#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx serial numbers#
#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx serial number#
#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx series#

Then FFV/Carl Gustaf bought the Gunworks and continued to manufacture the 1900 under the FFV designation.

#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx serial numbers#

Husqvarna manufactured the Model 1900 in the HVA Gunworks, serial numbers 350000 – 378607 One can also buy 'blank bases' and have it machined to fit receiver. Redfield are just the same by now as they're the same company. They call it 'Husqvarna, Carl Gustav and Crown Grade' and the base model is STD-HC 49989. Leupold only makes one base to fit the action and it's their only 'standard' base for the 1640/1600/1651 familly.

#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx serial number#

A serial number on the action was not required in the US until the Gun Control Act of 1968, well after most of the Husqvarna rifles were made. If your rifle does not have these then it is not a factory installed barrel. This method was due to Swedish regulations for civilian rifles.Īll factory barreled actions had the serial number stamped on the barrel as noted above along with the Husqvarna logo as a proof mark, and at least 'Husqvarna Vapenfabrics Aktiebolag' along the top of the barrel.

#Carl gustaf 1900 super lyx series#

This holds true for the bolt action rifles from the M46 through the 1900 series of rifles. Husqvarna stamped the serial numbers on the left side of the barrels just ahead of the receiver. The Model 1651 Special is not common at all. The HVA 'Improved Mauser' is NOT a short action, it's a 'US standard length' action, which uses the same trigger guard bolt pattern as the standard Mauser 98, but it's a Small Ring action. There is a lot of confusion on what is what, but basically, the 1600 is the short barreled action (520mm), the 1640 is the 'standard' barreled action (600mm, including the 'Husky' with it's 560mm barrel) and the 1651 is the 650mm barreled action, officially only made in. All the 1600/1640/1651 are made on the same action. 'There's nothing such as a 'short HVA action'. Husqvarna's rifle production was sold to FFV Carl Gustaf in 1970,Īnd the production of the model 1900 continued in Eskilstuna until the end of the seventies.' Since 1950 Husqvarna have mainly used cold-hammer forged barrels.Ī very crude and simplified list of Husqvarna rifle modelsįN made M98 action (old and new type), and Swedish m/38 actionĬalibre 270Win 6,5x55 30-06 8x57JS 9,3圆2Ĭalibre 7mmRemM 308Win 270Win 30-06 243Win 9,3圆2Ĭalibre 22-250 243Win 6,5x55 270Win 7mmRemM 300WinM Looks like the one on the present Carl Gustaf 2000 rifles. It uses short modernĮxtractor and ejector. It was released in 1953 and discontinued in 1967. It uses a long mauser 98 type extractor and mechanical ejector So they developed anĪction that in some ways resembles the German Mauser model 98. Husqvarna was not comfortable with the fact that they wereĭepending on one of there competitors. The new type doesn't have the thumb cut-out and that the bolt Made by FN in Belgium in two types, the main difference is that 'Husqvarna basically used only four different mauser-type actions.Īfter WW2 it was called model 38, it also lost the thumb cut-out.

The basic difference between the 16 is barrel length and the 1640 is usually slightly heavier. The FN action you are looking at is probably a 640 rather than a 1600 or 1640.

And in a rifle that may be over 50 years old! They shoot, the triggers are easily worked, and if you get the 1600, are very lightweight. But rest assured, if you buy a 1600/1640 you will be buying one of the nicest, smoothest 98 actions available - period. It does appear to be short of some of the calibres available for each model. Here is some info gleaned from the 'Fire' and and other forums.