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As far as I know, husqvarna never made any rifle or shotgun with any kind of bad reputation - they are perhaps not fancy (except for some special "deluxe" models), but quite well made, accurate and long lived - made to be used.Ad for the company from 1899, for their velocipede. The 1900 is perhaps the most expensive on the used market, but still bang for the buck.
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The later model 6 are better but still very cheap compared to what you get. Many old model 46 and 146 goes to destruction or exportation in Sweden these days - you can get them for almost nothing here. It shoot very well but i had to get rid of it due to a double rifle (only 6 weapons per person in Sweden, normally). My favourite model is the 1640, had a very nice looking 1640 luxe in 30-06, for many years. The last model and by many considered the best, was the 1900, made in husqvarna until 1969 when the production were sold to FFV in Eskilstuna (name change to Carl Gustaf 1900). The model 1640 came out around 1949 and were made solely att the husqvarna factory. The history of Husqvarna rifles started around 1930, with the above mentioned models 46 and 146 etc and later model 640.
#Husqvarna rifles today serial number
It's easy to get the year of manufacture through the serial number (also with the rifles).
#Husqvarna rifles today mod
I own a 310 AN, made in 1937, and my grandfathers mod 20, that was made 1917. The most successfull hammerless model line was the 310, that were manufactured between 1912-1949 in many different styles, (steel type, engraving, stock quality etc).
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Many people didn't trust the hammerless actions. Many of these models are collectors items today, but husqvarna also made more simple shotguns like the early model 20 with its lefaucheux system, perhaps the most common shotgun amongst farmers and landowners until the end of production in the 1940:s. Some guns are very well made and nice to handle - especially early sidelock models 100-103, the hammerless sidelock models 200 and 300, and the later 410 double rifle chambered in 9,3x74 only. But around 1900 all parts were made att The husqvarna factory. They started to make S/S shotguns and double rifles around 1877, some parts imported from Sauer&Sohn in the beginning though. Hence they've manufactured weapons during 350 years, which is quite impressive. The history of Husqvarna weapon factory is fascinating, it started around 1695 and ended 1977. That being said, the 96 wouldn't be my choice of action for a 300 WM like the one pictured in the previous post, mind you, there are a lot of old 98's that have some doubtful metallurgy out there too, the same applies to them.
#Husqvarna rifles today manuals
Most of the cautionary notes directed towards the 6.5X55 in reloading manuals are with the Norwegian Krag actions in mind. If we're talking about a beat and abused rifle, use caution, but any decent ones are safe. They informed me that the 96 was amply strong enough for the pressures that their ammo produced, in fact, it was stronger than many currently made commercial actions, but wouldn't name names. I wanted to know if their factory ammo was safe to use in the 96 bases rifles. I contacted them years ago about an earlier model 46 in 9.3X57 that I owned. More importantly, Norma does not differentiate between the two actions. A good friend of mine has an old husky in 9.3X62 that he's used for over 20 years with no bolt set back issues after using factory and reloaded ammo loaded to standard pressures. They are just as strong as any small ring 98, they just don't handle case ruptures as safely. I think that this is where a lot of the current thought came from about the commercial 96's. Rifles like the P-14, M-17 and the iconic pre 64 Winchester model 70 all lack this feature but no one seems to think they're lacking in strength. The main advantage the 98 has is its ability to handle gas from a ruptured case, the flange on the 98's bolt shroud was noted as a great advancement at the time of it's introduction and does deflect gases away from the shooter. The commercial 96's didn't have thumb cuts like the military actions and were made out of the best steels then available. There's been a lot of differing opinions on the commercial 96 based actions.