Haverluk,

I really like those old HVA M46 and M146 rifles, and they sell for rather low prices in Sweden (especially the M46's "potato throwers" in 9.3 x 57 -- I missed an all-original, unmolested one this summer for the equivalent of $US 135. Sob.

They are light (as you note) and when you pull the trigger on one in 9.3 x 62 you soon know when the rifle goes off.

One of the guys in my hunting team has about half a pound of recovered 9.3 Norma Orxy bullets (those are the bonded ones) from moose -- and nearly all of of them look good enough to use in advertizing.

John