First off let me say thank you to all the good people on this board who helped me with this project. It's a testament to the talent that hangs out here. James Anderson. Mike McCabe and Bill Soverns are amazing gunsmiths. I was the only weak link in the chain and I'm still happy with the results.

The rifle is pretty simple and I think that's part of it's appeal. It's deceptively light for what it is at only 7 1/2 lbs scoped but it balances beautifully. It's finally finished and will be my "go to" rifle this year.


It's a Husqvarna 1640 action with some pretty neat upgrades. I got a really good deal on a Husky rifle in a .270 Win. The seller was very honest and told me the barrel was shot out and I was only getting and action and stock in the purchase,,,PERFECT! I sent it off to Mike McCabe with a Pac-Nor featherweight barrel in .270 Win, Halfmoon rifle shop bolt handle, a set of sights out of the parts draw, a banded swivel stud, Timney trigger and a Dakota 3-position safety. Mike went to work and along the way came up with some excellent suggestions that made the barreled action even better.

After Mike finished with it I dropped (grafted) the barreled action into an old BRNO 21H stock I had in the closet. I love the looks of those old stocks and they fit me to the "T". I sent the pattern and a stick of Turkish walnut off to James Anderson for a duplication. This is one of those instances were dealing with people that care pay's off big time! I get a call from James about a week later. He said my pattern needed some attention, basically an overhaul. Instead of him sending the pattern back I sent the barreled action to him and he fixed a few things I had messed up. James saved my bacon on this one and I will remember that! A few weeks later the turned stock shows up and needed very little work to get the barreled action seated and start final shaping and sanding. One of the best duplications I've ever gotten.

After I finished smearing on the finish, the barreled action went back to Mike McCabe for a rust blue and the stock went to Bill Soverns for a checkering job. As the pictures below show, the work is amazing. Bill came up with that neat pattern.

I could on and on about it, but look at the pictures. This rifle is going to be worn out and dinged up so I figured I better take a few pictures of it when it was new.

Terry

NICE!

I hope you left that pattern with James... I gotta have one of those!

Well done!

Fantastic!!

Really nice!

Sweeet!!!!!

Very nice, Make sure you send a photo of this rifle to the fella you bought it from. He's gonna want to buy it back for sure.

As for the gunmaker's involved, well give yourselves a pat on the back.

Terry-

Another beauty!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

P.S. Nice Scope Rings,

Well done. I like that browning rear sight too.

Another BRAVO!, you know what you want and like/ and I like your taste in theses rifles your doing...NICE.
ENJOY

Hey Terry,
You are on a roll! Will you finish my next stock after James gets done with the duplicating?
Butch

A nice svelt rig there TC1!
...what does she weigh as we see it?

those husky actions are awesome, They are some of the nicest mausers made, it looks like you did the hidden bolt release method, very nice gun

Very nice.
Ihave a question. What did you do with the ejector assembly / bolt stop? From one or more of the pictures, it looks like the action has been modified to eliminate the traditional assembly. What did you do in it's place? Am I looking at the picture correctly?

KB

Probably the greatest advantage of logging on to AR is seeing the talent posted here on gunsmithing. And of course this one is certainly no exception....another really good gun!

Congrats to everyone that worked on it.

Butch, I still don't trust myself with my own stuff!

Kabluewy, On these Husky's you can simply cut that bolt release lever off and let the wood cover the hole in the action. To get the bolt out you just stick your fingure in the action and push down on the ejector and the bolt slops right out.

Trax, it weighs 7 1/2lbs scoped.

Terry

Very nice Terry!
If I wanted to have a .270 one just like that would be just fine.
Mike as you know is a great guy and does beautiful work, very nice rifle.
Your duplicator, James Anderson, where is he located?

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Very nice Terry!
If I wanted to have a .270 one just like that would be just fine.
Mike as you know is a great guy and does beautiful work, very nice rifle.
Your duplicator, James Anderson, where is he located?

He posts here all the time. It's gunmaker.

James Anderson ACGG Metalsmith & Stockmaker

Terry

Terry,

Beautiful gun!!

ddj

Man- That's a beauty!

Terry
You did a nice job finishing the semi! Great looking rifle

Hi Terry,
Very nice! Can you tell me about the sights - make and model? I think they look great.

Thanks,

David

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Originally posted by gunmaker:
Terry
You did a nice job finishing the semi! Great looking rifle

Thanks James, It would have never happened without your help.

DKim, the front sight is a simple Williams streamline. The back back sight is an old Browning. The guy I bought it off of said it came off an Olympian.

Terry

This really did turn out nice. Great job finishing it terry.

It was a pleasure to work on. And, as usual, Jim's work is super.

Mike-z1r, Thats some very nice work you do! Like the Knob job.

Another nice one Terry.

I know James does good duplicating and Bills checkering...

You've got some of the neatest s*** I've ever seen

May I ask:

what is the bottom metal?

That bolt knob could sell an Edsel.

Nice looking rifle.
There is just something about a rifle that fits you good and uses minimal wood.

Conrats on another beautiful mauser

I have a similar rifle in the works right now. All of your rifles have given me ideas.Thank you

What barrel length did you go with on this one ?

It's 22". When I ordered the barrel the plan was to go 24". I told Pac-nor I wanted the 2 extra inches out on the muzzle after the contour went nominal but in their infinate wisdon they decided I needed 2" extra at the shank. Mike just cut the extra off.

Terry

Tin Can,
I can answer for Terry...the bottom metal is standard Husqvarna steel bottom metal. All the early 1600's had that type. Later on they had an alloy or aluminum bottom metal. It's only redeeming feature (other than lighter weight) was the inside the bow floor-plate release.

Very nice Terry.

You have a great eye for classic rifles and stocks. You have got to be running out of gunsafe space!!!!


Phil

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Tin Can,
I can answer for Terry...the bottom metal is standard Husqvarna steel bottom metal. All the early 1600's had that type. Later on they had an alloy or aluminum bottom metal. It's only redeeming feature (other than lighter weight) was the inside the bow floor-plate release.

Thanks-

I only knew of the factory aluminum types. Hey, it's good to know I stand a shot at one of these one day with steel bottom metal

Once again, appreciated.

I see a lot of superbly crafted rifles here, but visually this one is my favorite. It's beautiful.

Well done, sir, well done!!!

WOW! I had an old Swedish uncle that got me into Husqvarna... Its my main brand of gun i hunt with. I bought a rough rifle a couple years ago for $215 with the same action and bottom metal. I wanted to do the same thing you did but i got to looking at the wood and decided to fix the cracks and restore it... I did and sold it for $500. More work than the profit I made but enjoyed it and used the $500 to buy a fiddle back crown grade with steel bottom too. Great rifles!