Husqvarna
I have a 270 Husqvarna 270 rifle that I bought new in 1955. It is a great gun and I have shot a lot of game with it.
Does anyone know if these rifles were ever popular. I have never seen another one.[:D]
Does anyone know if these rifles were ever popular. I have never seen another one.[:D]
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I inherited a 30.06 Bolt Action from my grandfather in 1976. Since then it has been kept in the gun safe and I have given it little thought since I live in Ohio and really have no use for it. However, I recently began to consider hunting again and wish to know more about the gun.
Does anyone know of any resources other than the Blue Book to assist me. The Blue book was of no help.
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sbhva,
Glad to see you onboard!
Do you specialize in military, modern or both? I have both but I am definitely not a collector
Welcome.
Regards.0 -
I have a question. I have a tradwinds Husky 5000 rifle, that many have refered to it as a "Husqvarna". What is the tradewinds Husqvarna connection, and is this rifle I own really a Husqvarna?
THanks
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)0 -
Salzo, Tradewinds was an importer. If memory serves they were located in Washington state. The Husky 5000 was built for Tradewinds by Husqvarna.
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HeDog- Its a .243 and hell no I dont want to sell it. I dont know if you read any of the posts I put up about it, but it was a mess when I got it, rust, and the stock had a varied assortment of crap, including paint, motor oil, just about everything. And it shot awful. After putting a lot of time, and a little money into it, I finally got the rifle to be a great shooter, and look nice on top of that. My father gave me the rifle, so I think its gonna be one of those things that stay around for at least as long as I am around.
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)0 -
I admire your attitude Salzo. Maybe I could just shoot it once when we go hunting.[^] 0 -
I have a Tradewind Huskie 5000 in 30-06 bought it around 1963, New out of the box it shot 1/2" groupes at 100 yards and it still does, never any surprises. a great rifle, and I like the stock on it better than the reg. huskie, I have a lot of rifles and don't need any more, but if I ever run in to another one I WOULD BUY IT. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by salzo
I have a question. I have a tradwinds Husky 5000 rifle, that many have refered to it as a "Husqvarna". What is the tradewinds Husqvarna connection, and is this rifle I own really a Husqvarna?
THanks
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)
Hey Salzo, this is your Civil War buddy, BlackieBooger. I have a Tradewinds Husky Model H-5000 .270 Win which my Dad got me for Christmas in 1969 when I was stationed in Korea. In fact I received some good information from sbhva off of www.gunboards.com under the title Swedish civilian firearms. I had read somewhere that a German firm, Krico had made the Model H-5000. Sbhva told me that Husqvaran definetly made my 270. He said Husqvarna quit making guns in 1970. I gave him the serial number off my gun and he was able to tell me that it was one of the last ones made. He said Model h-5000 had 6 digit serial numbers starting with either a 2 or 3. I love my 270 as it is light, accurate, and has the push-type shotgun safety which I had recently fixed because the spring become weak and the safey sometimes would push off when carrying it on my shoulder creating an usafe condition.
By the way i fired a shot across your bow the other day on the Civil War subject and haven't heard anything from you.
BlackieBooger
"Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, not liberty to purchase power."
Benjamin Franklin, 1785
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HeDog- Sure you can shoot it. You can even hunt with it if you like.
But I have a rule, you harvest game with one of my guns, I get the game.[:)]
Blackie- Thanks for the link. Ill check it out.
Ill check out the civil war post-kinda got bored with it.
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)0 -
quote:Originally posted by salzo
I have a question. I have a tradwinds Husky 5000 rifle, that many have refered to it as a "Husqvarna". What is the tradewinds Husqvarna connection, and is this rifle I own really a Husqvarna?
THanks
The answer is "it depends". Let me explain. Tradewinds was an importer in Tacoma Washington and was the exclusive importer for Husqvarna in the US until the late 60's. Tradewinds actually owned the copyright to the "Husky H-5000" trade name. When they stopped importing Husqvarnas, they brought in a Krico rifle and called it the Husky H-5000. That is where the confusion comes in. The early H-5000's had Husqvarna's name or HVA on them somplace as well as the logo (a script H with a crown over it) on top of the front receiver ring, but some of the later ones may not. All of the rifles made by Husqvarna have a 6 digit serial number starting with 2 or 3. This model was the lowest priced rifle and in an effort to save money, the later guns did not have the usual polished finish on the receiver and may not have had the usual factory stampings.
If any of you are interested, I know of several examples of this model for sale.0 -
quote:Originally posted by nononsense
sbhva,
Glad to see you onboard!
Do you specialize in military, modern or both? I have both but I am definitely not a collector
Welcome.
Regards.
I am primarily a collector of commercial Husqvarna firearms, but I also have some knowledge of the military weapons. I am interested in rifles and shotguns and have both in my collection. I also use mine for hunting and shooting.
I would be interested in hearing about the Husqvarnas that you have.0 -
I have seen some nice Husq pistols, of the Browning design, that are chambered in 9mm Browning Long. How does one find/load that round? 0
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