Refurbishing a Husky 1600 series in 30-06

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Brought from a dealer a Husky 1600 model with a barrel like new for around 600$ tax in. Is worth to invest 500-600$ to glass-bedding, refinish the wallnut stock and jewel the bolt and whatever gunsmith consider that is needed??
I greatly appreciate opinions.
 
cornelunc said:
Brought from a dealer a Husky 1600 model with a barrel like new for around 600$ tax in. Is worth to invest 500-600$ to glass-bedding, refinish the wallnut stock and jewel the bolt and whatever gunsmith consider that is needed??
I greatly appreciate opinions.
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Only if it is worth it to you. Otherwise you'll have $1200 invested in a $600 rifle.
 
I'd consider bedding and refinishing myself, as opposed to spending that kind of money on a gunsmith for that, as others have said, you'll be spending $1200 on a $600 rifle
 
Huskies are known to develop wood cracks in the tang area over time. If your Husky is not cracked, get it bedded, but I would stop there with modifications. She should be a nice rig for hunting as-is.
 
cornelunc said:
Is worth to invest 500-600$ to glass-bedding, refinish the wallnut stock and jewel the bolt and whatever gunsmith consider that is needed??
I greatly appreciate opinions.
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Most of that you can do yourself. You didn't mention if the stock is beech or walnut... if beech, the appearance might not be that pleasing if refinished. The stocks were originally stained to give a darker appearance, and if that is sanded away during refinishing, it will come out a very pale, blonde colour.

As a personal preference, I've never cared for jewelling. From what I've seen, it does nothing to improve the smooth operation of the bolt, and I've found that a well polished bolt and action feels smoother to me. So aesthetics aside, since it does nothing to improve function, I'd rather be without it.
 
It all depends on what YOU value. Personally, I know of a few smiths that can do the work, and do it well. You probably know about one I am referring to :) At the end of the day, it's only money and you can't take it with you.

Every time I feel like a number in life, I take out my Oskar Kob refinished BSA 310 (32-20) Cadet and I feel all better again! That rifle is worth PLENTY to me, and I will never part with it.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Postwhore. Let your numbers build naturally.
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What bearing does his post count have on you or others, curious as it didn't seem like spam? I think its a good idea too, i would part with such an interesting sounding rifle done up by oskar kob. Taking issue over such trivial things online with strangers is pretty clear cut sign your in too deep, click the back button and move on, perhaps even step outside for some fresh air and realize this only the internet.


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I usually steam out dents, re-oil the stocks, polish anything in the white, touch up really noticeable blue wear, and call it a day.
If you spend $600 on one and another $600 to refinish it, might as well just get a CZ to begin with.
 
If it was mine I would probably strip the stock [not sand] steam out any dents, check the barrel channel for contact points, refinish with tru or tung oil or a nice stain with linseed oil, glass bed for sure either pay someone [$100] or buy a kit, touch up with cold blue, jewelling the bolt would be a few dollars too far for me. I recently traded for a Parker Hale [about a four or five hundred dollar rifle], I spent and used about $80 dollars worth of materials and most of a Sunday cleaning it up I now have a better looking four or five hundred dollar rifle, but it was time if not money well spent. What a few of us should do is start a rifle rescue society for abused firearms run a TV add looking for sponsors "for twenty dollars a month you can help save a firearm" etc.
 
My wife's bear gun is a 21" Husky 1600 in .30/06. The LOP had to be shortened for her, so while I was in the mood, a Decelerator was installed, the action was glass bedded, the rear sight dovetail was fitted with a slot blank, the metal work was gun coated due to our inclement weather and the salt spray from Hudson Bay, QD sling swivel studs were installed, and an XS High Weaver ghost ring and rectangular post front sight were installed. The factory wood stock has stood up well, or it would have been replaced with fiberglass. You buy a rifle to fulfil a purpose, and these changes proved beneficial to that end, so in our case the money was well spent. Looking back at that time, I can't think of a new factory rifle that I would have prefered. My one complaint, a small one, is that Husky chose to use a 1:12 twist rather than a 1:10, so long bullets like the .308/240 Woodleigh won't stabilize, but with so many excellent 180 grain .30 caliber bullets available, it isn't much of a concern.
 
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