Husqvarna Sporting Rifles #### - ALL MODELS!!!
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Hello! I was recently gifted my grandfathers husqvarna in 7mm mag, any chance I can get a proper identification? Someone said model 9000 possibly, Im not very knowledgeable when it comes to older Swedish rifles!
Im not very knowledgeable in general if we’re being honest!
Im not very knowledgeable in general if we’re being honest!
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This is likely a Husqvarna 5000 or 7000 rifle. It's built on a 1640 action, and those were the models that were chambered in 7mm RM. The 9000 OTOH was built on a 1900 action. Baribal will know more.Hello! I was recently gifted my grandfathers husqvarna in 7mm mag, any chance I can get a proper identification? Someone said model 9000 possibly, Im not very knowledgeable when it comes to older Swedish rifles!
Im not very knowledgeable in general if we’re being honest!
Either way, a beautiful rifle.
Don't think that it's either the 5000 or 7000. I believe that both the H-5000 (marked "Husky") and 7000 had checkering, and I can't see any checkering at least on the pistol grip of this rifle (harder to tell on the forend), and I believe that both the H-5000 and the 7000 had Schnabel forends. I can't find this rifle in the Husqvarna list of repeating rifles. The absence of checkering is the most puzzling feature. Undoubtedly Baribal will be able to label it.
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I don't think so. The Husqvarna-made (not the Kricos) H-5000s I've seen differ from this rifle in the following ways:
1. The H-5000 receiver was matte finished, not polished like other 1640 models and this rifle.
2. The H-5000 pistol grip and forend had checkering.
3. The H-5000 stock had no cheekpiece
4. The forend had a Schnabel tip, not the squarish contrasting tip that this rifle has.
5. It had a pistol grip cap, absent on this rifle.
The H-5000 was a budget rifle for export to the US and Canada.
1. The H-5000 receiver was matte finished, not polished like other 1640 models and this rifle.
2. The H-5000 pistol grip and forend had checkering.
3. The H-5000 stock had no cheekpiece
4. The forend had a Schnabel tip, not the squarish contrasting tip that this rifle has.
5. It had a pistol grip cap, absent on this rifle.
The H-5000 was a budget rifle for export to the US and Canada.
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Your rifle is a model 3000 Crown Grade and it was most obviously sanded and refinishd.Hello! I was recently gifted my grandfathers husqvarna in 7mm mag, any chance I can get a proper identification? Someone said model 9000 possibly, Im not very knowledgeable when it comes to older Swedish rifles!
Im not very knowledgeable in general if we’re being honest!
The Husky-5000 does not have a rosewood fore end tip. and does have a 560mm (22") barrel. It's a low budget rifle.
The Model 7000 is the luxury version of the 4000, so it's fitted with a 520mm (20.5") barrel and a schnabel fore end.
There is checkering on the pistol grip and the forend, it’s very faint though. Almost as if it has been sanded and refinished as Baribal suggested. Thanks for your input! It’s appreciated
Thank you Baribal, muchly appreciated!
It would help it's value (7mm Rem Mag aren't very common) if you got the checkering professionally redone.
The original finish was a very thick urethane finish. The Euro counterparts usually have a oil finish, but some have the urethane finish, too.
The closest to that would be Frank DeHaas 3rd edition of Bolt Action Rifles.
The 1900 trigger is not so easy to take apart.
As for the 1640 bolt and trigger (you mean the standard trigger, I guess ?), it's the same as a M98 Mauser, so pretty easy to find info. Basically, to take the firing pin off the bolt, find a small pin, insert it in the cocking piece hole when the action is cocked, then open the bolt.
As for the 1900 bolt;
Hold the bolt firmly. Turn the bolt shroud clockwise. It will move and lock. The cocking piece will then be at 90 degrees (like in the picture 1)
Then, take the shroud firmly again and give it a another firm 90 degree clockwise turn - it will pop out.
To put it back together; put a rag on the table, take the bolt in your hand again, bolt head facing up, push the bolt down, when correctly aligned with the cocking piece / bolt shroud assembly and give it a 1/4 CCW turn. Now,you will need the small screwdriver to insert in the small hole of the cocking piece and pull it while turning another 1/4 turn. You're done.
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Actually the op rifle is a crown grade 2, the crown grade had a black plastic for end tip and a more oval forend and normal spaced checkering, the crown grade 2 has “skip a line checkering, at least mine do.
Not sure what you are refering to, but there is no "grade" in the 1640 line, grade I, II and III are a 1900 denomination, post HVA. Crown Grade refers to 1640 "3000" model from Tradewinds, who really liked to make things "easy" (sarcasm here)
The reference I used was a gun digest from the early 60’s. To my eye my Crown grader’s have s stock very similar to the “imperial” models and the regular crown grade has a stock similar to the old Remington 700 BDL. The monte-Carlo cheek piece is higher on the crown grade 2 is slightly higher than the crown grade.
Well, Gun Digest followed whatever Tradewinds gave them, and it's far from being reliable as they used to switch from one name to the other for the same rifles...
Basically, there are three configurations of the "Imperial" trim; the early 6000, the late 6000 and the 7000.
The 7000 is the "Imperial" version of the "Lightweight" or 4000, with a schanbel fore end.
The 6000 / 3000 are the same, with minor differences like the wood selection and finishing and the rear sight.
The early stocks have a rounded black plastic fore end, while the later ones have an angled rosewood fore end.
The early style (1954 ad)
The Late Style (1967 ad)
The CG Grade II & III have a similar general shape, but the stock have more rounded edges, but were not nicknamed Crown Grade or Imperial.
At the time Grade I, II and III were used, the production was already transferred to FFV and they did not use the same denomination for the model as HVA did. They also went back to the more "classical" aspect of the "Crown Grade" stock, with more refined edges, but since the name was a Tradewind's copyright, they did not use it, as at that point, Tradewinds was out of a deal with FFV who started to distribute and sell by their own in the US, before they ended up giving the final years distribution to Stoeger.
Basically, there are three configurations of the "Imperial" trim; the early 6000, the late 6000 and the 7000.
The 7000 is the "Imperial" version of the "Lightweight" or 4000, with a schanbel fore end.
The 6000 / 3000 are the same, with minor differences like the wood selection and finishing and the rear sight.
The early stocks have a rounded black plastic fore end, while the later ones have an angled rosewood fore end.
The early style (1954 ad)
The Late Style (1967 ad)
The CG Grade II & III have a similar general shape, but the stock have more rounded edges, but were not nicknamed Crown Grade or Imperial.
At the time Grade I, II and III were used, the production was already transferred to FFV and they did not use the same denomination for the model as HVA did. They also went back to the more "classical" aspect of the "Crown Grade" stock, with more refined edges, but since the name was a Tradewind's copyright, they did not use it, as at that point, Tradewinds was out of a deal with FFV who started to distribute and sell by their own in the US, before they ended up giving the final years distribution to Stoeger.
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