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I picked up this Husqvarna .30-06 S&W import today for $500 with the Leupold vx-ii 3-9x50. The gun is in 99% condition and I basically got the scope for free. I'm pretty stoked to say the least!
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Liking it. Is there a cheekpiece? Guessing not. More pictures? What the vintage?
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Huskys are the nicest Mauser actions ...and can be had pretty cheap.... Enjoy...
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Liking it. Is there a cheekpiece? Guessing not. More pictures? What the vintage? Yes, it has a cheekpiece. It was made after Husqvarna switched from CRF to push feed so it's 1970-72. Husky made a silky smooth push feed action but after a couple hundred years of making rifles, shotguns, and handguns they got out of the firearms business in 1973. They still make a nice chainsaw!
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That is my backup/loaner, a S&W B in 30-06, but with a Vari-X II 3-9x40. The 1900 action is the smoothest going, triggers not so much, a steal at $500.
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Beautiful rifle and a great deal.
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Thanks everyone. I already took that giant belled VX-II off and put an M8 4X on it. It doesn't look overscoped now. I mean it has a 20" barrel. The 3-9x50 seemed like too much.
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I wish I could figure out how to remove the bolt.
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No experience with that action but have you tried pulling the trigger before you pull back on the bolt?
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No experience with that action but have you tried pulling the trigger before you pull back on the bolt? Turns you have to pull back on the trigger harder than I expected and it comes out.
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With the bolt out you can now adjust the trigger pull. The adjustment screw head is in the receiver tang under the bolt head.
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I have the same thing in a Model A, wearing a K4 Weaver, that I have been shooting since ~1972. Bolt is smooth and fast. A trigger shoe smoothed out the pull. A quality recoil pad rounds out the ensemble.
Recently was loaned a FFV-Husqvarna in .338-06. Gentlemen that loaned it is going to show me his high grade FFV in 7mm Mag one of these first days.
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Försvarets Fabriksverk. The literal translation from Swedish is "Defense Factory Works", a government-owned corporation. John
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FFV and Carl Gustav were 2 of the brand names that Husqvarna sold under toward the end of their firearms business.
I have a matched pair of rifles built on S&W B's, both kept the action and wood, but replaced the barrels with 25" Douglas stainless in 256 Newton and 338-06.
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I mounted a 1.5-5 Leupold on my B and think it looks just right for a hunting rifle. Congrats on a fine rifle BTW, were you wearing a mask when you got it?
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