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Remember, they were competing head-to-head with Sako in Scandinavia that will tell you about their quality.Īt the end of the company, they came up with a much cheaper action, more like a Remington 700, which I believe is still in production under another name in Italy. In the mid-60's, these complete rifles sold for only about $125 at Herter's famous catalogue store in Waseca MN. Various model numbers were used, which often are not imprinted on the model. In the later years Tradewinds company imported them, and also sold actions and barreled actions. Some American companies built rifles on this action, including H&R, S&W and Sears. The lightweight was also done as a full-length Mannlicher style. From what I've seen, the schnabels seem to all be European walnut, but some of the montecarlos are American black walnut. They were stocked in several patterns, including a nicely shaped montecarlo, and a very trim schnabel-tipped version. He had many rifles in his collection, including many pre-'64 Model 70's, and he many times that he thought the Husqvarna HVA as the best bolt action of the 20th C. When she unexpectedly died, he hunted only with this rifle for most of the next 15 years. I met this rifle in the '60's when an olympic-class shooter and rifle collector in our deer hunting party bought his wife one of these in 7x57. In the mid-50's, they developed the famous "HVA" action- it was a true Mauser 98, but a small-ring action, like the Swedish 96, but with a much more sleek bolt release and a the true third locking lug- the mark of the Mauser 98, and very expensive to produce. Most of these rifles have very light colored European walnut stocks, with a great deal of drop at the butt. This may be the finest of the FN Mausers, altough an owner of an old Browning may disagree. They are stocked in European walnut or beech.Īfter the war, Husqvarna imported some Mauser 98 actions produced by FN in Belgium, and did the finishing and stocking in Sweden. Also like the US, they couldn't produce enough of them, so the Swedish national rifle factory, Carl Gustaf, sent the machinery for producing Sweden's Mauser 96 to Husqvarna, and they began producing the Model 38 Swedish Mauser, one of the most beautifully finished bolt-action military rifles of the 20th C. During WWII, Sweden's army, like the US, had switched to a semi-automatic rifle, the Ljungman. Since WWII, Husqvarna produced four rifles. Most of the time they are underpriced in comparison to other comparable made rifles in their time. Most husqvarna rifles have fine accuracy and many are very accurate. Which ever era you choose husqvarna was at the top of their game with the steel they used. One thing that remains through all their manufacturing is that they use quality swedish iron ore that is second to none in the world. "Husqvarna has produced firearms from very early times and have made very basic firearms afordable for everyone as well as extrememly nice and even custom rifles for heads of state. Found this in Google, it's a Wiki thing so it may not be factual.