Husqvarna/Wesson Model E

[beagleye]

Bill- 7-08 great round! And I agree about the commercial mausers. They function as well as any of the new high brow expensive sporters, yet you see them again and again for $300. And that's a what started me down the path that ends with sakos, huskies, and brnos. It was an FN marked for harrington richardson 243, $300 gun, wish I still had it.

Yes, commercial masers are great.

One of my favorites is a BSA, very slick light mauser type action. 7# scoped and loaded, has everything, high polish, square bridges, flip leaf rear sight, muzzle break. $400.

 

[Bill Bates]

Yes, commercial mausers are great.

These guys are building their rifles on commercial Mauser actions and I think they may know something about what makes a great rifle.

The London Best - John Rigby & Co.

 

[Rpg]

"Fetching", that's a great use of a great word, but lucky for you guns don't have to be fetching to be cool. The Steyr and the 660 are both crazy cool carbines. Is the 660 one of the laminate ones? Those are a mid century art piece- Don Draper would have loved them.

Yes, the 660 is laminate stock: not popular back in the day, but a great hunting rifle for me.

 

[Texas Star]

That Smith & Wesson Husky is a good looking great rifle. It is hard to beat a commercial Mauser 98 action mated with a decent barrel.

For sure on the used market some of the commercial Mauser actioned rifles from the 50,60, 70 and newer are one of the best values out there. You see Husqvarnas J.C. Higgins built by FN, Interams Mark X by Zastava and Parker Hales and others seeking in great shape for $250-500 all the time. There are darn few rifles in the price range that are still all steel and walnut being made (Zastava M70 Americans might be an exception).

I think if people out there in the market really understood what a value of some of the commercial Mausers represented the prices might be much higher.

I just bought a couple of brand new Zastava M70 Americans in 7mm08 for less than $350. Both rifles will shoot sub MOA groups with factory ammo. Both rifles will still be shooting 100 years from now with just modest care.

It just plain hard to beat a good solid Mauser 98 style action. Heck some of the finest and most expensive rifles being built today are still building them on that 120 year design.

Did you know that Rigby is back n business, using Mauser actions for magazine rifles? Check Wikipedia and YouTube.

 

[beagleye]

How bout that Rigby Highland Stalker-

The Highland Stalker - John Rigby & Co.

That's a real looker! Great caliber selection too.

 

[Drm50]

I knew a kid that inherited a S&W Mannlicher in 30/06, purty
gun. Several years later kid ask me if I would be interested in
buying it. He brought it over and he had sporterized it, did a
Bubba and chopped it. Like someone said, stupidity has no limits.

 

[fyimo]

H&R Model 301 with a commercial Mauser action 25-06

 

[beagleye]

H&R Model 301 with a commercial Mauser action 25-06

Oh no! I didn't know H&R had a mannlicher version! That looks great. How much does it weigh?Pete

 

[Zacker]

wow i never even knew Husqvarna made firearms... I thought they just made motorcycles, lawn mowers and Snow blowers and stuff... lol Looks like a great find! good luck with it.