http://www.mamut.com/vaapen/subdet411.htm

Here is some pictures of a Husky 648 in 9.3x62 . The price on it is ca 750 dollars and its very nice. It has a new stock identical to the old one was and it has been reblued, drilled for scopemount, bolthandle is originally made for a scope. Only thing i will have to alter later is to get sling swivelstuds and a M70 safety for the receiver, otherwise its perfect for Zimbabwe as its is now.

A great classical rifle and a great classical cartridge that is now 102 years old. A very popular round here in Norway and much ammo to get from the cheap Serbian Partizan up to Rhino ammo from Sweden with rhino bullets, and norma, RWS, homeloaded ammo, SAKO ammo, and much more.


What scope would be fine for it, i have a Leopold 1-4x , but i think a good 1.5-6x would be perfect on that rifle.

Depending on the ranges at which you plan to hunt with it you might try a receiver sight instead of a scope. If you must scope it the low powered variables will do, but so would a 2.5x fixed power. Good hunting!

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Originally posted by mr rigby:
http://www.mamut.com/vaapen/subdet411.htm

Here is some pictures of a Husky 648 in 9.3x62 . The price on it is ca 750 dollars and its very nice. It has a new stock identical to the old one was and it has been reblued, drilled for scopemount, bolthandle is originally made for a scope. Only thing i will have to alter later is to get sling swivelstuds and a M70 safety for the receiver, otherwise its perfect for Zimbabwe as its is now.

A great classical rifle and a great classical cartridge that is now 102 years old. A very popular round here in Norway and much ammo to get from the cheap Serbian Partizan up to Rhino ammo from Sweden with rhino bullets, and norma, RWS, homeloaded ammo, SAKO ammo, and much more.


What scope would be fine for it, i have a Leopold 1-4x , but i think a good 1.5-6x would be perfect on that rifle.

A very good looking rig...... a good 1.5-6x would indeed be perfect on that rifle.

mr rigby, follow this link and see what you can do with your beautiful 'bush rifle' when using the correct bullets.

These bullets turn the 9.3 x 62 in something that very few people thought was possible!

Well if i could get GSC over here, but i dont know of any importer of hem yet.... But youre right Jagter, the old cartridges get a new life every year now, its 102 years old now and it will probably be 202 years old aswell.


http://www.performancebullet.no/produkt_ekspanderendejaktkuler.shtml

Here is some Norwegian made ones that are similar to GSC , they can also make custom bullets on request .

Exquisite "bush" rifle! I'm a fan of the Schnable tip.
1.5-6 is more than enough for a bush gun.

Beautiful rifle. Another vote foe a straight 2 3/4x scope

mr rigby, try the following dealers for GSC products - all much closer to you in Norway than South Africa -

FG Safaris

and Sloan International Ltd in the UK
(e-mail: sloanscountrysports@btopenworld.com)

Here are the smaller cousins to that rifle.

A pair of Husky M46 9.3x57's built on the model 96 action.



The lower one was already drilled & tapped so I shortened the barrel to 19.6" and am restocking it in the full stock Mannlicher style. It will wear a 1-4X scope. Even at the relatively sedate speeds the 9.3x57 generates the effects are awesome.

Good luck!

It will be fun to try one of the classics of hunting .

One of ammo im gonna try is the Norma Jaktmatch, thye have it in 50 round boxes, and then you get fine brass for a affordable price.

There is many fine bullets for it, Swift has a 300 grs Aframe and noslers 225 grain Accubond will be fun to try.

but i havent deceide which scope im gonna put on it, but the scopemount is sure, Leupold QR , no one under it, none above it.

And then a 3-12x56 scope can be mounted on top of it aswell if i need that one sometime.

it would be borderline criminal to do anything to those two rifles except shoot them.

regards,

Rich NRA Life Member
DRSS

Borderline but not.

The one on top is in much nicer shape than the one on bottom which was already altered when I got it. Further, the stock has had two repairs. You can see one, the other is hidden by the bolt handle. Additionally, the butt has two cracks, so, I'm not sure how much shooting it would stand up to before coming apart. Since I have a nice full stock on hand, I see it as a way to resurect the fine old rifle. Now, I'll have a pair, one short and one long. Had it been in better shape to begin with believe me, I would not have touched it.

Well the actions are bit different, mine is a FN 98 civillian edtion, and a very fine one for custom build. the most expensive action i have seen here is one that cost ca 18000 dollars ...

That had a diamond in the night sight on the front of the barrel ,,, and much much more.

So it will hold for my use also.

http://www.gunsandammomag.com/EUR/

I found the General`s article about the 9.3 mm

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Originally posted by mr rigby:
Well if i could get GSC over here, but i dont know of any importer of hem yet....

Mr. Rigby,

I have previously understood that GSC can ship directly to Norway. Send them an e-mail.

As for scopes, I'd put a 1.1-4x24 or 1.5-6x42 on it.

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Originally posted by mr rigby:
http://www.mamut.com/vaapen/subdet411.htm

Here is some pictures of a Husky 648 in 9.3x62

Hey guys, educate me please. When I read the text above, I expected to see a Husqvarna (sp?) action. But the text on the webpage you referred to says:

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Bygdpå FN-kasse uten tommelspor

which in my understanding of Norwegian (?) means it is an FN action without thumb cut.

Do you call all Mausers "Huskys" - which I had always understood referred to Husqvarna actions?? Or was it just general confusion in the heat of the battle??

Nice rifle, btw. It looks like it has enough drop at the heel that it should be useable with open sights. If you mount a scope on it, you'll have to watch for the mount getting high enough to possibly cause a delay when mounting the gun. With a US mount, you might get low enough for it not to be a problem.. I'd venture a guess most Central European mounts would be a tad too high - sadly so, as they normally offer the better QD ability.

- mike

This is a Huqsuarna rifle, nicknamed a "husky" , but it was build upon the FN receiver, the Swedes bought much of their 98`s receivers from Belgium an marked Them either Husquarna or Carl Gustaf as the names of their large arsenals was either one of them.

but Husquarna was famous for the 640, 1600, 1640 and eventually their 1900 action that is a pushfeed, but oh wonderfull it is...

Aha, I learn something new every day!
- mike

WEll, what ammo i will use in the rifle is still a question, Woodleigh, nosler, swift, Rhino, and some others.

Partizan makes cheap bullets for 9.3mm so there it is a huge amount of bullets at a low cost for practice.

Excellent solids is there also for the 9.3mm.

I read through the scripture a couple of days ago of his holiness John Taylor, his sayings about the cartridges then is so real that they can be said about them now.

It was delightful rifle to carry around then that packed a good punch and its a fine rifløe to carry around now.



The 286 grs bullet is used much over here for various hunting, moose and in sweden after bear and wild boar aswell. With those animals that can be a little cranky, some extra grains are needed, but also a little bit larger diameter on the round too is good to have

the 9,3x62 was a marvelous cartridge then and it is now a wonderfull metric.

Well when that rifle gets here, i will have a nice rifle that is allowed for big game in Zimbabwe and with a good reason, its the bullets that makes a cartridge good or bad.