serious Husqvarna knowldge here. I have a few of the 1600/1640 rifles. A 6.5x55,30-06,8x57,9.3x62 and a 358 Norma. I have heard that Husqvarna also made some in 308 Norma calibre but I have never seen one. Can anyone confirm this?
 
No, not on an official basis, anyways. I know of only one .308 NM HVA rifle we can quote as being (maybe) original, in the US of A.
 
Can anyone tell me how much the M96 Sporter and it's components weigh (action, barreled action (generally), complete rifle)? Thanks.
 
My latest acquisition is a Husqvarna M-38 from 1941. It has a Lyman peep sight and it almost looks like, from the pictures of rifles in this thread, that these rifles came from the factory drilled and tapped on the right hand side of the receiver for peeps? Mine has been further sporterized with a Boyd's stock, Bold trigger and a very lame attempt at bedding the action. It's in 6.5x55, which is why I bought it. :)
 
Actually, they started to d&t them only about 1950, and at that time they were using FN actions.
If the barrel is stamped with HVA name it may be a M46B, but if it's not, then, it might well be a ex-military bubba'd rifle.
 
Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag 1941 on the top of the chamber with "gold' in the lettering. The serial numbers match and the rear sight and sleeve have been removed in favour of the Lyman peep sight. I think, now that I look more closely at the Lyman, there seems to be only one drilling visible inside the bolt sleeve at the rear, which would suggest a difference from the factory drilled ones post 1950. The front sight is blade on block and the last 3/4" of the barrel is stepped down. Not sure if this suggests the barrel has been shortened at some point. It's about 24" in length now. Going to clean up the stock a bit and bed it and then shoot it. I am expecting it to print quarters at 100 yards. :)
 
Thanks for the weights. Those are fairly close , if not heavier than the 1600 Carbine, no? I would have thought the M96 based rifles would be quite a bit lighter than the M98 rifles. I guess barrel profiles, trigger guard, floorplate etc make up for the difference.
 
1899,
1600 are small ring 'compound' (mix between a '98 and a '94 action) actions and their weight is pretty close to the M94/96/38. The pre-1640 rifles all had 24.622" standard weight barrels wile the 1600 have a thin, short barrel (20.47").
The 1600 barrelled action weight (alu bottom) weight 4 lbs, 10 oz, while the 1640 one weights 5 lbs 2 oz.
The action itself weight 2lbs, 8 oz.
The 1600 Std (i.e. 4100), weight 6lbs, 6 oz while the 1640 MC (i.e. 3000) weight 7 lbs, 6 oz.

Woodlotowner,
My guess is still that you have a military rifle. If there's no Husqvarna Vapenfabriks and caliber written on the top of the barrel, then it's not a commercial HVA barrel and I guess the action must come from a m/38 rifle. And I'm 101% positive that HVA never d&t their M/38 based sporting rifles.
Military M/38 barrels are 24" long (600mm, actually).
 
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Thanks Baribal. I agree that it's an M-38 military barreled action. I don't have a bunch of money tied up in it so I'm just going to bed the receiver and action (pillar bed the tang) and shoot the thing. Actually, I'm getting by shooting buddy to do the work since he is so much better at these sorts of accuracy enhancements. At risk of repeating myself, I expect it to print tiny little clover leafs since the bore is pristine.
 
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