Oh and I put it in a Howa plastic heavy barrel stock. It's got about a 1/4' clearance. The latest issue of American Rifleman has a recall for Howa rifles. Model 1500, Stainless Steel, made between Nov. 2009 and Sept. And that model has the option of a single-set trigger. You can easily add weight to the stock, and Lapua makes.
Is anybody still using 70's vintage Mod 916 & 1000 shotguns or Mod 1500 rifle? Just wondering how well they held up over the years? 916 riot guns could be picked up at my local FFL for $60.00 back then because he had to buy matching amounts of other S&W products to get the handguns that were wanted.Used to shoot a borrowed Mod 1000 skeet gun that was real nice,kind of a copy of a Winchester Super-X.The Howa built 1500 rifles never caught on around here due to being built in Japan,never shot one or knew anybody that did.That was most likely our mistake because they looked like a quality gun and were way cheaper than Remington,Winchester etc. At that time.Let me hear from from you 'old' shooters.
I've got a 1500 in 30-06 that was a custom order gun. As most know these where produced at the same time Weatherby was farming work to Howa. Mine is a factory custom with Weatherby wood with the S & W grip cap, custom 18' carbine bbl with Williams sights front and rear. It is the only one that I have ever seen that had iron sights. I'll post pictures next week when I get my camera back from the camera repair shop. Note to self; DO NOT TAKE EXPENSIVE AZZ CAMERA AND ACCESSORY LENSES IN BOAT.
DIGITAL CAMERAS AND WATER DO NOT MIX WELL!!! Class III Edit: If you have a S & W/Howa 1500 there is a recall involving the bolt sleeve. To see if your serial number is in one of the blocks covered by the recall. I used a Model 1000 Trap for a year until the nylon bolt bumper broke. I took the 1000 trap barrel and put it on a Model 3000 field type.
I have been using it for a couple of years now. I have about 5000 rounds thru it with little or no wear so far. I shot well with the setup so I bought another 1000 Trap barrel. The semiauto trap gun is built a little weak, 4000 rounds broke it.
The pump action appears to be as durable as a Remington, I will let everyone know if it gets to 40,000 rounds with out breaking. S&W long arms are a field of S&W collecting that few members are involved it, to my knowledge. However, if you attend the Tucson, AZ., annual meet this year, a display is being prepared by the premier collector of these guns. Examples will range from the first hand made percussion target Rifle, made by D.B.Wesson, Revolving rifles, Light 9 mm.rifles and up to today's modern shotguns being made in Turkey for S&W. Many of the bolt action rifles in the display are in rare calibers, never cataloged, but made for foreign countries.
Come and enjoy! My police department bought a bunch of 916s back in the 70s. Within a few years all of the eight guns had pretty much fallen apart. The were not fired a lot but the department policy at the time required unloading each gun at the end of your shift before handing it over to the oncoming officer who then had to reload it before placing in the car rack. We didn't have a department armorer so the guns were traded off for Remington 870s.
Some of those 870s are still in service today. IMHO the 916 seemed to be a cheaply built gun to under sell the 870. It did not come close to the Remington or Ithaca for quality or durability.
Smith and Wesson sold rifles called Model A and B, C,D and E that were made by Husqvarna back in the 70's. The model A was the standard with each succeeding letter model being a higher grade. Hello kshock I have found very little on the 'Husky' rifles that were inported for S&W.
I recently came onto what I feel, is a Very Rare rifle. From what I could tell it is a Husqvarna 1640 action and the gun model is a Full wood Two Piece stocked Manlicher style carbine in 30-06 Caliber and the reciever is branded 'E' Model. I have been hunting a 'Husky' Branded S&W rifle for years but have only seen sporter's before finiding this one. The seller had it on Gunbroker.com and it was a standard style auction in 30-06 Caliber.
I contacted him and asked if he would offer it in a buy it now style auction to end it's open style bid auction that had no bids and had only been on one day? To my delight he did and I Purchased it for $700.00 shipped to my FFL.
The Payment left yesterday and I suspect the rifle to arrive here next week mid week time span. From the description he gave it was apparent this rifle has not seen much use and the bolt face as shown appears to be clean like it has not been shot much. I have had Two other Manlicher rifles in the past one being a Tack driver Sako rifle and the other being a Fence post, which was a Ruger International model that would not group well at all. I suspect these 'Husky' Manlicher rifles with their two piece stock's are tack drivers as well.
I am curious as to how many of these Manlicher style rifle's were Exported from Sweden into the United States to S&W? Below is Pictures of it from the sellers auction and from the serial number I learned it was made in 1967. Any information or links you could provide me with would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Hammerdown. Hello I got a call from my FFL Telling me that my Husky Mannlicher had arrived. I went to his shop and when I got there he looked like a Deer in the headlights. I asked what was wrong, and he winced as he shared with me that UPS had completely destroyed my Husky in Transit.
He opened the box it came in and it made me sick. Apparently some Idiot at UPS had ran over my rifle with what looked to be a Fork-Truck. It had the Gorgeous Beech wood stock snapped in half and the bolt had such down force that the action would not cycle.
I contacted the seller and shipped it back to him, but sadly now a Rare rifle was gone forever. I did locate another Husqvarna rifle this one also was in 30-06 caliber, but came to me Unfired New in the box. It arrived safely last weekend and I hope to fire it this week. It is not a Mannlicher but a Nice sporter style A- Prefix rifle shown below. The Destroyed Mannlicher rifle that UPS delivered The Replacement Husqvarna Sporter Rifle.
Hammerdown-I had to go puke a little when I saw the pictures of the destroyed rifle. The UPS guy finally told me after the third try to deliver beds for the grandbabies that were destroyed in transit to request FedEx next time because UPS's system would just do it again.
