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I am interested in a Husky but was wondering about action lengths.

Did husky make an intermediate length?

What length did they build a 270 on?

Would a husky 270 be a good platform for a 7x57 custom?

What are the advantages (if any) over a fn action?

Thanks as always

They built on the 96 type action, 98 mauser (06 will fit) and their own commercial small ring mauser action.

4th rifle from left started life as a Husqvarna 30/06 (1640, their small ring commercial action) but is a 7x57 in the picture. Works just fine.

Beautiful guns!!

Their 1640 was a small ring standard action?

How can you tell if a rifle is a 1640 action?

I saw one at a husky gun shop with a lighter stock in a 270?

Thanks

Commercial action won't have the thumb cut on the left side, sliding safety on the right side and a small little spring steel bolt release on the left. I ain't a Husky expert, just have a few.

Not up on the later versions.

Sorry to threadjack, but this info may be valuable to the OP as well....
I've got a model H-5000 made in 1965. It says HVA action on the side of the receiver, has the little steel button bolt release, sliding safety on the right hand side. I've been told it's Husky's small-ring mauser action, but I've also been told it's a modified Mauser 98 action (large ring AFAIK). So which is it?
Thanks.

The commercial Husky HVA action was a slightly updated version of the small ring M-96. They are built of great steel and make a nice, lightweight CRF sporters. I've had them in 270, 30-06 and 7mm Rem mags and still have a custom 30-06 built on one.
Their primary drawback is that one of their "improvements" was a flimsier bolt stop and ejector. it works just fine but if I were wanting something like a dangerous game rifle I would much prefer a M-98 style. I have owned a number of Husky large ring M-98 actions and all of them had FN proof marks somewhere on the action.

This gun was marked Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB in a 270. If I remember right, it didn't have a thumb groove. It had a swing type saftey on the bolt shroud.

Just seeing if it is worth $350?

Thanks

It did have a mauser type bolt release.

Thank you very much, sir!

It would be worth $350 to many folks for the action alone.

Dennis

Here are a couple of pics of said gun...

So this is the HVA commercial modified M-96 small ring action?

How does the model 1940 differ?

What about the M-98 is different?

Thanks for the help!

That is like the rifle pictured above (my 7x57).

Earlier versions had steel floorplates, later pot metal. My full stocked Husky is pot metal, the 7x57 is steel.

Weaver bases on it are 55 & 46?

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those husky mausers are some of the nicest ever made, If I wanted a classic hunting rifle, they would be near the top, the once I have seen except for the early ones that are 9.3x57's etc are 98's

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The rifle I was looking at had a mauser bolt release and a saftey on the bolt shroud.

Does anyone have any idea of what type of rifle this is?

Would this be a small ring?

Thanks

http://www.skydevaaben.com/allhvamodels/info.xml

http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=151472fadec6f7c5eaf545d4a6bf1fc8&f=50

May be a good read.

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