Tell me about your Husqvarna 640...

[Hedge774]

Well, the gist being that the proper geometry for the mag box and thus bottom of the receiver and rails for a 9.3 are not the same as an 06. And while, yes, many do get away with a barrel swap for a conversion, mine was not to be. It fed horribly. A very experienced builder took me under his wing for a long weekend and showed me how to get it all sorted out. That meant widening the max box, milling the underside of the reveiver to match, reshaping the rails and feed ramp, fixing the tension of the extractor, properly radiusing the chamber mouth, and polishing it all. I learned a many years of information in those few short days.

Wowow! That's some work!

 

[Safari Dave]

OK, I now really want one....

8mm Mauser
9.3x62
9.3x57

PM me if you need to make room in your safe.

 

[mdwest]

Mine was under 500. It seemed like a decent price.

At under $500 you did just fine. I’ve seen them go as low as about $400 in not great shape and for as much as about $700 in really good shape..

At the price you paid you could resell it with no issue at all and get every penny back out of it as long as it’s in good working condition…

It should be a great working grade gun in AK..

I think you’re going to really enjoy it… husqvarna made very solid M98s

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

I've got a Singer, would you like to trade???

I have a Singer 1951 centenary cabinet sewing machine that I completely restored when I had a badly broken foot and couldn’t work for several months, and a couple of singer tabletop machines from the 60’s.
We seem to have drifted off topic , but in a good way
I believe husqvarna also made bicycles
Gumpy

 

[Safari Dave]

Pretty sad when Great White Hunters have fallen to the point of being seamstresses, but just welcome to the 21st Century!

 

[steve white]

So these Husqvarnas are the real sleepers--maybe better get one before the world jacks up the prices.

 

[Hedge774]

@steve white I agree. I'm doing surveillance on a 9.3x57 that I don't need at all right now. Unmolested and is VG condition. "Get it while you can..."

 

[leslie hetrick]

i bought several all in 8mm and are-were good shooters with the right loads, i sold all but one and it is a ex shooting rifle. i though about rebarreling it to another caliber, but decided to keep it in 8mm. a 175 gr spitzer at 2700 fps(50 grs varget) will kill anything i may run into in the woods.

 

[Odinsraven]

Usually plenty of them at Simpsons ltd straight off the boat in 9.3x62 are quite inexpensive......I have one for introducing people to something greater than 308 ...excellent guns

 

[Sarg]

Have had a couple Huskies 30/06 & 9.3x62 the 9.3 recoiled substantially for some reason my lighter Zastava didn’t recoil as much.

I have six 30/06s four bolt guns & two single shots, have committed small sin by making one into a 338/06 in the passed .

Actually only recently saw a Husky in 9x57 for $250 of our NZ Peso & almost bought it to rechamber to .35 Whelen, with our new firearm laws run of the mill rifles are near worthless here.

 

[Safari Dave]

Have had a couple Huskies 30/06 & 9.3x62 the 9.3 recoiled substantially for some reason my lighter Zastava didn’t recoil as much.

I have six 30/06s four bolt guns & two single shots, have committed small sin by making one into a 338/06 in the passed .

Actually only recently saw a Husky in 9x57 for $250 of our NZ Peso & almost bought it to rechamber to .35 Whelen, with our new firearm laws run of the mill rifles are near worthless here.

I'm so sorry for my Australian, New Zealand, and South African breadthen during these crazy times,

 

[JG26Irish_2]

Husqvarna may have made one of the most accurate Mauser style bolt action rifles in the world. As a young man, an older mining engineer told me that his deer rifle was a Husky in 30-06 and it was the most accurate rifle that he owned. Burl is gone now, RIP but I always remembered what he told me. At the time, I was into black rifles with detachable mags and was not that interested in hunting. I was racing a 500cc Husqvarna dirt bike and was impressed with its quality and the superiority of the metallurgy in its frame and piston. Nothing like a dirt bike that can run 125 mph.

Fast forward a few decades, I was looking for a PG rifle for use on a Safari and found a lovely Imperial Grade Husqvarna in yes, 30-06. I bought it and had it shipped to my local FFL. It is a late 60's era rifle with a stock that looks like a Weatherby with the high comb and blond wood, glossy finish with the ebony cap. I am not a huge fan of that look but it is not ugly. What did impress me was that it is a shooter. It simply shoots any ammo well and most ammo it shoots into 1/2-3/4" groups at 100y. It has recorded a 2.25" 3 shot group at 400y from a bench. That was with 180g Federal ammo loaded with Swift Scirocco. To beat all, I have yet to kill any game with it. I hunted deer twice with it last year but failed to get a shot on game and in the end, I left it home from Africa in favor of a little 7mm/08.

