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Well, I wanted a new rifle in 6.5x55 swede to replace my husky 1640 (#### that awful trigger) Couldn't resist the like new classic 2000 intersurplus had. For anyone who doesn't know, they were greek made with a slick 3 lug bolt, 60 degree bolt lift, push feed action. They built them commercially to fund their own military and police kefefs sniper rifles which used the same action.

It sits in a nice what id assume walnut stock with some nice checkering, deep bluing and a threaded and capped muzzle. Has an nice trigger pull and seems adjustable ,
but i haven't played with it. The action is slick as snot.

I have to put a scope on it and sight it in yet

I'll try and get some pictures asap. Overall Its pretty damn nice, hopfully it shoots as good as it looks. Not like 6.5 swede is hard cartridge to get accuracy out of. Hopefully it claims a white tail this year.
 
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Around 1982, EBO started to design an action to be sold as a sporting rifle to the general public, but it will also fill the gap they needed for their own sniper forces. By 1984, the design was put to production, in caliber 6.5X55, .308 Win and 30-06 and was offered as "Fairfox 2000". The action is based on the 1900 action, without the two bevelled locking lugs, but instead with a "T" shaped three lugs configuration and a bolt release lever to be used to safely open the action while the safety is still ON.
The bolt throw is said to be 50 degrees, but I really have to confirm this with my example of the rifle. In total, they made around 10 000 rifles.
 
There were two versions of the Carl Gustaf 2000 rifle--the Mk I and Mk II. Being a big fan of the Husqvarna/Carl Gustaf/Viking 1900 rifles that preceded them, I tried to learn more about these rifles a few years ago and posted on the Gunboards forum--the best source of information about them. Below are a couple of threads from that forum that discuss the CG 2000. Further searching of older threads on that forum will likely provide more information about these rifles. You'll notice that the picture in the thread I started on Gunboards shows a version with a more sculpted receiver than that shown earlier in this thread. I believe that the more sculpted version is the Mk II. The rifle pictured in Hitzy's post is a Mk II. Unlike the locking-lug arrangement in hobophobe's earlier post, the lugs in the Mk II were equally-spaced on 120° centers. In the links below, look at Post #23 by Baribal in the second thread. I believe that it was the Mk I that went by the name "Fairfox 2000" and "Classic 2000." Evidently at least the action of the Mk I was made in Greece by EBO (Elliniki Biomihania Oplon or 'Hellenic Arms Industry'). It's not clear whether the whole rifle was made or assembled in Greece; it's possible barrels and stocks from elsewhere were used. On the other hand, the Mk II was advertised as being completely made in Sweden.

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/carl-gustaf-2000.1206362/#post-10888298

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/carl-gustaf-2000-swedish.256006/#post-2046388

Fairfox/Classic 2000 (CG 2000 Mk I):

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CG 2000 Mk II:

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hobophobe said:
They seem like pretty slick rifles. Got it bore sighted last night, so ill have to take it for a test toast this weekend
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If their operating characteristics are anything like those of the Husqvarna/CG/Viking 1900 rifles, they will indeed be very very smooth. We'll look forward to your range report.
 
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