This rifle was originaly named "Husqvarna (HVA) 1900" when production started in 1968, and was a cost cutting measure because the HVA 1640 became to costly. In 1969 HVA�s gun division was sold to the goverment owned Carl Gustaf/FFV and they continued to produce these rifles untill production ceased in 1978 under the name "Carl Gustaf (CG)1900". Production of the CG 1900 ceased for the same reason as for the HVA 1640, it became to expensive to produce.
This rifle have for the last 30 years really been the Swedes and Norwegians riflemans rifle, like the Winchester M70 have been for the americans. In my opinion this rifle is light, reliable, accurate and have perhaps one of the smoothest actions ever made.
After production ceased in Sweden, many copys where made because this was a truly popular rifle. Most known of these are the Italian firm Antonio Zoli, who still produce copys of this rifle (with small modifications) under the name "Antonio Zoli 1900". I don't know if these Zoli rifles are available in the US though...�
