Husqvarna swedish mauser barrel twist rate?

Baribal said:
Some models are known to have different twist rates depending on year of manufacture, particularly the 30-06, but I did not physically checked all the rifles I had / have them all myself, but I can state that most of the rifles I checked are like I previously posted. The numbers I posted above are those published by HVA and Tradewinds.
Anyhow, they all tend to shoot quite well.

The published twist rate for the 9.3's are published as being 1:14 (1:360mm) and all 4 I have in hands now are that way, plus the 1640 I recently checked. These includes a 46 and a 146 (9.3X57) and two 649 (one M/38 and one M98), but I do not exclude there might be exceptions.
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:redface: Opps, somehow I missed your previous post :redface:. Question. I mentioned previously that my friend has a Husqvarna, chambered in 308 Win. that he claims has gain twist rifling. As he is fairly knowledgeable I have little reason to doubt what he claims but I was wondering, did Husqvarna use gain twist barrels and if so, were they fairly common?
 
Never heard / seen that, Johnn. Early HVA barrels were cut and later were hammer forged. A .308 Win would be either a 1640 or a 1900, and both would originally have hammer forged barrels.
From my own experience, the ''science'' of measuring rifling with a rod is sometimes quite inaccurate, so, unless for whatever reason I really need to know the twist rate and can't find written informations, I don't worry too much about it. HVA rifles n '06 with 1:12 twist rate tend to shoot pretty well the heavier bullets.
 
Baribal said:
Never heard / seen that, Johnn. Early HVA barrels were cut and later were hammer forged. A .308 Win would be either a 1640 or a 1900, and both would originally have hammer forged barrels.
From my own experience, the ''science'' of measuring rifling with a rod is sometimes quite inaccurate, so, unless for whatever reason I really need to know the twist rate and can't find written informations, I don't worry too much about it. HVA rifles n '06 with 1:12 twist rate tend to shoot pretty well the heavier bullets.
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The guy I mentioned that 'claims' his Husqvarna in 308 Win has a gain twist barrel should be at the gun show tomorrow. If so, I'll see if I can get more specifics on his rifle and I'll get back to you with what I find out.
 
I could be wrong so I was under the impression Swedish 96+ 38 mausers were 1-7.25" i read that somewhere.My Win FWT in 6.5x55 has a 1-8 and will stabilize a 156gr Sako bullet but the 160gr Hornady has yaw on the target.The 38 shoots either nose first at 100 yards.I think there's a subtle different small as it may be...my son's T-3 won't shoot the 160's either..unsure of that twist off hand....Harold
 
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German made Weatherbys have a different rate of twist as well than the present made guns .The .257 + 7mm come to mind........Harold
 
Who cares for all the theoretical info since the OP didn't post the model or caliber? If you want to determine the twist, push a tightly wrapped bore brush down the barrel and mark your cleaning rod lengthwise. Insert the rod and mark the rod when the lengthwise mark is at 12 o clock. Then push the rod through until the lengthwise mark is back at 12 o'clock and mark it again. Remove the rod and measure between the first and second marks.

Voila!

Twist rate.
 
saskbooknut said:
So...take a cleaning rod with tight fitting patch, mark the start point at the muzzle with fine tip felt pen on the rod and a top dead centre mark
Pull the cleaning rod until the TDC mark makes 1 revolution and mark the muzzle edge on the rod again
Measure between the two marks and you have a good enough measure for all practical purposes.
Nothing like measuring directly on the barrel at hand.
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Damn. Had I read page 2 I would have saved myself some typing.
 
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