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I have never seen much of huskys except for mil surplus (I live close to Simpson's). I was in another dealer today and asked him if he happened to have any left hand rifles. His eyes lit up as he went over to the case and pulled out a left hand Carl Gustaf in 338. He said that it was a package with another barreled action in 30-06. Both actions appeared unfired. The wood on this setup was fancy +. The actions were Jewelled and had hinged floorplates that were scroll engraved and gold lined. I know nothing about these gustaf guns except they seemed very well put together. He was asking $1100 for the package. Does this seem like a decend price?
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Where is Simpson's, in the US or Canada?
It seems like a decent price if they are not grossley overworked M95/96 small ringed.
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Where is Simpson's, in the US or Canada?
It seems like a decent price if they are not grossley overworked M95/96 small ringed.
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Where is Simpson's, in the US or Canada?
It seems like a decent price if they are not grossley overworked M95/96 small ringed.
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the Carl Gustaf mauser has quality unsurpassed and is one tuff dog to beat........
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That's a good price for what amounts to two rifles. The lefties seem to be pretty rare; I have seen a lot of Husqvarna's other than the ones I own; and I have never seen a left hand model.
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The dealer told me that these actions are the later model High grade Commerical model w/ the sako type extractor. I have no clue what that means, except they looked well built and felt very smooth.
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Back in the seventies some Swedes were worked into 30-06 but were not strong enough. These are modern so should be a great gun. Even the sedes were really well made, but small ring mausers. If these are commercial that would be a great price here in Canada
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This thread seems to be a bit confusing.... The O.P. is talking about a Commercial Carl Gustaf. (Or at least one would assume so, since the S.R. 96's were never made in LH.) Therefore any reference to sporterized mil-surps, would not apply. As Carl Gustaf took over Husqvarna in about 1972, I would think that the OP is referring to the M-8000 actioned rifle. Altho' I have never heard of them being made in LH. Or perhaps the rifle in question was the later M-2000 and M-3000 that IIRC used the Sig-Sauer action, reminescent of the Colt-Sauer rifle of the 1970's. I don't recall that the Carl Gustaf rifles have been imported since the mid '90's. Seemed like they changed importers every year or two.  At one time they were imported by Aimpoint and then they were imported by Precision Sales of Westfield, MA. I'm sure there were likely other importers... I cannot find any reference to LH models in any of the actions mentioned. Hope this helps clear up the confuion... Grasshopper
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This thread seems to be a bit confusing.... The O.P. is talking about a Commercial Carl Gustaf. (Or at least one would assume so, since the S.R. 96's were never made in LH.) Therefore any reference to sporterized mil-surps, would not apply. As Carl Gustaf took over Husqvarna in about 1972, I would think that the OP is referring to the M-8000 actioned rifle. Altho' I have never heard of them being made in LH. Or perhaps the rifle in question was the later M-2000 and M-3000 that IIRC used the Sig-Sauer action, reminescent of the Colt-Sauer rifle of the 1970's. I don't recall that the Carl Gustaf rifles have been imported since the mid '90's. Seemed like they changed importers every year or two. At one time they were imported by Aimpoint and then they were imported by Precision Sales of Westfield, MA. I'm sure there were likely other importers... I cannot find any reference to LH models in any of the actions mentioned. Hope this helps clear up the confuion... Grasshopper So, what would I be looking for in these Commercial models? Is one better than the others, or are they all quality pieces for the most part? These actions have a safety on the side that appears to be stamped and the mag well latch is in the front of the trigger gaurd(if that helps id them at all).
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The one that Lee posted was mine and I believe they are referred to as the 8000/9000 series. They are super smooth and very accurate. I bought three of those and still have two of them.
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Looks a lot like this one: http://www.gunsamerica.com/952483448/Guns/Rifles/C-Misc-Rifles/Carl_Gustav_7_Rem_Mag.htm#Except that one looks like it is sitting in a peice of birch compared to the one I am thinking about picking up (no offense RDfinn)...
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Yes, The mag well and latch looks looks like that one. I really don't have much use for the 338. But....
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No offense taken. Most of their wood came from lightly used park benches I believe. I'm no expert on those even though I owned three, but if the 06 barreled action has a mag box included you probably could just do a swap. Maybe someone here with more knowledge of these could tell if there would be any problem doing that.
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The extra action is complete. Just loosen the 2 action screws, remove action, and bolt the other one in. The extra action still has the bolt handle end covered in rubber that looks like it was that way from the factory. The action that sits in the stock has that same dipped rubber stuff on the factory rings.
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Buy them if you are LH.They are the rifle that Husqvarna designed when they had a free hand to do as they wanted. Carl Gustav took over the Husqvarna rifle making,that's why the Carl Gustav markings.
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+1, really nice rifles, which are few and far between for lefties.
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