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My Husqvarna 1640 in 9.3x62 is a smart looking rifle with great figure in the walnut and shoots about MOA. Talley lightweights and a Meopta scope outfit the rifle for low light shooting. That's more than enough gun for me within the confines of the range of the caliber.

Right here. I would take a Husqvarna 1640 in 9.3x62 over a pile of Rugers and Winchesters. They also come with a set of simple express type sights and classically continental stocks. If you dont prefer the schnabel, have someone chop it off, install an ebony tip at your desired forend length...

Clodo, It is stamped 1967. I believe the stock is original, as I have a ZKK-600 in .30-06 with the same stock. I believe these older ZKKs came in three stock variations: the squarish Weatherby style with the "rosewood" (I'm not sure if they were rosewood or just stained red) forend tip, the...

I appreciate everyone's comments and support for my rifle addiction! It will be a bit before I can get it in hand and to the range, but I'm definitely looking forward to it

Thanks... I'm kind of nutty for 9.3x62...

Will do. And yes I forgot I do have two of the Z rifles (21/22...I can never remember the correct model). Both the carbine length stutzens with round topped receivers...8x57 and 7x57.

Being in the US, we don't have a ton of older Brno rifles floating around. I'm lucky to have a ZG47 in 8x57, a ZG actioned Hussar in 30-06, and two ZKK600s from the 60s with pop up peeps in 30-06. Yesterday I saw a ZKK600 in 9.3x62 show up on an importers website and although I felt the...

Most likely but you never know until you slug the bore. Any chance you can get a picture of any marks under the chamber?

I believe it depends on the maker. There were many rifle factories during the war. Typically WWI German military rifles were marked Gew. 98 denoting the "Gewehr 98" large ring version of the Mauser rifle. But this is a general and over simplified guideline...when it comes to military...

I'm fairly certain that if it has "Mod. 98" on the side rail it's WWII, which would put it's sporter conversion sometime post-war.... I'm just guessing but I would wager the 50s. Also fairly evident based on the styling of the stock.

I'd say they're machine made but still require fitting. https://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/proddetail.php?prod=5102 "Each rings comes with a semi-fit front base plate. Gunsmithing required."

You're right Red Leg, the model 246 was produced by Husqvarna in 1939, 1940, and 1941. Later models of Husqvarna 98s employed the FN commercial 98 action. The model 146 (9.3x57), the 246 (9.3x62), and I believe some versions of the model 640 employed the surplus FN military style actions with...

My guess is a post war gun trade rifle to be sold to US servicemen stationed in Germany. This was a good source of income for German families who had gunsmithing skills during a time of economic challenge for the German people. They would often take plentiful surplus WWII Mauser rifles and do...

Anything with a brass case and a looooong vintage nickel plated bullet.