Most overrated rifle

[Rick]

I have a Swedish friend who told me that nobody wants the older Huskys in Sweden, but I think he was speaking more of the 8mm"s and such.
You can buy a used Huskvarna in 8mm over there for under $100 Canadian.

A couple of the Swedes over in the massive Husqvarna thread here have talked about the reason for the onslaught of used Husqvarna rifles here from Tradex. I wasn't paying much attention to the discussion because I had all the Husqvarnas I need (and more) for this lifetime. But the way I remember them discussing it, it had to do with the number of firearms they were allowed to have on their license or something similar to that - want a new plastic fantastic, sell of an old boring wood stocked one.

As far as the claimed apathy towards 8mm is concerned, looking at Tradex's listing today, for every 8mm they list, they probably have a dozen or two 30/06s for sale. The 9.3s are also for more present in the listings than 8mm.

 

[iron cat]

A couple of the Swedes over in the massive Husqvarna thread here have talked about the reason for the onslaught of used Husqvarna rifles here from Tradex. I wasn't paying much attention to the discussion because I had all the Husqvarnas I need (and more) for this lifetime. But the way I remember them discussing it, it had to do with the number of firearms they were allowed to have on their license or something similar to that - want a new plastic fantastic, sell of an old boring wood stocked one.

As far as the claimed apathy towards 8mm is concerned, looking at Tradex's listing today, for every 8mm they list, they probably have a dozen or two 30/06s for sale. The 9.3s are also for more present in the listings than 8mm.

Yeah my friend said something the same, some of their firearms laws are pretty restrictive.
The point is though, these rifles are selling for a song over there.
Cat

 

[Rick]

Yeah my friend said something the same, some of their firearms laws are pretty restrictive.
The point is though, these rifles are selling for a song over there.

8mms are selling for a song here as well - unless it has some sort of collector appeal as an unbubba'd Mauser milsurp or some name cachet like "Husqvarna" or "Schultz & Larson", etc.

I haven't looked, but what does an 8mm milsurp sportorized by the local gunsmith back in the 50's, 60's, early '70s go for in the EE with the wood and barrel chopped and drilled and tapped for scope mounts? There's lots of them out there, my neighbor growing up and his two sons all hunted with 8mms that got that treatment by the local gunsmith. And they shot a lot of moose, elk, and deer with them.

I would be mildly curious to see how the replacement rifles for those 8mms from Sweden stack up. I.e. how many are replaced by a new rifle in 30/06 for example, or 6.5x55, versus the North American general view that if it ain't some flavour of magnum, it ain't shyte. That's a real generalization of course, but none of my younger acquaintances from work and other activities are buying 30/06s, and 270s; some are buying .308s because it's a sniper round, y'know. Most opt for the 300 win mag, 7mm Win Mag, the WSM series, etc.

Gun nutz are about worst people for figuring out what drives new gun sales. Particularly new gun sales among hunters who have been hunting with a rifle and caliber long enough to put some respectable wear on that rifle. If we had enough resident Swedes, we could ask them what calibers the popular gun mags over in Sweden have been exclaiming and dropping their guts over for the last decade or so.

I personally have zero interest in an 8mm of any flavour, but with the bullets and velocities it's capable of, it's perfectly fine for the vast majority of big game shot in North America. But who hates the idea of getting a new rifle, still in the box?

Rifle companies make their living off of that... and to start, you have to get people thinking that the new rifle can give them some extra performance that the rifle they've been hunting with can't. Especially if it's in one of the new calibers versus some boring, tired old chambering.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I have a Swedish friend who told me that nobody wants the older Huskys in Sweden, but I think he was speaking more of the 8mm"s and such.
You can buy a used Huskvarna in 8mm over there for under $100 Canadian.
Cat

I still have two, a model 4000 Light Weight in 30-06 and a model 1651 Presentation grade in 358 Norma Magnum. I had three but I donated a model 3000 in 270 Win to someone that suffered considerable loss in the Fort Mac fire. For the dollar value and from a standpoint of quality and functioning, I have never found them to be lacking.

 

[iron cat]

I still have two, a model 4000 Light Weight in 30-06 and a model 1651 Presentation grade in 358 Norma Magnum. I had three but I donated a model 3000 in 270 Win to someone that suffered considerable loss in the Fort Mac fire. For the dollar value and from a standpoint of quality and functioning, I have never found them to be lacking.

And it was and is great appreciated! And yes, they are far from lacking in accuracy or quality IIMO!
Cat

 

[Johnn Peterson]

And it was and is great appreciated! And yes, they are far from lacking in accuracy or quality IIMO!
Cat

Oh, a few further details on the other two. The model 4000 Light Weight, with VERY nice wood, in 30-06 was passed on to me when after Dad passed away. With the 1651 in 358NM, its one I acquired while on my quest for a Schultz & Larsen in that calibre. Initially, when the 1651 was offered to me, I turned it down. That was until I saw photos of it. And, after I did get my long sot after Schultz & Larsen, I still can't bring my self to part with it. Looks too damm good. I'll e-mail you a couple of photos.