Husqvarna Vapenfabriks 30-06 Nitro

Another Husqvarna

Here it is, I purchased it in December, 1949, shortly after they were first imported to Canada. It came with the pure 98 action, stamped on top with the Swedish Crown and complete with a Beech (I think) stock.
Barrel marked, "HUSQVARNA VAPENFABRIKS A.B. 30-06 US
Serial # 1046xx.
Note it came drilled and tapped for a Lyman 48 peep sight, a very common hunting and target sight of the time. It did most of its lethal duties with me while so sighted.
Later, it was scoped, glass bedded and fitted with a good custom trigger. It was then discovered that it could put five hunting bullets into an honest one inch group at 100 yards. At the time it was considered a very good rifle that would do that, as compared to what we read now, whereby a rifle that won't make an enlarged hole should be accurized!! The rifle is light in weight and the muzzle end of the barrel measures only .462 inch. It has been carried by back pack, by horses and by airplane over very much of BC. and many rugged mountains. It has been so soaked in bad weather that the new Bushnell Scope Chief, "guaranteed not to fog up," so fogged up you couldn't see through it. How I longed for my old Lyman 48!! But the rifle never went out of it's sighting, at least not enough to be noticed.

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Note the fore stock and front sight arrangement is different than the lighter (yet) model they called the Huskie, that came out a few years later.
 
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Nice rig H4831!

IIRC my 1950 Hi power was 188### and the Crown grade was 247###

The fellow that got me hunting has an old 1100 model in 06. It has been around but it is a shooter too. Not sure of the serial on it.
 
Nice gun H4831.

My 1953 looks very much like that too.

I remember back in 1970 when the woods foreman at the company I was working for had his Husquvarna 270 in his truck while he drove up and down the logging roads.

I thought that was the nicest gun I had ever seen but never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would one day own one.
 
Is the 1640 action based on the 96? It doesn't have the large ring step. I'm wondering cause I have a 4000/4100 lightweight in 270, I'll have to check if it has Nitro stamping on the barrel though.
 
Very similar

Ryan, your rifle is very similar to mine, which is a bit older. Note the two holes just ahead of the slot for the bolt turn down. That is for the # 48 Lyman peep and you will notice in the picture of mine where we cut the stock away beldow the holes to accomadate the the peep sight.
I'll bet the pure 98 action has the big Swedish crown, located under your front scope mount.
 
Unstable Ryan said:
Hello all,

I have one too. "HUSQVARNA VAPENFABRIKS A.B. .270 Winch."
Serial # 1629xx
Grandfathers hunting rifle passed down to me. It's a great gun. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Thank you,
Ryan
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Ryan, I believe your rifle was made in 1955. Clearly it is a Husqvarna 1600 series action, not an FN action. I suspect it is the model 3000. Very nice rifle. The action is a small ring 98 type designed and made by Husqvarna.
Pat
 
Looks good H4831. I have one very similar that was handed down to me by Dad just before he passed away. A little newer perhaps and if my memory serves me correct, Dad bought it in the very late 50's ot early 60's. I'm not sure exactly what the wood is but it is very nicely tiger tailed figured. I believe when he bought it it was classified as a feather wieght or light weight and has an iodized aluminium floorplate and trigger guard. Serial # 260731, on the top of the barrel is stamped 'HUSQVARNA VAPENFABRINKS A.B. 30-06 US'.
On the left side of the barrel, just in front of the action, is a stamped Swedish Crown and a stylised 'h' as well as A NITRO. It looks more like an FN action than the traditional 98 Mauser and the rear open sights are a three leaf blade set-up.
I used it a couple of years ago on a Mule Deer hunt in Alberta with my Daughter & Son In Law. I'll e-mail you a couple of pictures and when I get my digital camera 'figured' out I'll send you a couple of pictures of it and try and post them as well.
 
Thanks a lot.

I have never really known anything about the rifle other than when I shoot something, it really gets shot :) Never lost a deer yet and I am sure the 7 or 8 deer I have shot in the last ten years pales in comparison to the dozens of deer and moose the rifle has claimed when my grandpa used it.

My grandpa was the hunter/cowboy type and used to hunt on horses a lot. He would just #### if he saw how we used ATV's now :)

We had a gunsmith smooth out, take out the slack and lighten the trigger a bit when I started hunting with it. I don't know what it was but it's real nice now. I have always been really confident with this rifle.

BTW, the rifle does have the little nitro & crown on the left side right in front of the action.


Ryan

P.S. anyone from the kelowna fish and game club or into shooting handguns in kelowna, please PM me as I am just getting into it. Thanks.
 
Ryan- your rifle is a very early Model 3100 I think. In the pictures it is hard to tell but I think your rifle has a straight comb buttstock. If it has a straight comb then it is a 3100. If it has a Monte Carlo style butt then it is a Model 3000 like Pat said. Yours has the early bolt release/ejector and the steel bottom metal unit which is very desirable.
H48431- your rifle is a model 51 Hi Power. This is built on an FN 98 action and Ryans gun is built on Husqvarnas own 1600 action.
John- your rifle would be later than Ryans if it has the aluminum bottom unit. Somewhere around 220000 serial # Husqvarna went to the aluminum ones. If it has a factory original 3 leaf rear sight and it is a featherweight then it is a model 4000. It should have a Monte Carlo stock and might not have a rear sight.


Hope all this helps guys.
 
264magnum said:
Ryan- your rifle is a very early Model 3100 I think. In the pictures it is hard to tell but I think your rifle has a straight comb buttstock. If it has a straight comb then it is a 3100. If it has a Monte Carlo style butt then it is a Model 3000 like Pat said. Yours has the early bolt release/ejector and the steel bottom metal unit which is very desirable.
H48431- your rifle is a model 51 Hi Power. This is built on an FN 98 action and Ryans gun is built on Husqvarnas own 1600 action.
John- your rifle would be later than Ryans if it has the aluminum bottom unit. Somewhere around 220000 serial # Husqvarna went to the aluminum ones. If it has a factory original 3 leaf rear sight and it is a featherweight then it is a model 4000. It should have a Monte Carlo stock and might not have a rear sight.


Hope all this helps guys.
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Thanks 264magnum. I took a couple of quick pictures and e-mailed them to H4831. I'm just getting into using my digital camera,:redface: next is learning how to post pictures. Any day now.;) And thanks for the model info. :)Until now I wasn't sure exactly what model it is.
 
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