I was lamenting a few weeks back in another thread on Husqvarna rifles about a "Husky" Model H-5000 I once owned in .308 Win that was probably the most accurate .308 Win I ever had and regreted selling it.
I then got a PM from a fellow CGN'er who advised that he had one just as I had described, including the wood stock with the schnabel forend, and would sell it. Long story short it arrived in the mail in due course. When I opened up the box I at first was convinced I had my old rifle back. But a check of the serial numbers from my records confirmed that the new addition was in fact a few hundred serial numbers newer.
Then this past weekend a decent Husvarna Model 7000 featherweight in .30-06 Springfield made an appearance at the local gunshop. It came complete with a nice Leupold Model 8 fixed 4x scope. The stock being very similar to the one on the H-5000 model except this one also has a cheek piece on the butt stock. Yeah, it came home with me, too....
Husqvarnas are beautiful rifles.
Personally, I could see making a collection of them.
NAA.
In the mid 1960s I was in the firearms business and we sold the rifle you describe, with the schnabel forend and the word "Husky" imprinted on the barrel.
At $125 retail, it was the lowest priced Husqvarna rifle, as well as the lightest in weight. I looked at it as the entry level Husqvarna, in spite of so many reports about its great accuracy from people who had bought them. The result was I didn't get one for myself, one of my all time regrets.
It probaly was the lightest in weight of any bolt action on the market that was chambered in the 30-06/270 class and the barrel was a bit shorter than the other Husqvarna models.
Hard to imagine a better mountain rifle.
