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Very nice! I bought one of those a few years back and found out real quick why some folks just love those Husky's . What a fine rifle. Enjoy it! Terry
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WOW! Some guys have ALL the luck !~!~! Fine rifle, great caliber... Congrats... you did GOOD!
It's smart to hang around old guys 'cause they know lotsa stuff...
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Nice! Saw a 30/06 lately; passed. I would not pass a 7x57....
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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That old Husky oozes the same ambiance that a pre-64 Win and a Belgian Browning has. Love to know how it shoots when you get the opportunity.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge
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Terrific grab! The new shooter has not yet developed a taste for good guns...... I hope he grows out of this facination with the soul less rifles. Can't be harsh though.... I went through the same stage in my 20's. I even had a muzzle brake installed once.... ICK! All of this about the same time I was wearing a mullet haircut.
Do let us know how this rifle shoots and performs. I hope you take it hunting. If interested in going vintage I can hook you up with Balvar mounts and 2.5-8 scope setup.
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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If interested in going vintage I can hook you up with Balvar mounts and 2.5-8 scope setup. Thanks, but I happen to have here a B&L Balvar 1.5x6 that would be more appropriate than a new matte VXII.
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nice grab! classy rifle
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That is one honey of a rifle!! What're ya doin'?? Making human scarifices to the gun gods to get one like that???
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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That is a sweet husky! Great find! Enlighten that youth hunter on the finer hunting rifles!
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A Model 1640 Special, an upgrade version. The 7x57 is very rare, and though I've seen hundreds of 6,5x55 and .30-06, not few 8x57IS and 9,3x62, and just a few .243W or .270W, I've never encountered a 7x57.
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Ooooooh, I'm envious!!
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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If interested in going vintage I can hook you up with Balvar mounts and 2.5-8 scope setup. Thanks, but I happen to have here a B&L Balvar 1.5x6 that would be more appropriate than a new matte VXII. The Balvar I was speaking of is a non adjustable gloss finish early scope. The one you have sounds like a great one as well. Do you have the adjustable mounts and rings you need for it?
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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Watch the front sight. Have had one fly off whilst shooting and two others come off with a bit to tapping putting in a new blade (talking Husqvarna here).
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The Balvar I was speaking of is a non adjustable gloss finish early scope. The one you have sounds like a great one as well. Do you have the adjustable mounts and rings you need for it? My Balvar is a much later adjustable 1" scope. No where near as old as this rifle, but a bit more suitable for the task than a new Leupold. One source puts the rifle made in 1955. Thanks .
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I saw a Husky in 243 a few months ago, but passed on it. Very smooth lite weight rifle.
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Agree Bob. Traded my 30-06 Husqvarna many years ago for some long forgotten gun. Now that I'm a lot older and just a bit wiser a Husky 7x57 wouldn't take a second thought. Live and sometimes, learn.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry
Deus vult!
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Wildcatter: I am lately repressing this irrational urge for a 7x57........I can't offer a reason for needing one,but somehow the option seems appealing.Might have something to do with the box of 375 ammo I cranked through a M70 yesterday..
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Beautiful. A fine rifle. I understand they were made with 1-12, not 1-9 inch twist barrels. If it is, it will shoot all of the 160 gr. bullets which work for anything anyway. E
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A buddy of mine bought a Husky in .243 back I think in the sixies. It was supposed to be for his wife but I'm not sure if she ever shot it. Haven't asked in a long time if he still has it. Should ask the next time I am talking to him. It might be worth having shipped from BC.
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