HISTORY OF HUSQVARNA RIFLES MANUALS

Hence they've manufactured weapons during 350 years, which is quite impressive. The history of Husqvarna weapon factory is fascinating, it started around 1695 and ended 1977. That being said, the 96 wouldn't be my choice of action for a 300 WM like the one pictured in the previous post, mind you, there are a lot of old 98's that have some doubtful metallurgy out there too, the same applies to them.

HISTORY OF HUSQVARNA RIFLES MANUALS

Most of the cautionary notes directed towards the 6.5X55 in reloading manuals are with the Norwegian Krag actions in mind. If we're talking about a beat and abused rifle, use caution, but any decent ones are safe. They informed me that the 96 was amply strong enough for the pressures that their ammo produced, in fact, it was stronger than many currently made commercial actions, but wouldn't name names. I wanted to know if their factory ammo was safe to use in the 96 bases rifles. I contacted them years ago about an earlier model 46 in 9.3X57 that I owned. More importantly, Norma does not differentiate between the two actions. A good friend of mine has an old husky in 9.3X62 that he's used for over 20 years with no bolt set back issues after using factory and reloaded ammo loaded to standard pressures. They are just as strong as any small ring 98, they just don't handle case ruptures as safely. I think that this is where a lot of the current thought came from about the commercial 96's. Rifles like the P-14, M-17 and the iconic pre 64 Winchester model 70 all lack this feature but no one seems to think they're lacking in strength. The main advantage the 98 has is its ability to handle gas from a ruptured case, the flange on the 98's bolt shroud was noted as a great advancement at the time of it's introduction and does deflect gases away from the shooter. The commercial 96's didn't have thumb cuts like the military actions and were made out of the best steels then available. There's been a lot of differing opinions on the commercial 96 based actions.

History of husqvarna rifles