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I love the light weight and accuracy of some of our modern rifles, but few would be considered heirlooms. My FIL is 92 and done hunting so gave away his few guns including this 1949 Husqvarna. It had years of gunk and grime, the beech stock had seen better days, and the checkering was nubs. I figured it would be a good winter project to rehab it and shoot it little. Plan was to get it in working condition but keep it’s old school character. It got a good cleaning and then I refinished the stock, bedded the recoil lug, added a recoil pad, and re-cut the checking as best I could; the beech was a little soft and oil soaked in places. The Redfield scope got replaced with a long tube M8 4x I bought here. The trigger tuned up very nice to just under 2.5 lbs with no creep. The bore is a little rough, so it got a treatment of DBC. I’m curious to see how it will shoot, and it may even go hunting someday. It weighs about 8.5 lbs as pictured and the ‘schlicht-schlicht’ working the action is something a push feed will never have. It’s a little garish for my tastes but a cool old girl.

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Let’s see some other vintage rifles.

THAT is a hunting rifle I'd be proud to carry afield! Well done.

Neat old rifle. I always liked that "old school" stuff, as rifles like that were were some of the first ones I can recall drooling over as a kid back in the 50's & 60's. Stuff like that I think of as "Post WW2 classic", as the post war period brought new rifles and styling themes to the forefront.

Another Husqvarna, this one in .243Win

You did a very nice job on that. Would be proud to put it in my safe. Rifle probably has some good mojo in it, you should take it hunting. Old school cool, for sure.

Nice job. What's it chambered for?

Cool thread. I just had to buy this 1949 model 70. It was originally chambered for 375H&H, but now it's a 375 WBY. It has a little cool factor:



My 1917's are way old, but kind of old school cool:

This one was rechambered to 308 Norma, now that is cool in itself...


This one I keep as a grand ol 06:


Those 2 are my favorite hunting rifles...

Here's a 1958 300 WBY that I really like. Seems to be a good shooter too.


My 2 30-06 featherweights:

The top one is my '58 and the bottom one is my '56....

Oooo, this one is old too:


But she shoots good:

Thanks everyone. Should have said it is a 30'06.

Not as cool as some but here is my Grandfather's M54. Not much bluing left and the checkering is pretty smooth. He hunted with it until he couldn't see well enough to use the iron sights then he quit.

With its steel butt plate in -06 it kicks a bit.

Not a bolt action but old school with a story. My friend and flight engineer mentor was a Korean War vet. When he got discharged from the AF in '52 he didn't have a deer rifle. His wife saved money without Bob knowing and gave it to him the for the first deer season after his discharge. It had a Weaver 3x with a crosshair reticle. I traded for the Leupold Big Bore 3x with a heavy duplex that's on it now. Bob gave me all of his rifles and shotguns a few months before he passed. Bob told me it would shoot the spinners out of a spider's azz and I have found it to be quite accurate myself.

That's the coolest rifle posted. Something with character, is better than not. Where'd he hunt?

Hey man !! Great rifle and U did an excellent job.
Fantastic.

Jerry

Great show...

Born and lived his entire life in California with the exception of an all expense paid trip to Europe courtesy of his Uncle Sam in 1918.
A lot of California coastal blacktail fell to that rifle.

Bunch of Grand Old Rifles. Thanks for sharing them.

Great rifles fellas!

Dave that 99 is beautiful and Blacktail, that Model 54 is darned cool!

BSA, right of first refusal if you part ways with that 300 Wby...

Great looking rifles fellas.

I don’t have too much that’s real old. One of Bobs old Featherweights

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My old 338 Alaskan

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And older P64 that started life as a 300 H&H, I got it pretty cheaply as someone made it into a 300 Wby. Couldn’t make it shoot, so as a last ditch it became a 375 Improved and I couldn’t be happier.

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Not sure what year it is but this little 222 Sako is a fun rifle and looks pretty nice to me.

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Beautiful rifles, fellas.

Last few guns I have bought are from the 50's, and all winchesters as it turns out.
I just like them and it keeps me connected with the past couple generations of family that have "gone ahead". I figure if they could use them to good advantage I should be able to, though a few have synthetic stocks now.
That trend will continue and my son appreciates the older stuff too so the next generation should be well supplied.

Are you sure that is a Husqvarna?