Sorry for your loss. P.S.-I would of been scared to set the new one on the handrail! Hello setxn That is just Pure Lame on U.P.S. Perhaps they need to Fire the ones destroying this stuff. Whoever did this 'KNEW' They did it, it had to sound like a Cow Bone Femur snapping when that Beech stock broke in half. I picked up a very nice 1000 Super Skeet during the summer.
I shot it, after replacing the rubber bumper. Found the extractor was a bit worn, so replaced it and its spring. After that, shot it again, and it ran like a champ. I did make one additional change. The forend cap weights were a bit wimpy for me, so I added a Gracoil endcap weight. Now it swings smoothly. Took it to the skeet field, and proceeded to break 98/100.
I don't normally shoot 12 ga. For skeet, preferring to stay with 20 ga. I just wanted one of these for fun, and am happy to have a fine shotgun. I've got a 1500 (300 win mag) and a Vanguard (338 win mag). The 1500 has taken a dozen deer (Muley and blacktail) out to over 400 yards, 3 elk (1 was 6x6 and one was 7x8), again out to 400 yards, a couple of dozen feral pigs in central Cali.
Besides uncounted numbers of jackrabbits, coyotes and ground squirrels and at least 3 bobcats. The wood stock got replaced and glass bedded and is now camo painted in browns. Same deals except a beautiful wood stock and lower body count for the Vanguard. I have a 1000 my wife bought me for our first Christmas together in 74. Never used it much if at all for about 20 years, then I got bit by the Trap bug. Used it for that for about 10 years and God only knows how many rounds.
Only problem I ever had with it other than it doesn't fit me very well for Trap was some kind of rubber O-ring bumper in the gas cylinder that virtually disintegrated on me. That forced me to stop using it until after a long and fruitless search for a replacement part, no internet back then. I finally got fed up and replaced it with a cut down plumbing washer. The stupid washer is still in there, and the gun still works perfectly. But it needed to be replaced for Trap so the wife got me a Browning Citori-Plus. The good old 1000 is now semi retired and resides in my safe, cleaned, oiled and ready to do whatever may be asked of it, I just don't ask as much these days.
Hello all, Just dug out of my attic an old Smith &Wesson 30-06 bolt action made in Sweden. Not many markings on action. Top of barrel: Smith & Wesson 30-06 Left side of barrel: letter C then serial number then there is a crown and some type of symbol then the word Nitro nothing else on the rifle appreciate any and all feedback i don't even remember when or how I obtained this rifle thanks Hi Butch, we'd love to see some photos of your rifle. See posts 23, 24 and 29 by Hammerdown in this thread for some more info on the Husqvarna made rifles.
I've been collecting Husqvarnas for years and might be able to shed some light on the S&W rifles. The A is a rifle most people could relate to if they think of a model 70 XTR or a 700 BDL. High gloss and a forend tip.
The model B is a lightweight model and compares to a model 70 featherweight with a schnabel forend. The model B also has a monte carlo comb. The model C is like the model B except the C has a straight comb.
The D is a mannlicher with a straight comb and an E is a mannlicher with a monte carlo comb. The late 60's S&W Huskies had a claw extractor and the early 70's S&W Huskies had the new push feed action. I see the 1500's like the push feed A model and a 1700 like a push feed C. Nothing wrong with the Howa rifles, heck they used to build the Vanguard models for weatherby. I have been given a S&W 30-06. And from what I've read in this thread, it looks like I have one of the Husqvarna made A grade rifles. It is mounted with a Redfield 2-7 power scope and seems to be in great shape.
Once I get a chance to photograph the rifle, I'll post a few photos. Vernon Hello Vernon Welcome to the forum, and glad to see that you have a 'Husky' They Made Two variations of the A-Grade rifle. The First Variation is known as the 1640 action.
It was a down sized Mauser style action that Husqvarna made in their factory. Later on about 1970 time span they came out with the second variation Husqvarna rifle with a 1900 action. This action was a modified one from their first design so that it allowed cycling of the rifle bolt in fire or safe position differing from the earlier ones that only allowed the bolt to be opened in the Fire mode, and the safety actually disconnected the firing pin unlike the earlier ones. These new improved actions had a smoother bolt flow when closing or opening the guns action & They also had a fully adjustable trigger in them, whereas the earlier ones were not adjustable, and the bolt face was now made to completely encompass the cartridge head. The new 1900 action guns were only made in Monte carlo stock form that shipped into the United states until around 1972 time span. Stiffer Import regulations saw the Husqvarna rifles disappear from the United States market and sadly later on the Factory closed it's doors for good, and that is when S&W started Marketing the Howa Brand rifles made in Japan under the Model 1500 series.
Dear all, please note I have just recently purchased a Smith & Wesson Model 1500 bolt Gun in 7mm Rem Mag, does anyone know the history of these rifle's?, ie; year of manufacture etc Please note, I live in Australia and there is little or no information on the rifles I actually have not received the rifle yet as it's still with the dealer and I don't know the serial number of the rifle yet ( with may help on this post? ) Any help appreciated Regards KRC508 Barrett Fieldcraft™ - Hunting Rifle of the Year!
Dear all, please note I have just recently purchased a Smith & Wesson Model 1500 bolt Gun in 7mm Rem Mag, does anyone know the history of these rifle's?, ie; year of manufacture etc Please note, I live in Australia and there is little or no information on the rifles I actually have not received the rifle yet as it's still with the dealer and I don't know the serial number of the rifle yet ( with may help on this post? ) Any help appreciated Regards KRC508 Made by Howa in Japan, have not seen one in quite a while but they were nicely finished rifles.