ATTN: Husqvarna S&W rifle owner's, A New Trigger Option for the 1640 action Rifles

ATTN: Husqvarna S&W rifle owner's, A New Trigger Option for the 1640 action Rifles

Hello member's
As some of you Know S&W used to Import some fine rifle's one being the high quality Husqvarna rifles. I own one made in 1967 that has the Model 1640 action. I use the gun Lightly to Hunt Deer with, but it has always' Hindered me due to it's Horrid Trigger Pull. It is an "A" Grade gun with the High Gloss Urethane stock, fine checking and high Polished bluing. It is chambered in Springfield 30-06 and is a fine accurate gun. There is one draw back that really annoy's me though and that is a Terrible Trigger with a wicked high Pound rated trigger pull. I looked at options and located a great one for the Husqvarna rifles. It is made by Huber Concepts and is called their Ball bearing Friction less competition trigger. it is a fully adjustable trigger for let off as well as creep.

I had some Deep conversation with the owner of the company John Huber, he is very passionate for perfection as well as rifle accuracy and has chosen the fabulous Husqvarna Husqvarna rifle to mock up a drop in trigger assembly for. This new Ball bearing designed trigger will allow owner's of Husqvarna's to use his trigger with No stock alteration's Nor safety lever issues & It is now finished and John Has agreed to send me one as well as two more trigger assemblies that are in their final stages of R&D. It should be here shortly so when it show's up, I have agreed to follow up with an in Depth article on his trigger's as well as show the accuracy result's of his ball bearing friction less triggers. He is currently the only Manufacturer out there to make a totally drop in trigger for the Husqvarna rifles Timney offer's a trigger but it requires much stock modification to use their trigger as well as a Safety lever Modification, of which I am not Patrial to and the last thing I want to do was butcher a prefectly Good French Walnut stock. If this Interests you here is a link to his web page or stay tuned to watch this new project unfold, Pictures and dialog to follow. Regards, Hammerdown

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Neat, now all I need is a Husky S&W very good information for anyone fortunate enough to own one of these fine rifles.

I have a model C. It is the lightweight with 20 1/2" barrel in 30-06.
The stock triggers are basically a slightly modified military type with
a single stage pull as opposed to the two stage military. They are
very simple and compact so the stock is not weakened by wood
removal the adjustable types require. Pulls are a bit heavy but on a
hunting rifle it's not a huge problem.

alwslate said:

I have a model C. It is the lightweight with 20 1/2" barrel in 30-06.
The stock triggers are basically a slightly modified military type with
a single stage pull as opposed to the two stage military. They are
very simple and compact so the stock is not weakened by wood
removal the adjustable types require. Pulls are a bit heavy but on a
hunting rifle it's not a huge problem.

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Hello Alwslate
I surmise that you have the later made 1900 action rifle ? I say this as the model 1640 action's Did Not have an adjustable trigger, Nor any stages to their let off. I spent a good amount of time on the phone with the owner of Huber Concept's John Huber, he is very Passionate for perfection. His frictionless Ball baring Patented trigger is a drop in style for the Husqvarna model 1640 action that does not require removal of any stock wood. Prior to this, the only option was a Timney trigger which is called a Sportsman Trigger. It requires removal of stock wood to fit the Husqvarna action and also there is some safety fitting by removing More of the stock wood as well. The Timney Trigger was Not an Option for me as the last thing I would want to do is hack up the Gourgeous wood of my Husqvarna rifle. John Huber is a very Talented Engineer that has Taken the time to design a trigger to fit the Husqvarna' without any Modification's unlike the Timney triggers, I am really looking forward to Installing one in my gun soon and should have it within the next day or so. There is a Lot of good reading about the Husqvarna rifles in this Link below I enjoyed it myself, I hope Ya'll do as well. Regards, Kurt # 1682



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That is a beautiful rifle. Having used them for a number of years I have fond memories.

tekarra said:

That is a beautiful rifle. Having used them for a number of years I have fond memories.