I am thinking of stripping all the gloss varnish off of the stock and staining it a bit darker with an oil rubbed finish and upgrading the optics to something more hunter focused. I initially mounted a 4-16x optic to use in the open grasslands of Free State but for the Eastern woods of KY, we never get those long shots and the scope is a bit much. I have fallen in love with the little Arken EP-8 LPVO in 1-8x for hunting. It is light, quick and simply works. I have one on my 338wm and another on my 338RCM and if it can handle the recoil of those boomers, it can handle anything. The glass is comparable to the Swarovski on one of my 375's and the illuminated reticle is simply the bomb. Plus as a FFP optic, I can do hold overs if needed at any power setting.

 

[93marlin]

I currently have 3 Husqvarna rifles, a 9.3x57, a 8x57, and my latest one is a 6.5x55 with a claw mount scope!
All of them are terrific rifles.

 

[Atticus]

My 640 was a lucky find after looking for a CRF 9.3x62 for a while. I didn't want a project gun but was not expecting to find a custom Husky (built by Kent Bowerly) for under $1K.
Custom English walnut stock, Timney trigger, checkered bolt knob, Els and co sling. I had Matt Roberts add a model 70 safety, drill/tap and add a slightly longer NECG pad. I put Talley bases and QD rings on as well. I took it on a moose hunt in Maine and a deer hunt in Georgia this fall. Very accurate rifle with everything I've loaded for it.

 

[Hedge774]

Husqvarna may have made one of the most accurate Mauser style bolt action rifles in the world. As a young man, an older mining engineer told me that his deer rifle was a Husky in 30-06 and it was the most accurate rifle that he owned. Burl is gone now, RIP but I always remembered what he told me. At the time, I was into black rifles with detachable mags and was not that interested in hunting. I was racing a 500cc Husqvarna dirt bike and was impressed with its quality and the superiority of the metallurgy in its frame and piston. Nothing like a dirt bike that can run 125 mph.

Fast forward a few decades, I was looking for a PG rifle for use on a Safari and found a lovely Imperial Grade Husqvarna in yes, 30-06. I bought it and had it shipped to my local FFL. It is a late 60's era rifle with a stock that looks like a Weatherby with the high comb and blond wood, glossy finish with the ebony cap. I am not a huge fan of that look but it is not ugly. What did impress me was that it is a shooter. It simply shoots any ammo well and most ammo it shoots into 1/2-3/4" groups at 100y. It has recorded a 2.25" 3 shot group at 400y from a bench. That was with 180g Federal ammo loaded with Swift Scirocco. To beat all, I have yet to kill any game with it. I hunted deer twice with it last year but failed to get a shot on game and in the end, I left it home from Africa in favor of a little 7mm/08.

I am thinking of stripping all the gloss varnish off of the stock and staining it a bit darker with an oil rubbed finish and upgrading the optics to something more hunter focused. I initially mounted a 4-16x optic to use in the open grasslands of Free State but for the Eastern woods of KY, we never get those long shots and the scope is a bit much. I have fallen in love with the little Arken EP-8 LPVO in 1-8x for hunting. It is light, quick and simply works. I have one on my 338wm and another on my 338RCM and if it can handle the recoil of those boomers, it can handle anything. The glass is comparable to the Swarovski on one of my 375's and the illuminated reticle is simply the bomb. Plus as a FFP optic, I can do hold overs if needed at any power setting.

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I live in Knoxville. I love KY woods!

 

[mauser98]

Great rifles, these rifle's are abundant in Canada. They can be had in good+ condition for less than 400-450$ Cad (300-350 usd). They usually need some TLC, like a bedding job or a crack repair.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Mine is in Anchorage, according to UPS tracking. I can't wait to see and hold it.

 

[C.W. Richter]

My thoughts precisely: 'Have 2 "Husky" chainsaws...the larger one, a 455 is ~25 years old, starts immediately and runs flawlessly. An old enduro riding pal swore by them (He had a 300 cc 2-stroke that was a torque monster. I vividly recall riding wheelies the entire time I'd take my son out for rides, with no effort at all! Never the guns, as I anticipate them starting up, making lots of noise and effectively ruining the hunt. *Browning turned his Mauser into an '06.

 

[coreydb]

If the Husky's receiver is in good shape, I'd go for it. The unique thing about Husqvarna is that like Beretta, they are a survivor business that re-engineers itself throughout history, and everything they ever made was great. They began making rifles in the early 1600s and only ended in the 80s. In the 60s, I remember Husqvarna was considered a serious utility hunting rifle. Articles in Field and Stream and Outdoor Life left the reader with the impression that the Husky was the "IT" rifle throughout Scandanavia. Right now Sarco Inc. has a selection of them at very reasonable prices and are in good condition.

 

[dougfinn]

I currently own two 640’s, one in 8x57 and the other in 9.3x62. They are great rifles if they were taken care of. I’ve gone through a few of them till I found these two which appear to be low round count rifles and great shape inside and out. The only drawback to the original stocks is that they were made to be used with iron sight and are not easy to use with a scope. I restocked mine with scope friendly stocks.