Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Husqvarna rifles - anyone hunt with them?

I stumbled across Husqvarna bolt actions over the weekend and am intrigued.

Does anyone hunt with them here? From all accounts they are a very solid, well built, and reliable action.

I live about 1.5 hours from the chief importer here in Canada so I can see adding some to my gun cabinet for sure. I really like Finnish/Swedish rifles and Euopean calibers in general.

I have a couple, a '61 Crown Grade .358 Norma Magnum and a '40s vintage 46A 9.3x57. The .358 is one of my all time favorite rifles.

I have a 1971 Crown grade model 9000 270. Silky smooth action. The gun is an absolute tack driver. My dad passed it down to me. When compared to Remington or Winchester it outshines them both. You won't be disappointed when you get yours.

I have three of the old HVA small ring actions and have owned half a dozen of the large ring rifles built on the FN actions and every one has shot great.

They are perhaps my favorite hunting rifle:

Model 456 (1600H)


Model 1640


Model 1951 (640)

My favorite rifle is a 640 in a Basner stock in 30-06. The barrel is much more svelte than most modern rifles and it makes a nice light and handy rifle.

NICE...

I like those rifles a lot. They tend to be very accuate.

Thru the Hawkeye borescope, HVA bores look like custom barrels, no machine marks, etc.

I've posted this before: http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8948791/1

DF

I have 4. It's hard to choose a favorite.

1640 in 30-06. Maybe my favorite it's so slick.

640 in 8x57 on FN action. Used to be my favorite until I got the 1640. Has a fat Beach stock, but is very accurate.

46 in 9.3x57 Really handy and light. Much thump.

46 in re-barreled to 257 Roberts with a 21" barrel. Looks longer. Almost identical to the 9.3. I can switch back and forth and it feels the same.

They're superb. Buy while they're still cheap.


Okie John

I had one, nice shooter, I wish I hadn't sold it.

I've had four.

Mine is my go to 30/06. It is a Husqvarna action I believe built into a rifle by High Standard. This is marked, more than prominently, in 1/4 inch high letters on the barrel. It has an american looking stock that has no checkering but is nice plain grain walnut. It is probably the ugliest rifle I own and shoots into one inch with everything I've tried. I usually fire one shot to check the zero at the first of each year and it is good to go no matter the weather. Very easy to hunt with, if no one is looking.

I like them. They are a poster child for Swedish quality.

My spare rifle/loaner is a S&W C in 30-06 built on an 8000/9000 series actions.

I really like to hunt with my Husqvarna 30/06. It is fairly light for its size and has demonstrated an ability to retain its zero year after year. It easily shoots between an inch and an inch and a half with 165 gr bullets and that load suits anything I might hunt with this rifle. While I might change loads, scopes, stocks and barrels on other rifles I own, my Husqvarna stays set up the same year after year. I have a good quantity of ammo that it performs well with and it is always a rifle that is ready to go.

On top of all that, I just like the way it looks.

Well I know everyone gets tired of seeing this pic, but it's my favorite. So here it is again! My 2010 bull and Husqvarna 146 I rechambered to
9.3 x 62. Shot a nilgai cow with it too, this past December.



I do like my 2 model 146's!!!

I'm still not tired of seeing that pic!

I've got one as well. Haven't hunted it yet but it's in the works.


It is a great handling rifle and as others have said are a lot less expensive than a bunch of budget rifles but a whole lot more quality than a lot of upper end BG rifles being sold today.

I always thought that would be a heck of a pig rifle.

I have been looking at a S&W A in 22-250, I think its the same as a 9000. It's not a bad price. Would parts be hard to find if needed?
I don't need it, but it looks like it would be great for coyotes. What do you guys think?