In 1940 two representatives from the Swedish army (Magnus Hedenlund and Charles Holmgren) managed to buy the production rights from Eimo Lathi in Finland, who at the time worked for the Tikkakosky factory. This example was used by the Finnish Navy before the Swedes got it The Finnish model designation, and the loaded chamber indicator abandoned by the Swedes Finnish 元5 pistol bought by Sweden (John Bills collection) Finnish SA acceptance stamp (John Bills collection) Call the m/39 by the Swedes, only a very few Finnish L 35 pistols were brought in Sweden – probably less than 20. The Swedes adopted the Finnish Lahti Pistol in 1940 when Walther became unable to deliver more P38 pistols.
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I had for many years contact with an old historical interested Husqvarna employee Gunnar Granquist his nephew Bertil Granquist has taken over his archive and he has been most helpful. I had a lot of information in my archive that is source for this article. As a weapons officer in the Danish armed forces I have handled and repaired the Lathi pistol that was a substitute standard pistol at the time. This pistol used the Bergman locking system but looked like a Luger, it replaced the Bergman pistol in the Danish army. If you contact him at he can add your pistol to his catalog, and possibly be able to tell you where it was originally delivered. Thanks, Peter!Īlso, Peter is currently working on researching Bergmann pistols, and would appreciate hearing from owners of various models. We will cover the mechanical aspects of the pistol in a later post, but this information from Peter is an excellent overview of the different markings found on different batches of the pistols. Heck some of the finest and most expensive rifles being built today are still building them on that 120 year design.ĭid you know that Rigby is back n business, using Mauser actions for magazine rifles? Check Wikipedia and YouTube.Today we have a guest post by Peter Rasmussen on some of the history of the Husqvarna M40 pistol, also commonly called the Lahti. It just plain hard to beat a good solid Mauser 98 style action. Both rifles will still be shooting 100 years from now with just modest care. Both rifles will shoot sub MOA groups with factory ammo. I just bought a couple of brand new Zastava M70 Americans in 7mm08 for less than $350. 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. 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). Higgins built by FN, Interams Mark X by Zastava and Parker Hales and others seeking in great shape for $250-500 all the time. It is hard to beat a commercial Mauser 98 action mated with a decent barrel.įor 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. That Smith & Wesson Husky is a good looking great rifle.
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If you haven't seen the movie On Any Sunday you should watch it with the Penton Story. Of course our famous Malcom Smith is in this group too. He designed the Penton motorcycle with KTM and teamed up with the famous European champions to design the gear and accessories we use today. John Penton an American took it to a new level also. It took off to the motorcross, super cross, enduro and desert racing we have today. My 1907 Swede m96 Mauser using new S&B 131gr 6.5mm ammo will shoot 1 1/2" groups at 100yds with no scope.Įdison Dye (American with a vision) brought over the Husqvarna dirtbikes and the championship winning Husqvarna team to teach us about motorcross and hare scrambles. I thought my eyes were bad and needed a scope on my rifles. These were offered but most had corrosion due to the ammo and environment. Now there was a m94 in 7mm produced for South America but someone else did the conversion. Oberndorf in Germany to meet the production demands. At the turn of the century Carl Gustaf couldn't manufacture the Swedish rifles fast enough so their steels were sent to The m38/96 was a shortened m96, the true, new m38 was manufactured by husqvarna in 1944 era. They manufactured the m94, M38/96, M38, M96, M41b sniper rifle, target rifle in 6.5mm(6.5x55). Now there military rifles are another story.