Husqvarna Rifles Serial Numbers
- Husqvarna Vapenfabrik - Wikipedia
- Husqvarna Rifles Dates Of Manufacture
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1757–1850: Becoming Husqvarna Swedish royalty transfers the company to a private owner, and the name changes to “Husqvarna Rifle Factory.” By 1850, all production has moved to the Huskvarna location. 1872–1912: Breaking new ground Husqvarna’s rifle contract with the Swedish crown ends, and the company looks for ways to branch out.
- Remember though, it must fall into the correct serial number range to be a true FSR rifle. I have an M96 with a Husky receiver. This rifle is unissued from the arsenal rebuild The serial number is that of a 1902 CG. The receiver was replaced during the rebuild. Though this rifle has a 1943 Husky receiver it is not an FSR rifle.
- Husqvarna 640 - Z46145 8x57Js; 96% blue, very good+ bore, excellent stock, 24' barrel, Manufactured between 1944 1953 The front sight is a ramped blade and the rear sight is a fixed U notch. The top of the receiver is fitted with scope mounts. The top of the barrel is.
| FAQ about Swedish Mausers. |
up dated 2009-10-17
| Q: What was the muzzle thread used for? |
A: It was used to attach the blank firing device. It is normally found on m/1938 and rarely on m/1896. It is never found on the sniper-version m/1941 or the carbine m/1894. |
| Q: I have seen a bag on the side on pictures? |
A: The bag was used only for peace time exercises to collect spent brass after firing of blanks. |
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Husqvarna Vapenfabrik - Wikipedia
| Brass disk information. | |
The disks are positioned upside down on the right side of the stock, because when the soldier who normally is a right-handed shooter, looks at the disk he will have the disk in the right position. | |
Upside down is a disk from a g m/38; | Here we look at a disk from a Ag m/42B; |
| Swedish | English |
| Torped | Bullet with boat tail (also means 'torpedo') |
| Överslag | 'Point of impact over line of sight' (also means 'estimate') |
| STR = Streck | Mills (1 Swedish mill = 1 meter at 1000 meters = 3,6' at 100 yds) |
| The largest sector is stamped with the calibre of the barrel. The m/41 round had a much flatter trajectory than the older m/94. As most rifles were already manufactured with iron sights for the 'm/94 bullet', the aiming correction in mills (how much lower you had to aim to hit the target) was inscribed on the brass disc. This is the information in the second sector. It was usually 0,5 mill. The last sector gives information on the level of bore pitting. 1 means pitting in the groves. 2 means pitting in the groves and on the side of the lands. 3 means pitting in the whole bore (= unserviceable). A rifle would never receive a 3, it would instead be turned in to a work shop, where the old barrel would be exchanged for a new one. | |
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Used on the m/94 carbine, the m/96 and m/38 rifles as well as on LMGs and SMGs. This type showed which unit the rifle belonged to. ArmyOften in the form of:
Sometimes there is a letter behind the regiment. Other army units;
There could be a letter instead of a figure above the horizontal line
The disc could also look like: L Which means; Rifle number 5, at the 72nd Landstormen area, Or: Which means; Rifle number 20, at the bicycle-dispatch unit Some later codes or abbreviations for regiments or other army-units,
Even later also:
Some weapons stored in the Armys Supply Services Armourys
NavyThe Swedish Navy often used;
The Navy used to be organized in four districts;
The Coast Artillery (that was a part of the Navy) sometimes used;
(HK was later changed to NK and KA4H was changed to KA5) It seems like the Coast Artillery also used the KA1 - KA5 denotations. The Navy also used numerous other markings, like:
Air ForceThe Swedish Air Force used;
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| Was there a special sniper rifle version of the m/96? Yes, there was a special sniper rifle version of the m/96 designated rifle m/41 ('Gevär m/41'). These rifles were selected species of 'well shooting' m/96’s. Prior to the modifications their bores were checked and the rifles were fired for accuracy. The modifications consisted of drilling and tapping the receiver on the left side of the receiver and to mount a telescopic sight with mount. These sniper rifles are now obsolete, and were replaced in 1991 with the modern 7,62 mm sniper rifle PSG 90. This rifle had a a two whole brass disk, which reads: 'G m/41 B' |
| What does the 'turn down bolt handle' indicate? |
| A 'turn down bolt handle' on m/1938 rifles indicates that the rifle is a converted m/1896. All m/96 had straight bolt handles. Husqvarna made m/1938 were normally produced as m/38 with the handle down from the beginning (like the picture above). However there is a small number of HVA produced m/1896 (with straight handles). |
| Q: Why is there a lug on the cooking piece? |
| The soldiers were allowed to dry fire the rifles in training if they first put a piece of leather between the cooking piece and the bolt. That was the reason for the lug on the cooking piece. On the picture the mechanism is cocked and locked. Safe to the same side as the handle! The reason for the checkering of the cooking piece is to make it easier to dismantle the bolt. |
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| Q: What accessories were used? | |
The following accessories have been used over the years:
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| Illuminating night sights | |
Front sight adjustment vise | |
Different front sight adjustment vises were used. On top m/43G marked with instructions for adjusting the sight of the m/96 and m/38. To the left another type of adjustment vise. | |
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| Q: Why is the cleaning rod so short? | |
| There was an attachment that should have been used, but it was never issued for the field service - only for peace time cleaning in the barracks. It looked like this. | |
This Muzzle protection was normally used together with the cleaning rod. | |
Q: What was the purpose of the hole in the front barrel band? |
| It was used during rests when the soldiers connected their rifles together with a cleaning rod through this hole. |
Bolt handles on Kar m/94, Rifle m/96 and m/38. | |
| Mechanism of Carbine m/94 | |
| Mechanism of Short rifle m/38 type 2 | |
| Mechanism of Long rifle m/96 and Short rifle m/38 type 1 | |
| Mechanism of Long rifle m/96 | |
Production figures for the Swedish Army Rifles
m/1896, m/1938, m/1941 and Carbine m/1894.
