Husqvarna 6.5x55 swede

[458winshooter]

I picked one of these up today for $200 now I need to know what I've gotten. I'm sure it has no collector value as it has been drilled and tapped for a scope and has a fiberglass aftermarket stock on it and a cheap scope mount. From what I can tell it is the short rifle. It seems to have a barrel length of 20 or 22 inches. All numbers do match though.thanks

 

[Jim Watson]

Swede.

 

[Scorch]

Has the barrel been cut? Is it a 94 or a 96? Is it commercial or military? And yes, it is 6.5X55 Swedish, not Swiss.

 

[emcon5]

I got one of those, my first Milsurp. Probably in my case a gateway drug.

Can you see the date on the receiver ring? I believe Husqvarna Vapenfabriks only made rifles from 1942-44, but made both M96 rifles and M38 carbines. The barrels on the M38s were ~24", so your may have been cut down.

6.5X55 is a great round, capable of killing pretty much any game animal in North America short of big bears. Swedes have killed Moose with them for over a century.

 

[458winshooter]

swede not swiss

Yep my bad. It is most definitely military.

 

[T. O'Heir]

1,600px is too big.
"...what I've gotten..." You have a really good deer/bear/moose rifle. There was an 18" Swedish Mauser Carbine called an M94. And a 24" M38. Run a cleaning rod down the barrel, closed action, mark the rod at the muzzle and measure the length.

 

[emcon5]

There was an 18" Swedish Mauser Carbine called an M94.

There was, but not from Husqvarna. They were made by Carl Gustaf (primarily) and Mauser.

There was also a ~29" barreled M96.

Lots of info here:
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/rifles_se/rifles_se.htm

 

[ernie8]

It sounds like one of the sporter conversions made up by an importer about 20 years ago . Black stock ?

 

[emcon5]

Kimber did a lot of them. Some info here:

https://www.chuckhawks.com/kimber_swedish_mauser.htm

 

[458winshooter]

Black stock?

No it's like a grey plastic of some sort has had the sights removed and drilled and tapped for a scope.

 

[eastbank]

they made a 400-500 dollar rifle into a 200 dollar rifle and paid some one to do it (d&t-alter bolt-change safety- new stock).

 

[emcon5]

they made a 400-500 dollar rifle into a 200 dollar rifle and paid some one to do it (d&t-alter bolt-change safety- new stock).

I don't disagree looking at todays prices, but when they first came in in the 1990s, some of the chain stores sold the Swede M96 for $99, and the M38 for $125. Ratty but unmolested ones today start north of $350.

 

[eastbank]

so true.

 

[emcon5]

I will never stop being irritated that I missed out on these:

https://web.archive.org/web/19990224042156/http://www.samcoglobal.com/rifles.html#sm41b