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Husqvarna Vapenfabrika

Roselynn
I purchased a Husqvarna Vapenfabrika made in 1870. It is a double barrell 16 gauge shotgun and 50/70 caliber rifle. Anyone have any idea as to the value of the gun and information about its history? I know it was made in Sweden, but the only website I found regarding this company begins in 1890.
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  • Roselynn
    I purchased a very rare Husqvarna Vapenfabrika gun. It was made in 1870 and is a double barrell - 16 gauge on one side and 50/70 caliber rifle on the other. Does anyone know the value of the gun and/or any history about it. All the websites I have looked at do not go back to guns made in the 1870s.
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  • Ned Fall
    Your gun is known as a drilling, a double with one rifle barrel and one shotgun barrel. My reference information concerns primarily shotguns. The company, Husqvarna Vapenfabrik Aktie Bolag more commonly known as just Husqvarna in business since the early 1600s and still in business. The factory is located in Jonkoping, Sweden. Guns made by this company were last imported by A.F. Stoeger & Co. Although there are some modern guns listed in The Blue Book, yours of course is not and there is no addresses listed for Husqvarna. You might try contacting Stoeger and see if they can give you any information or addresses. They can be contacted at:
    Stoeger Industries
    5 Mansar Court
    Wayne,NJ 07470
    Tel: 201 872 9500
    Failing that you might try contacting the Swedish Embassy in Washington.
    Fax: 201 872 2230
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  • Herschel
    This might be considered nit picking but the rifle described is known as a "cape gun". The drilling will have three barrels.
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  • nononsense
    Roselynn,

    Welcome to the Gunbroker Forums!

    I was going through some of my notes and articles and ran across this little tidbit:

    Gev?rsfaktoriet i Husqvarna
    Founded in 1689.
    Closed in 1972.
    Located next to the town of Husqvarna.
    In 1689 a millingworks for rifle bores was founded at the waterfalls at Husqvarna, it later became a rifle-factory. It was privatized in 1757 and became a limited company in 1867, as Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB (HVA). After the Danish-Prussian War of 1864 and the Franco-Preussian war of 1870-71, military orders dropped. To survive Husqvarna begun making hunting rifles in 1877. Later they also started to make motorcycles, chainsaws and sewing-machines. The small arms division was sold to FFV (Carl Gustaf) in 1969, and production moved to Eskilstuna in the early 1970s.

    This presents an interesting if slightly problematic situation. With the sale of the firearms division of the business to FFV, who got the paperwork and records? As with any transitions such as this, either company could have the records and not having any personal knowledge of the transfer after the sale, I can't answer this question without making several long distance phone calls. You might be better off trying to use e-mail to establish a contact with both companies to see who might have the records or if they exist at all. I've had very good luck with companies in all of the Scandinavian countries with their responses to my requests for information or historical references, if it's available.

    Pictures of the combination would be very helpful especially if you included some of the water table and the underside of the chambers at the breech.

    Gunbroker is fortunate to have a member who is knowledgeable about the Swedish gunmaking industry:

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=3664

    He posts infrequently so you might use this link to his e-mail for a contact. Explain your dilemma and ask for his help. He has been generous with his commentaries previously.

    Best.
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  • sandwarrior
    Roselyn,

    Along with what herschel says this is a "Cape Gun" but has values near what fine drillings and combination guns did of the time period.

    Heres a site that gives some value.

    http://www.micksguns.com/combination rifles.htm

    Also one at Cabela's:

    http://preview.tinyurl.com/nf7va4

    The one at Cabela's is a drilling as you'll note the rifle barrel basically sits under a side by side shotgun.

    Edit:

    nononsense....those are some of the cutest little feet I've seen since my kids were little.[:D] Are those yours????[;)]

    Another edit:

    Thanks mcaso, I didn't mention that and it would make a big difference in value. The pound to the dollar is about 1 2/3rds. So a 300 Br. pound would make a $500 rifle.

    ADDED:

    To save space, I'll answer here where it's related to your question.

    One of the other members asked the same thing basically. No, none of those photographs relates to me at all, although I was only 5-lbs. 3-oz. at birth so they could be mine. Mom tells me I was just plain tiny... The photographs are from my collection over the years that I've archived digitally.

    Best.
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  • mcaso
    Roselynn - Take note, the prices are in British pounds not US dollars.
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