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

[MD]

I would be really surprised if it was a firing pin protrusion issue. Unless someone fooled with it and ground / filed it or replaced it, I can't see how the pin may wear. As stated above, check the inside of the bolt and clean it with a bronze brush and acetone. The protrusion can be checked, but usually, if there is a protrusion problem, it's much more likely to be "too much" protrusion than "not enough".
Also, and it's not common, if the rifle was stored for years with a "cocked" bolt, or if someone fooled with it, the spring may have lost some tension. Or the primers are very hard, which usually is not a problem with Mauser type actions.

As an aside, is there a tutorial somewhere on how to take those Model 4100 bolts apart please?

 

[Why not?]

There is a small hole showing underneath the cocking piece when a 4100 is cocked. Put a small pin or nail through that hole and then lift the bolt handle and remove the bolt from the rifle. The bolt is now ready to be taken apart.

Here’s a link to disassemble and clean. https://www.bevfitchett.us/mitchell-mauser-98/disassemble-and-clean-the-bolt.html

You can ignore the first part (a) since the pin is already holding the cocking piece back.

Ted

 

[Baribal]

As an aside, is there a tutorial somewhere on how to take those Model 4100 bolts apart please?

Ted summed it up and any instruction on hoe to disassemble a M98 bolt would work too.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

Carl Gustavo’s 1900 serial 821000 what year was it made

 

[Baribal]

Are ou sure it's a 1900 ? Can it be a 2000 which is basically a 1900 but with slight differences ?
Any pics ?

 

[gordonlbyrne]

Can’t seem to post them from my tablet

 

[gordonlbyrne]

It’s a Carl Gustav grade 11 1900

 

[Baribal]

The HVA/FFV/CG 1900 are divided in three SN ranges; 3 is HVA-made, 5 is HVA-FFV and FFV made and 6 is the FFV made CG stamped range. So, if your rifles starts by a "8", then, I can't help much, unless it's something else than a 1900 (like a 2000).
FFV settled FFV Sports in the US in 1972-3 and decided to close it so, in 1975 they handed the line to Stoeger and changed the SN range for a "6", the first rifles were numbered 620 ### and up from 1975. The last CG 1900 were in the 654 ### range. There were +/- 34 000 CG rifles made under SN "6"

 

[gordonlbyrne]

here is a pic of the rifle

 

[gordonlbyrne]

 

[gordonlbyrne]

here is a pic of a add I have in my photos I think it’s from further back in this tread,the serial on the rifle is what’s odd

 

[Buckmastr]

Mine is 515### 25/06 marked as HVA Carl Gustaf, no sights with a factory recoil pad

 

[gordonlbyrne]

If you look at the pic I posted above the serial appears to be 820000 which is way higher than what the Carl Gustav 1900 production numbers

 

[Buckmastr]

Yes i see that. Looks to be in intersurplus good condition

 

[gordonlbyrne]

Well I’m the new owner I have not received it as of yet so only have pics to go on

 

[Baribal]

OK, then, this rifle is most likely what is called a "Franchi-FFV" rifle, post FFV production, when they had the receivers made by Franchi, from 1975 and up, until Viking Arms took over the sale of the 1900 in the '80s and then, ended up in Zoli's stable. CG marketed these rifles mainly in Sweden. I have no way to date these, but my guess would be '77-'78, before '81.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

Any idea how many of these were made with Franchi receivers it’s the first one I have herd of

 

[Baribal]

Not that I'm aware of. We use to work with plant datas, I never saw imports / sales papers showing numbers for the 1900. They are not much documented.
If you want you can post pics of the markings here. Look if there are stamping under the action / barrel and inside the stock if you take it apart.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

I will post better pics of the rifle when I receive it

 

[Hitzy]

What are the other Weaver bases that the 1600's use...dude in optics is asking and I'm lazy, I know I have a couple that came with not the standard M96 bases, #21 or #22 rings a bell?