That seems like a good deal, depending on condition of course. However, the gun shot about a yard high at 50 yards, and it looked too nice the way it was to work over the crude notch rear sight for something that worked better, so I passed on his offer to sell. I see that Simpson ltd has Husqvarna 146 bolt action Mauser FN 98s for sale approximately 300 give or take. 25-20 WCF ammunition reliably and the shells came out with very little distortion, indicating an accurate chamber. 22 bolt action, but the barrel was much longer. It was very light, like a 1930's vintage kid's single shot. It was very well made, though kind of foreign looking. Apparently, the Buffalo Brothers took the necessary pains to get the customer a rifle that had both bolt and extractor. The extractors, which were held in the raceways by the bolts, would fall out and often would be lost when the bolt was removed.
#Simpson husqvarna rifles for sale registration
Operated by the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA), it is an online service with free registration for SSAA members, dealers and the Australian shooting and hunting community, including firearm owners, collectors and enthusiasts. The container of bolts might or might not wind up in the shipping container with the rifles. SSAA Gun Sales has been designed to be Australia’s most comprehensive firearms and accessories trading website. He was told that the export laws in Sweden required removal of all the bolts from all the rifles before packing them for shipment. He drove over to Phoenix to some outfit called the Buffalo Brothers, who were importing them, along with a lot of Rolling Blocks, from Sweden at the time. I will have to find someone to take pictures to post here, my rifle is no longer shown where I bought it they do have 1 Model 25 in kind of poor condition with octagon barrel missing the extractor, stock looks like mine and action but mine is much better condition, lots of model 46 in 9.3X57mm, I may get one and already have a 640 in 9.3X62mm and 2 -.22 LR model 155 rifles, love those Husqvarna rifles !Īn acquaintance had one in. is Z25019 and should still be able to view it at simpson ltd ! It has a extractor that rides in a groove on the inside of the receiver and no ejector, I wanted to know more about this rifle and if they did put a ejector on them or you just have to pluck the spent brass out with your fingers ? It is ok because you wont loose any brass but a ejector would be nice ! Lol ! It should be noted that My M146s are built on early FN M98 'C' ring actions.I corrected the numbers for the view of the rifle, those first numbers was for a Norwegian Rolling Block and mine is a Swiss, sorry about that, I was interested in 2 guns and on my pad had 2 different numbers wrote down the Model 25 32-20 Win. The incentive to rechamber any of my x57s to 圆2 has dimmed considerably. Ballistics of my X57 loads exceeds those of the early X62 ballistics which the 圆2 first made it's bones on in Africa. In my M146s, I have easily push the x57 to within 200 fps of modern X62 velocities with no signs of excess pressure. H4895ish powders like R15 and Varget have worked very well for me. IME, 9.3x57s are among the least fussy cartridges I've messed around with.
#Simpson husqvarna rifles for sale serial
Made in Sweden, serial 14878 has a 24-inch barrel with open sights (front is a dovetail-mounted beaded blade, rear is dovetail mounted with segmented ele. A rare M246 (same as a 146 but chambered in 9.3圆2 at the factory) was sold minutes after it was first listed, but sadly, not to me. 22 LR repeater, Sweden, two magazines, 99 percent. I've gotten two M146s in 9.3x57 from Simpson LTD. Husqvarna Rifles IJ Misc Rifles IMI Rifles. How have the ones from Simpson's shot for you all?Īlso, what sorta loads are you running through them? Looks like H4895'ish sorta powder would be excellent.ĭon't say bargain too loudly. View Bob Simpson's guns, gear and accessories listed on GunsAmerica.