Husqvarna rifles fn bolt
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I am by now working on a database with pictures of the different types used by HVA. You can find some of these variations on different posts in the Civilian Swedish forum. Just after that came the D&T for the standard Weaver type bases. Late 1948 to early 1949, the 'hump" of the rear bridge was removed, and in the same period the rear bridge was d&t for a receiver sight and the new floortplate with the modified catch (and hinge) and a low scope safety was used. Then, in 1948, the "H-type" appeared it shows the hump, ont he rear brige and the "solid wall" with still a wing type safety.Īll the above had the standard floorplate, not the "improved" ones. He best way to follow the FN M/98 from a "full military" configuration to a "real sporter" action is to have a close look at the HVA (Husqvarna) 640 series.įrom 1946 to somewhere in 1947, they used, as you said, the military action, standard "C-type" with thumb notch and charger clip lips on the rear bridge.ġ947 saw an intermediate form of the "sporter" action they removed the charger clip bridge lips (but they kept the "hump") and made the action "solid wall".
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Throughout production, these FN mauser military and commercial actions stood second to none in their markets.
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Manufacturer component substitutions, special orders, repairs and customizations may be erroneously misinterpreted as standard product-wide production features. The ‘newest’ of these rifles are now fortyish years old. One caveat in interpreting production changes. This constituted the principal market wide course of FN mauser product development of their long extractor mauser action. Their standard FN mauser action continued also to be offered for some years as a less expensive alternative. Introduction of the FN Mauser “Supreme†action which incorporated a redesigned cocking piece housing and side safety lever. The FN logo atop the receiver ring was slowly phased out.ĥ. Early nineteen fifties: A transitioning period during which receivers were routinely tapped for telescopic sight mounts and corresponding low scope safeties always supplied. It is my belief that this change was all FN mauser action production, sporting and military.Ĥ. Technically the receiver strength was slightly compromised. The modification was made for production simplification. The inner ring against which the barrel abuts was altered from a single cut necessary to accommodate the long mauser extractor, to include a second non functional cut. Approximately 1950, engineering modification of the so-called ‘full C’ inner receiver ring. “Chrome Vanadium Steel†barrel markings routinely appeared.ģ. Approximately1948, significant modifications consisting of: elimination of the ‘thumb cut’ to facilitate a strengthened solid left receiver wall, elimination of elevated receiver bridge and clip loading recess, low scope safety more often incorporated on models designated for the U.S. This introduced the sweeping low scope bolt configuration that would become a signature element of the commercial line.Ģ. Principal modification of the military action limited to bolt handle redesign. Introduction in 1946 of a sporting model action. The following are highlights of FN commercial post WWII action production changes as they increasingly departed in features from their military brethren.ġ. I assume FN military mauser products used good quality carbon steel as it seems unlikely that CV steel would have been required by military clients. In respect of barrels, I suspect that the use of chrome vanadium steel in FN barrels were exclusive to their sporting rifle. Second, although I have no metallurgy expertise I would be quite surprised if the steel utilized was not the same for both military and sporting actions. Final finish even within sporting actions often differed based upon the various sporting manufacturers that employed them in rifle building.
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I also agree that the basic quality of all FN actions appear the same regardless how employed. I agree fully that prewar FN actions designated for sporting purposes appear mechanically and structurally identical to their military counterparts. In respect of FN sporting rifle and component action production, perhaps the following information may be useful in answering the original question posed.įirst two areas of concurrence with prior posts. FN “Commercial†Action/Rifle Production Changes I cannot speak directly to the various FN military mauser products.