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Hello tekarra
I Certainly appreciate your Kind comments, I am Very fond of this rifle myself it is the Crown Jewel of my rifle collection. My Huber concept's match grade ball bearing friction less Black Teflon finished trigger arrived in Today's Mail. Initally I was under the impression that I may have to change out the entire Husqvarna trigger assembly, but I stood to be corrected. It is simply a self contained Ball bearing trigger that is Placed into the gun's Existing Trigger assembly. It appear's that all that has to be done to install it in my gun is to drive out the Existing trigger Pin that Goes Through the Husqvarna trigger assembly, to install this Match grade trigger, I would say the entire install of it should Not be more than ten Minute's Top's. It even comes with an allen head wrench to adjust it once it is Placed in the trigerr assembly for let off Pressure and Over all Trigger Creep once it is installed is in the gun. Here is how it comes & Look's when ordered from Huber Concept's it came in a nice Padded envelope and they also sent me w Nice Ball Point Pen with their advertising name on it and a neat Sticker to Place on my Vehicle should I decide to do so, They are super Nice folok's at Huber Concept's that's for sure and they Really care about customer relation's as well as making a fine engineered trigger to solve the heavy trigger Pull issue's in these Husqvarna's. I never got anything other than the part I paid for when I delt with Timney Trigegr's and their's will not hold a candle to the performance of these Huber Concept trigger's as their's is adjusted through Spring tension and has No Ball bearing design to it, and when Buying their's they Only offer it as a complete Trigger assembly, so you have to hack up your Gun's stock to fit their larger trigger assembly as well as Modify the wood around the Gun's safety lever, so that Turned me right off to begin with that is why I Turned to John Huber for his advice and Excellent product. Regards, Kurt #1682

Hammerdown; no my rifle has the same Mauser type action as yours.
Reread my post, I didn't say it had an adjustable trigger. The military
trigger has two humps resulting in a two phase pull basically while the
Husqvarna trigger is a simple modification resulting in just one pull
phase. The custom trigger you have looks like a similar trigger that
has a screw added to adjust the amount of contact between the
trigger and sear.

That is great information, thank you for posting. Fortunately I have not had an issue with triggers in any of my Husqvarnas.

Hello All
I sat down last Night to install my new Huber Concept's firctionless ball Ball bearing trigger in my S&W Husqvarna. The direction's are very straight forward, all you will need to do is Take your Barrel & action out of your stock, then Tap the trigger Pin out of the Trigger assembly with a small Punch and hammer and remove the stock trigger. Once that has been Taken out replace it with the Huber concept's trigger and adjust your trigger to your liking per the Instructions shown. I did end up having to remove a slight amount of wood down around my Trigger Guard assembly in my wood stock due to Extra wood in that area, Stock's will differ as S&W apparantly made the wood to fit these action's and barrels, but it was very Minimal and will Not hurt the strength, or Integrity of the stock. Once this trigger was installed I set it at 3/4 of a Pound with No creep and it feels as smooth as Velvet when the trigger breaks clean now. I look forward to getting this gun on the Range this coming week to see what kind of group's it will print now. Here is the Instructions as well as how the Huber trigger looks in a Husqvarna rifle. Regards, Kurt #1682

Hello All

I got to the Range Yesterday to try out my new Huber Concept's Competition ball bearing Frictionless Trigger. I can tell you that John Huber has done his home work Well on these trigger's what a Huge difference it made in my Husqvarna rifle. I had Many shot's while firing it that went off before I expected them to Surprising me and that Spells accuracy. I have my New Trigger set @ 3/4 of a Pound weight with Zero Creep and it breaks Like Glass due to The Ball bearing Fristionless design John has come up with. I set my Target @ The Hundred Yard range for Load testing, Ihad with me two different hand load's using 150 Grain Bullet's both Ballistic tip type Bullet's. It was a Nice Cool 65 Degrees here in Knoxville, Tennessee Yesterday with almost No wind Present and was very Sunny. I was shooting my own hand load's using Accurate Arm's Powder in One hand Load and IMR Powder in the Other hand Load Both were dispensed at near Maxium Hunting loading level's so The Recoil of my Gun was Just Wicked. The Bullet's I loaded were Hornady Ballistic tipped 150 Grain weight. The Other hand Load was Nosler Ballistic Tipped 150 Grain weight as well. I had to sight my Gun in as it's classic Redfield wide View 3-9 variable scope was off some from the last time I used it and I Strongly Suspect that some of that may have been caused by Flinching due to such a High Trigger Pull weight being 7- Pound's that my gun used to have.





I did Get some Nice clover leaf group's Just Under the size of a dime while shooting it so it is Now Very accurate to Hunt Deer with this year, and John Huber's Trigger is the very reason for this new accuracy that it has. It will take some work to get this gun to produce One Ragged hole group's as the Wicked High recoil of it simply Stomped me into the ground shooting Hunting Load level ammunition, and my Right shoulder feel's Like Ground Chuck this AM from it. I can tell you that you are Striving for accuracy out of your Husqvarna rifle, that adding this Huber concept's Trigger is The Very best thing one can do for a Husqvarna rifle with the 1640 action as John Huber has filled a very Important Need in these guns. If you are Hindered by Your Husqvarna's High Trigger Pull do your self a Huge favor and get one of John's Ball bearing Frictionless Trigger's as they are Everything he say's that they are and More, and I can Gurantee that you will not be Disapointed in their performance, it is Just What These Old Husky's Needed to make them The Perfect hunting or Bench Rest Performance Guns. Regards, Kurt Vogler

