I understand the model 1900 actions came after the model 8000 actions. The 1900 has a dual lug bolt that encloses the cartridge head with an extractor similar to the push feed Win 70's. Hinded floorplate, side safety. Anyone have any other info on these rifles ? Were they accurate ? Would appreciate any comments you might have about these rifles including a ball-park value.

I have a CG marked HVA but understand it's the same or similar. I believe mine was made in the early 70's. It has a slick action, an adjustable trigger and the bottom metal is alloy in case that bothers you. Mine came factory fitted with decent open sights, which I've never used. Apart from needing to be rebarrelled now it's been a very reliable and accurate rifle.

I've got them in 25-06, 30-06 and 7 mag. One of the slickest actions I have tried. Accurate yes. Adjustable trigger kind of. Hard to get below 4 lbs. But very very crisp.
Stocks fit really nice with a longer lop. Quite light and well balanced rifle.
Zoli was making a modern rifle similar to the cg and hva 1900's

As with everything, condition drives the value. Minty ones could sell for 800$ plus. Canadian dollars...

Thanks guys. Doesn't seem to be many of them out there.

Zoli now makes them and still show them in their catalog. It appears to be a good design and they offer some serious high end options

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Originally posted by snowman:
Thanks guys. Doesn't seem to be many of them out there.

You're in the wrong country, that's all. The 358s and 308 Normas go for a lot, $1,300 CAD or $1,000 USD. But the normal run of the mills trade for about $495 CAD or $380 USD. Even at $495 they aren't quick sellers. Just your run-of-the-mill, buzzard-grade, European hunting rifles.

Remember, the prices in the link below are Canadian. You have to divide the price by 1.3 to get USD. Ex: $1,000 CAD ÷ 1.3 = $769.23 USD.

https://www.tradeexcanada.com/produits/95

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Originally posted by speerchucker30x378:

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Originally posted by snowman:
Thanks guys. Doesn't seem to be many of them out there.

You're in the wrong country, that's all. The 358s and 308 Normas go for a lot, $1,300 CAD or $1,000 USD. But the normal run of the mills trade for about $495 CAD or $380 USD. Even at $495 they aren't quick sellers. Just your run-of-the-mill, buzzard-grade, European hunting rifles.

Remember, the prices in the link below are Canadian. You have to divide the price by 1.3 to get USD. Ex: $1,000 CAD ÷ 1.3 = $769.23 USD.

https://www.tradeexcanada.com/produits/95

Rod Thanks for the input and the link to Tradex. They have tons of Husqvarna rifles. Many are M96 rifles lots of rifles built on M98 actions and even more on the Husqvarna 1600 action which is a M98 clone. These are the rifles that are selling for $300 thru $600. Less common calibres like 358 Norma and 9.3x62 sell for more as you indicated. I was inquiring about the model 1900 rifle which is built on a totally new action. The 1900 is NOT a mauser action.

Yeah the one with the gippy locking lugs and the cute little button cocking indicator on the bolt shroud. We see a lot of those too. I've seen a few of the Zoli clones and they don't seem to bad. They are pretty much an exact clone and I suspect they are made under license from HVA. Some people claim that the gippy lugs make the action smoother, but to be honest I always found them to be more grabby and jerky to operate if you don't pull the bolt straight back. Others claim that lug system is stronger and while it might increase the surface area and help prevent galling but I don't see it providing any more sheer strength. I'm not sure about the Zoli's but the steel in the HVAs is some mighty tough crap. I've had to do the odd bit of milling and drilling on those receivers over the years and you pretty much should forget cutting them with HSS. I have unstuck more than a couple over pressured rounds from those guns over the years and I have never seen one set back or blown up either. I'm pretty sure they must be using some sort of chrome vanadium, death tool steel.

Rod Thanks again. That is the info I was looking for. Anyone I've talked to claimed these were super smooth actions. Sounds reasonable that a few came out of the factory that were not quite so smooth. Trying to do a little research on this rifle . Apparantly when Husqvarna started making them they were very good. Shortly after that Husqvarna sold the rifle division to Carl Gustaf. Apparently there were issues with the first rifles that FFV Carl Gustaf produced. Bad enough that they had to hire some of the old staff from Husqvarna to straighten out the problems. Husqvarna made actions apparently have a 3xx,xxx serial #. The initial Carl Gustaf actions started with 4xx xxx. After Husqvarna employees sorted out the problems the serial #s started with 5xx xxx. Actions have also been made for Zoli and other companies

I would sure start an argument in a hurry about the designed in, smoothness of the action. It may have worked out to be more smooth of some engineers drafting board. But something clearly got lost in the translation because they are clearly a lot stickier if you jam the bolt to one side or another. But it could have just been the few hundred that Ive played with over the years. But they are tough suckers.

As uncommon as these rifles are in my part of the world I've run into two of these rifles in the last few weeks.One of them in 300 Win followed me home. I must be lucky because this rifle is in pretty good shape. The action is smooth. With the bolt fully open I can apply as much pressure as I can in an upward, downward, to the left and to the right and the bolt does not bind. Same thing on opening. It has been hunted as there are a couple small marks on the stock but the bore looks like it has seen very little shooting. Sharp and shiny would cover that. Trigger is easily adjustable. It is close to 3 1/2 lbs. Rifle alone is just under 7 lbs so with mounts and a scope it will be close to 8. Going to get it all cleaned up ,mount a scope and looking forward to getting it to the range. Thanks to everyone for their comments. If some have concerns about a rifle it is nice to hear about them before you buy one.

This is THE smoothest action ever made, only matched by the Sauer 80 and 90.
I have only handled a few hundreds. And has been involved in the mfg of some of the clones.
There is no licencing on the Zoli clones. They ar the remainidears of Viking Arms, and to some extend SG19C. Those 2 Companies went to Italy to get sombody to mfg the 1900 action when the patent ran out.
I only made a couple of thousand stocks for the Vikings and a fev hundres for the SC19C. I also finished apx 1.000 of the Vikings, including barrelinstalation, and finishing and bluening. So probably i dont know anything about it.