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Hi there. Can anyone tell me the difference between the swedish m96 sporter and the husqvarna? Have been looking at a few on the tradex site and have decided i want one in 6.5x55, just not sure which one. I honestly don't know much about them, so any help would be appreciated.
Some of the rifles are listed as a swedish m96 sporter and some are husqvarna's, but in the pics they look the same to me.
Are the actions pretty much the same, or is one better(stronger?) than the other?
 
well Carl Gustav was eventually bought out by Husqvarna. I've heard good things about both brands, I can't imagine theres a huge difference between the two, but i don't know for sure
 
As far as strengh goes take a look at the 96's which are prevalant on Tradex's site and the Huskavarna 1640's...The 96 has the thumb cut to insert the stripper clips (im guessing) and the 1640's or other has straigh walls on the receiver which for me is a stronger receiver.
 
Are you going to be shooting factory ammo or reloading? If factory only either one will serve you just fine(factory ammo is loaded pretty light, to be safe in the old military Krag-Jorgensen's and m94 Mausers). If you're reloading, the Husky would probably be a slightly stronger action, to allow you to take advantage of the cartridges capabilities.
 
The Husqvarna rifles are based on the M94 action, which is essentially a M96 with a bent bolt handle. Husqvarna may have procured these actions from Carl Gustaf but i wouldn't swear to it.... no matter, because they are the exactly the same action and strength as the CG M94/M96 of the same era.

Husqvarna also later made bolt rifles on the FN98 action, and two proprietary actions they made themselves - one a small ring M98 type, and one push feed.

The main difference between the rifles marked "Husqvarna sporter" and "Swedish sporter" on the Tradeex site will be that the Husqvarna rifle will have a Husqvarna sporting barrel factory installed, whereas the Swedish sporter will be a military surplus action and may still wear the military stepped barrel or an aftermarket barrel if the previous owner had one installed.
 
The 640 series also used the M/94 derivative, namely M/38 "Commercial" wich was a solid wall too.
As for stregnth goes, the 1640 is very hard to beat in the small ring Mausers.
The difference is quite there, too;
The M/94/96/38 is a ####-on-closing action, have two locking lugs, a wing type safety mounted on the shroud. It was never used neither by Husqvarna nor by Carl Gustav (it's two Swedish manufacturers) for rounds having MAP pressures of over 57 700 PSI.
The 1640 is a M/98 derivative, with it's three lugs, it's bolt shroud, a sliding side safety, a swing type floorplate. The only real things they kept from the M/94 design are the small ring action, the long bolt head lugs and the barrel threads.
The 1640 was chambered in 7mm Rem. Mag and in 358 Norma Magnum (63 000 PSI MAP).

Just a small note about Carl Gustav;

They were not bought by Husqvarna, they fusioned, but only in 1971 (becoming FFV - Husqvarna was then used until 1986 for the high quality shotguns and Carl Gustav for the 1900 based rifles). Carl Gustav sent the M/94/96 machinery to Husqvarna, because they were busy in producing other military weapons, and anyways, the M/94/96/38 were on the last stretch. Husqvarna prduced M/38, starting in 1941 for military and "Commercial", until about 1947, the military production ending in 1944).
 
other differences bewteen a husky and a carl gustafs ....
the steel smells different , the gustafs smells sweeter , the husky seems to smell more acidic to me .
i found it easier to blue the husky , the gustafs rifle is much harder to blue , seems to have a higher nickle content and seems to be a bit harder to machine .
 
Thanks for all the help/info so far.
The main reason for buying the rifle is for taking my wife and friends out target shooting and the 6.5x55 sounds like a great low recoil "beginners rifle" They're outgrowing the 22's, but not quite ready for the 7mm rem mag. I'm sure it'll become my new favorite deer rifle (they all do!!) but for now it's for training.
I will be reloading my own, bought all the components from tradex, but will start with min loads for practice/targets, slowly working up to hunting loads.
 
sundance1972 said:
Thanks for all the help/info so far.
The main reason for buying the rifle is for taking my wife and friends out target shooting and the 6.5x55 sounds like a great low recoil "beginners rifle" They're outgrowing the 22's, but not quite ready for the 7mm rem mag. I'm sure it'll become my new favorite deer rifle (they all do!!) but for now it's for training.
I will be reloading my own, bought all the components from tradex, but will start with min loads for practice/targets, slowly working up to hunting loads.
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Check the site closely. I scored CG Employee's rifle with the Norma peep sight last year.
 
Yes Stiga and Carl Gustav are also very nice rifles. The older HVA rifles, means model 46 and variants don't have the HVA roll stamp.
The Carl Gustav (w/o military markings, i.e. employee rifles) and the Husqvarna M/94/38 were made from brand new, non surplus actions.

The VapenDepoten rifles are also quite nice, but not as nice as the Stiga.

There is (was?) also some nice Folke Dahlberg rifles (1640) at Trade Ex.
 
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