I just say an add for a 30.06. I have never even heard about them.What are they,breif history maybe?Are they any good? thx

Sounds like they are made on m96 actions from the swede site.

Swedish sporterized.

stiga or Vapen-Depoten

Thanks,maybe I should have read my own post,I don't know how you understood out what I was asking

Im doing some research my self. From what I understand they are swedish gunsmith made rifles looking like civilian commercial husqvarnas but have some gustaf parts.

Maybe SBHVA will chime in

Stiga was (still is) a giant sproting goods company that made rifles for a while. They are famous today for ping-pong equipment.

Most Stiga rifles were modified military actions in new stocks and new sporter-style barrles. I have one in 9.3 x 62. The barrel steel in mine is really really soft, though.

I don't know if that is typical or not but the very end of the chamber and throat is eroded enough that the case mouth bells out and sticks when you try to open the bolt, but the bore is fine. I think someone in Sweden must have shot a lot of 9.3 x 57 in it.

I would look closely at a chamber casting. Other than that, it is a good serviceable rifle; I just have to trim my cases a bit shorter than normal to keep the brass out of the eroded area. It's a good enough rifle that one day I'll probably put a new barrel on it.

Tiggertate is right in most aspects in this matter.

The Stigas are mostly surplus CG96 and some CG98 ie Maser 96/98 army style that was changed over to civil form.

The 96 models in Sweden where built to suite the 6,5x55 round and it´s a wey moderate pressure round.

When Stiga made 30-06 and 9,3x62 rifles on the 96 systems the whent beyond the systems limits according to me.

As has been said in previous post, they are soft..

Here in Sweden the general consensus is to not use them in the 30-06 and 9,3x62 calibers due to some wery high profile cases of failures.

However if one finds a CG98 or other Stiga rifle in M98 then one is blessed cause they are top notch.

Personaly I carry a M98 in 9,3x62, original stock and a Ziess 1,5-6x42 in talley QD:s stocked with woodleigh 320 grain bullets as allround woods rifle.

The desicion to buy a Stiga rifle should be made after som delibiration and though, in 6,5x55, 8x57 and 9,3x57 they are a delight.

Best regards Chris..

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Originally posted by tiggertate:
Stiga was (still is) a giant sproting goods company that made rifles for a while. They are famous today for ping-pong equipment.

Most Stiga rifles were modified military actions in new stocks and new sporter-style barrles. I have one in 9.3 x 62. The barrel steel in mine is really really soft, though.

I don't know if that is typical or not but the very end of the chamber and throat is eroded enough that the case mouth bells out and sticks when you try to open the bolt, but the bore is fine. I think someone in Sweden must have shot a lot of 9.3 x 57 in it.

I would look closely at a chamber casting. Other than that, it is a good serviceable rifle; I just have to trim my cases a bit shorter than normal to keep the brass out of the eroded area. It's a good enough rifle that one day I'll probably put a new barrel on it.

Are They Marked " Stiga". Or not marked and maybe have husqvarna or carl gustaf stamps?

Sorry,I didn't look at them,they were just on a list, at a truck gun price.Now I know why.

Most of them are marked Stiga with the company logo on the barrel behind the rear sight cut; caliber is on the other side of the sight.

The actions are unmarked on the ones I've seen and on mine but they use a round '98-looking cocking piece without the thumb knob. They are "Art Deco" in style; I don't know how else to descibe the stock. Great big schnabel forend and black plastic tear-drop grip cap, black plastic butt plate. Lots of drop at the comb for iron sights.