Hi all, hoping someone can help me id this 8mm Mauser rifle I bought from Trade-Ex a while back. It looks ugly but has lots of potential!!! Especially the new-looking bore.
I was trying to figure out which Timney trigger would work with it but it has become a bit complicated. The gun was simply identified on the receipt and website as "Husqvarna M-98 sporter".
I asked the tech folks at Brownells first...the trigger i looked at first was the Timney Sportsman.
"Will this trigger work? I have an M-98, on the barrel is marked
"Husqvarna Vapebfabriks AB, Kal 8mm", and has a crown and stylized "H" on the front receiver ring, along with "Sweden"...it is sporterized, has a 23.5-24 inch stepped barrel, stripper clip hump and guides on the rear rvcr ring, 3-lug bolt, floor plate with release in front of guard, 3 position military safety, and action screws with locking screws; action generally appears military overall. I found some info suggesting it may be a Husky 640 or 648, FN action in 8x57mm JS, made in about 1947."
Reply:
"This will not work. I think you will need the 883-500-298. I am concerned about the safety aspect. I suggest you contact Timney at: https://www.timneytriggers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=5 They may have more information to help identify."
...The trigger he was referring to is the Timney Featherweight, for an FN Mauser. I think Husqvarna was importing FN actions and making sporters of them at the time (1947 if a website I found matching serial numbers to models was correct). The rifle does not say FN, or Made in Belgium, or have any other really obvious marks that would confirm that to me though. Maybe someone who knows proof marks and such would do better....also found some info that in 1947 there were changes made to the actions, such as not milling that thumb-notch in the left side of the receiver. So mine may have been made just before Husqvarna started modifying the receivers .
So, off to the Timney website and an email was sent off...got to be sure, right?...
Reply:
"Husqvarna Mauser (Must use FD Model #301)It will Not fit the HVA action it has a round receiver and will not fit…."
...This means a more expensive trigger, that has a trigger blocking side safety. I wanted to keep the original safety...
The receiver is only round above the stock line, but has a square bottom like every other M-98 i know of...i only sent him pictures of the action in the stock, so i wonder if he is confusing the rifle i have with a Husky 1600/1640 or some similar model (made from 1953-1967)? But those have the safety on the side (explaining Timneys trigger choice), a handy floorplate release, as well as other obvious differences.
The more I dig, the more I think this is a simple FN military mauser, nothing fancy and any trigger for an FN Mauser will work.
Anyhow, my bets are on an FN Mauser, or early 640 or 648 husky...what do you think?
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I was trying to figure out which Timney trigger would work with it but it has become a bit complicated. The gun was simply identified on the receipt and website as "Husqvarna M-98 sporter".
I asked the tech folks at Brownells first...the trigger i looked at first was the Timney Sportsman.
"Will this trigger work? I have an M-98, on the barrel is marked
"Husqvarna Vapebfabriks AB, Kal 8mm", and has a crown and stylized "H" on the front receiver ring, along with "Sweden"...it is sporterized, has a 23.5-24 inch stepped barrel, stripper clip hump and guides on the rear rvcr ring, 3-lug bolt, floor plate with release in front of guard, 3 position military safety, and action screws with locking screws; action generally appears military overall. I found some info suggesting it may be a Husky 640 or 648, FN action in 8x57mm JS, made in about 1947."
Reply:
"This will not work. I think you will need the 883-500-298. I am concerned about the safety aspect. I suggest you contact Timney at: https://www.timneytriggers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=5 They may have more information to help identify."
...The trigger he was referring to is the Timney Featherweight, for an FN Mauser. I think Husqvarna was importing FN actions and making sporters of them at the time (1947 if a website I found matching serial numbers to models was correct). The rifle does not say FN, or Made in Belgium, or have any other really obvious marks that would confirm that to me though. Maybe someone who knows proof marks and such would do better....also found some info that in 1947 there were changes made to the actions, such as not milling that thumb-notch in the left side of the receiver. So mine may have been made just before Husqvarna started modifying the receivers .
So, off to the Timney website and an email was sent off...got to be sure, right?...
Reply:
"Husqvarna Mauser (Must use FD Model #301)It will Not fit the HVA action it has a round receiver and will not fit…."
...This means a more expensive trigger, that has a trigger blocking side safety. I wanted to keep the original safety...
The receiver is only round above the stock line, but has a square bottom like every other M-98 i know of...i only sent him pictures of the action in the stock, so i wonder if he is confusing the rifle i have with a Husky 1600/1640 or some similar model (made from 1953-1967)? But those have the safety on the side (explaining Timneys trigger choice), a handy floorplate release, as well as other obvious differences.
The more I dig, the more I think this is a simple FN military mauser, nothing fancy and any trigger for an FN Mauser will work.
Anyhow, my bets are on an FN Mauser, or early 640 or 648 husky...what do you think?
