Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Let's see your "S&W Branded" Husqvarna Rifles !

Jeff, I thought that the 8000/9000 were made in a short action as well. I have several of the long action models and I agree with you about them being the smoothest actions ever made.

They are all long actions, at least all of the 243s and 308s that I've owned have been long actions with a shorter groove in the bottom of the bolt to limit the length of the bolt's travel.

My S&W C in 256 Newton was built on a 8000/9000 action that was originally a 243.

Jeff

Simple. That's what myself, my uncle, and my cousin all own. I might get my son a Tradewinds imported Husky this year too. It's what I know.

IIRC, Tradewinds had the import rights to the Huskys prior to S&W, so all Tradewinds 5000s would have been built on HVA actions. I don't have a Tradewinds Husky, but have had a couple of the Kricos that they imported after S&W got the Husky rights.

Jeff

Nice looking rifle. Yes the stock style tells what era it was produced. Its nice when you can find something that you reallly like.. Too often we settle for "it will work".

Hello SoTexasH
Thank's for your kind words. When I first started buying S&W revolver's, I grabbed what ever looked good and was available. As I got more serious about the collecting of them, I sold off the early ones I bought and replaced them with Pre-Models or ones made in 5 screw configuration meaning prior to 1956 time span. This lessens the frequency of finding them, and when you do they are all a lot more expensive from that time span due to condition and Supply & Demand as all mine have to be above 98% that enter into my collection. But all in all Condition and Rarity trumps with me....so many are passed on along the way... Thegeneral.

You are correct.

You have to be careful Jeff. Tradewinds owned the copyright to the phrase "Husky H-5000" and marked some of the Kricos this way.

All of the actions are the same length, but there are modifications to the magazine and follower for some of the shorter/smaller chamberings.

I have never seen any reference to this model before. Do you have any documentation on it?

Of the thousands of Husqvarna rifles imported by Tradewinds, only a small percentage are actually marked "Tradewinds".

Hello
I was told by an Retired S&W employee that they only made a handfull of these model 125's and he has one him self. That's all I know about them, I have no production figures but I assume they would be low due to the use of left over parts to make them up with...Thegeneral.

S&W B Model .308 Win, Husqvarna. Unfired
I still owe someone a pic of my unfired Brno 21H with my birth year, 52.

S&W Model C....270 Win.

Hi,
I just came across this site because I have one of these rifles and was Googling Smith and Wesson Husquvarna.

I purchase it used in 1969 or 1970 from a Gun Dealer who said an ATF agent and collector sold some of his collection. It is .300 Winchester and I have hunted with it for the past 40 years. It is a great rifle with an unusually smooth action.

It as the Blonde Monte Carlo Stock just like the pictures here on the site. also a rubber recoil pad and doesn't kick much at all. I had the barrel floated. it is very accurate and I have thoroughly enjoyed it.

Was wondering how many were made/imported and if it is relatively rare, and it's value.

The Photo shown of the rifle with the Walnut forepiece is just like the one I own. i can get it out and look for special marks or numbers if someone will tell me what to look for.

I am not aware of mechanisms, etc. or other information as I dont read up on my guns.
Thanks for any information.

Gnat

WOW 260Remguy A 1900 action chambered in 338-06. It just couldn't get any better.

The 338-06 and 256 Newton are, except for the serial numbers and character marks on the wood, an identical pair that I had made up to cover all of my North American hunting requirements.

I have a Iver Henriksen rifle built on a Husqvarna 1640 action. I had it for years. Sold it to DesertMuleDeer, he was kind enough to sell it back to me. It's a marked 25 Niedner.

Is the 25 Niedner the same as the SAAMI specs 25-06 Remington?

My Model B S&W Husky. The rifle is so light, handy, and accurate that I kept it around several years despite the stock. It is something called arctic birch over on the S&W Husqvarna Forum and was factory finished in a very hard, glossy finish of a color I could only describe as a monkey schmidt mustard yellow. It looked worse in person as it does in this picture:




After putting up with it as long as possible, I decided to strip it down and refinish it. I tried three different paint strippers and none of them even softened the finish. Finally a friend had a go at it and, after failing a couple of times, came up with a chemical concoction that, as he said, broke the finish loose and made it slide off almost in one piece! He then refinished the wood with the stuff the military used on M1 stocks. It ain't nice walnut, but it is so much better than the original finish that I can live with it. Finally had a buck show up while carrying it last season and it performed well.