Folks,
I picked up a beauty of a rifle this week. It's a Tradewinds Husky H-5000 30-06. The way I understand it, they were originally built on HVA (Husqvarna)actions. After the contract ended Tradewinds had Krico of Germany build them for a couple of years. The action is the M600 according to Frank De Haas' book.
The action is quite possibly the slickest I've ever operated. It looks similar to a Sako design.
I wondered if anybody has owned one and could tell me more about it.

That's kinda neat. Never seen one before. I really like the split ring appearance (even though it's not) instead of the traditional shroud. Looks like a keeper.

Terry

jnd,
Thanks for the link. I actually posted on there and Steve provided some info.


Terry,
I think you're right...it looks like a keeper

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Originally posted by Duckbill:

This is indeed the action we see and know as "Krico" here in Central Europe. They are quite common, in particular in the target versions. Calibers seen are typically .222 Rem or 7.5x55 - this is Switzerland, after all, and 7.5x55 military ammo is dirt cheap.

The ones we get here mostly come with double set triggers, but there are a few with single stage triggers.

I'm not quite sure what the differences are between Krico M600 and M700?? On the surface, they look quite similar.

Here are a couple of links;

http://www.waffen-hof.de/Repetierbuechsen/waffe7.htm

http://www.gebrauchtwaffenprofi.de/gebrauchtwaffen/deta.../109480/182793_2.jpg

The second gun is very similar to the target versions commonly seen here.

- mike

Hey Mike,
Thanks for the info and the links. The way I understand it is the M600 was a short action. When Tradewinds contracted Krico to build the Husky H-5000, it was done on a long action. They were only chambered in 270 and 30-06.