| Weapon | Manufacturer | Production | Quantity |
| Carbine m/94 ('Karbin m/94') | Mauser | 1894-1896 | 12.000 |
| Carbine m/94 ('Karbin m/94') | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori | 1895-1933 | 115.000 |
| Rifle m/96 ('Gevär m/96') | Mauser | 1896-1899 | 40.000 |
| Rifle m/96 ('Gevär m/96') | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori | 1899-1936 | 475.000 |
| Rifle m/96 ('Gevär m/96') | Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB (HVA) | 1942-1944 | 20.000 |
| Rifle m/38 ('Gevär m/38') | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori | 1938-1940 | 55.080 m/96 were converted to m/38 |
| Rifle m/38 ('Gevär m/38') | Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB (HVA) | 1942-1944 | 88.150 |
| Sniper rifle m/41 ('Gevär m/41') | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori | 1941-1943 | 5.300 selected and modified m/96 |
Husqvarna Vapenfabrik AB
Serial Numbers/year
| Rifle m/38 (Gev m/38) | Low | High | Quantity |
| 1941 | 600035 | 628717 | 28 672 |
| 1942 | 628822 | 667603 | 38 781 |
| 1943 | 669783 | 683939 | 14 156 |
| 1944 | 704000 | 705969 | 1 969 |
| Rifle m/96 (Gev m/96) | Low | High | Quantity |
| 1942 | 695810 | ||
| 1943 | 689087 | 697837 | 8 750 |
| 1944 | 697641 | 702969 | 5 328 |
| 1945 | 698649 |
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I’m not very fond of Husqvarna shotguns but since I get fairly many questions regarding Husqvarna shotguns from people outside Sweden. Here’s some information you might find useful.
But to start with: there are no proof laws in Sweden, never has been any and by the looks of it will never by any either. So there are no valid Swedish proof marks either. The marks you find on a shotgun is made by Husqvarna factory in production as productions marks when the gun was made. Or later when proofed elsewhere.
The model is normally marked in the action flats, but not always. Since Husqvarna stopped producing shotguns in 1977 there were a short flush in time when everyone i Sweden should own at least one Husqvarna gun, the prices went up and not so few guns was renovated at the Husqvarna factory or even “upgraded” to a higher grade with the result that there are some guns that has started of as a lower grade, with some strange specifications that doesn’t match the factory records.
And one thing you know about Husqvarna is that you just don’t know for sure. The number of guns that is made out of the specifications is unknown, but there are quite a few of those odd guns out there. Guns that according to specifications shouldn’t exist. So there are a lot of guns that is “made to specific order” or later “renovated” that makes the model tricky to point.
More details about Husqvarna shotguns can be found in the book:Husqvarna Hagelvapen 1877-1977 - but only in Swedish sorry to say.
Serial numbers for Husqvarna Shotguns
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Stamps & Proof marks for Husqvarna
The only mark that one can call “proof mark” on a HVA gun is the stamp for having passed the test made at the factory. It’s a old logo for the factory.
Other stamps that one find is normally the following:
12 or 16 or 20 is the caliber/gauge
Numbers as 18,5 is normally the barrel internal diameter in mm
One or two letters from B to Y is the finishers mark, se table above
A crown is the stamp for the final check at the factory:
CHOKE normally means full choke on that barrel.
Triangle with a V means that the barrel material in the barrel has been worked with in cold state:
Numbers as 1310 or m1310 or m/1310 (or similar corresponding numbers to models) are normally the model, but in some odd cases these can be mistaken for caliber such as for the hammer gun m/20.
Example on barrel:
Barrels from a m/310 gun in gauge 12, gun finished by Claes Johansson
Example on action flat:
Action flat on a m/310 CS with number 174983, gun finished by Claes Johansson.
Note L between the actions flats - that is the mark of the action maker (passare in Swedish). Most of these marks are unknown today, at least by me. A funny one of these are called “the dot” (punkten in Swedish) since his mark was just a dot.
Chamber-length
Husqvarna was one of the first companies that to adopt to 2 3/4” (or 70mm) chamber length as early as 1937, as a general rule all guns after 165 000 have the longer chamber - some guns before might be 2 3/4” but most are 2 ½”.
Choke
As many older guns older Husqvarna - before 1960’s - are normally heavily choked and normally performs best with Eley GrandPrix or other cartridges with fibre or paper wad. Modern cartridges with plastic wad might give extremely tight and uneven pattern.
Quality and other things
Husqvarna Rifles Dates Of Manufacture
The golden rule for Husqvarna when it comes to quality is “as early as possible, and as high grade as possible”. A 310 is almost in every aspect better than the later models.
A C-grade gun is better than a A-grade gun, it’s not only engraving that differs.
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But never the less - Husqvarna is rather German in their style, so one should not expect the guns to be lively in their characteristics. The barrels are normally rather heavy which give a rather slow but stable swing.
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