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Hello All
I have been working Very hard at perfecting a Good stout Hunting Load for my S&W Husqvarna rifle. Since I Placed this new Huber Ball Baring frictionless Trigger it has Enhanced my Gun and filled a Huge Need in the gun as the factory Trigger was Pure garbage. In working up a heavy Hunting load I selected some Hornady SXT style Bullet's of 150 Grain weight. These Bullet's are of Boat tail design and have the Plastic ballist tip's on them. I tried Three different load's for my gun and settled on the one shown on target below. I must confess here Guy's, that due to the High Recoil of the Springfield 30-06 Caliber, I needed to space the day's in testing as it Quickly Turned my Right shoulder into Ground Chuck with Black & Blue Brusing. I no Longer enjoy the High recoil of this rifle but I also Understand to wring out the gun's Highest level of accuracy it will require Much bench shooting to get it where I wanted it on target. In this last session of Target Load testing, I set the scope target's @ The 100 Yard Line as well as the 200 Yard Line. I did make some Minor scope adjustment's while shooting it so that is why some of the shot's are Not in the Ten Ring area of the target, as I progressed with it, The Shot's's went where I intended them to be though, and I was Pleased with the Over all perfomance of the tested Load and Gun's Trigger it Really shines now. As I mentioned I am Very Pleased with the group's this hand Load Produced as the Gun is a Sporter type tapered barrel Type rifle so one can not expect it to shoot and react like a serious bench rest type gun. These group's are much better than I expected and are the Very best that it has ever produced I Now, have Huber Concept's to Thank for that. I did E-mail Gary this AM and shared with him that installing their Trigger in my S&W Husqvarna took a Little more work than I expected, as they Intended their trigger's for the Husqvarna Built wood stock's and there is a difference between them and the S&W made wood stocks on these Guns but other than That Minor Issue I was very Pleased with it and it's Supreme Velvet Smooth performance. Gary is Very self conscience type Guy, so I strongly suspect that he will look into my concern's and make the needed changes to make these trigger's a Breeze to Place in the S&W Husqvarna guns in the very near future. In closing here, I can tell you that I have Dealt with Hundred's of supplier's in my Life time, but I have never dealt with any Like Huber Concept's they are Trully Pasionate for shooter's and stive to perfect and please their Buying Public, they are Great guy's get you one of their Trigger's there is NO One else out there to offer anything this amazing and easy to Place in our Guns, of which They Really Lacked in coming from the factory. Regards, Hammerdown



Here is my test target shot @ The 100 Yard Line with my New Huber Concept's Trigger, which Really makes the Accuracy of this gun shone now




Here is a Three shot cluster group which is Under the Size of a dime shot @ the 100 Yard Line as well, This was NOT able to be done with this Rifle Until I Placed the Huber Trigger in it now it makes this Gun my favorite Gun




Here is my test target set @ The 200 yard Line shot with my Huber concept's Frictionless ball bearing Trigger

Hello Member's
I did find out by Process of elimination that these Husqvarna Rifle's do not like the heavier style bullets as the 165 or 168 grain boat Tail's. They shot decent group's but the Lighter weight 150 grain bullet's shoot Much tighter Group's so to the reloader's out there that load for the Springfield 30-06 Caliber in these rifles, I will save you the time and expense cutting to the chase here on Bullet selection for these guns. I believe the reason for this is that these Husqvaarna rifles have a much slower twist rate in their barrel's. I have Improved my Group's for this gun by working on bullet seating depth, factory crimping die and by adjusting my powder weight to what worked best for me, it now Prints one ragged hole at the 100 yard Line ! . All I need Now is to Place a nice Buck in the cross hairs. Happy Hunting Guy's these Husqvarna should be Enjoyed they are an awesome rifle in my eyes. Regards, Hammerdown

With the heavier bullets if your reloading try the slowing the bullet down a tad with less powder or lowering the burn rate. She should dial in better with the heavier bullets.

I own most of the husqvarna products from rifles, handguns, chainsaws to motorcycles. I prefer the Swedish quality. My 1907 Swede 6.5mm m96 Carl gustaf at 100 yrs with no scope will shoot 1 1/2" groups using seller & bellot 131gr ammo.

Hello
I have been working Intently with this rifle since I Placed it's new Huber concept's trigger in it. I have to Take breaks between set's of working with it due to the High recoil of the Springfield 30-06 Cartridge this gun can quickly Turn your shoulder into Ground Chuck when firing it in experimenting Target shooting sessions. I now am as light as I care to be with it's trigger being just a Half a pound of pull with Zero creep, These Trigger's are amazing and will turn your Husky into a Match grade rifle quickly. I will Post some newer test targets when I get back on the bench with this rifle. Regards, Hammerdown