Husqvarna 640 8mm Mauser Rifle at the Range 

Yes Husqvarna did make some nice quality firearms.

Yes, more reloads will be used in this one. I hope it can shoot cast bullets well as they are a lot cheaper.

@@314299 didn’t know you cast but I wish you the best!

@@STMwoodturning Been casting for a lot of years, good fun.

Yep, those are generally good products. Any of the older items made in Sweden were well made. One item that they put their name on today are ride-on lawn mowers, a friend of mine sold those and had no end of problems with them.

It ought to be interesting to see how it will do with reloads using Hornady or Sierra bullets and an optic.

According to the serial # it's from 1947 so it is old enough to be a classic too.

@@314299 but is not just the fabricatión date, is "the look"!!!!

@@julianviso6701 True.

Yeah, they are not too bad., especially for a first effort. The fixed sights on it are actually pretty good, a nice square topped blade and notch rear. I think a scope will help me and my middle age eyeballs and with one I might be able to improve on the groups a bit.

One of the issues with the 8mm Mauser is also the rather under performing loads traditionally offered by the various North American brands (Federal, Winchester, Remington and the discontinued Dominion/Imperial). These loads with their 170 grain bullets at nominal 2360 fps were a long way behind 30/06 loads in power and performance. The European loads often give much higher performance, for instance S&B loads a 196 grain soft point at 2591 fps. I'm a little rusty with rifle shooting as I have not done a lot of it over the winter and spring, but I was OK with the results all considered.

Thanks. I suspect I'll shoot this one a fair bit.

Might be worth a try but it seems they want $50 a box for them around here.

@@314299 ouchy

Not yet.

Any 8x57mm rifles I've shot that had good bores were also good shooters.

@@314299 now you have me thinking on a purchase if i can move one first 🤣

@@rodsvintagesxschannel.3095 There are still some deals to be had on these at the moment.

Thanks, glad you liked it.

Thanks, I'm pleased with it so far.

Why? I have a perfectly good one already and I prefer the lack of thumb cut.

@@314299Should of said "I just ordered one" lol..shoots well with 43.5 gn, 4064 with 196 PPU SP

@@SWATT101 OK that makes more sense, LOL

Yep, a large ring 98 Mauser action, made by FN in Belgium and finished into complete rifles by the Swedes.

Yep, with mild reloads and occasional annealing brass can have an exceptionally long life, I have 7.62x54R brass with over 25 loadings. Most of my 8mm shooting is done with cast lead bullets out of Lyman mold 323470, I also have the Lee 8mm mold but the Lyman is more accurate. Red dot is a great choice for loads in the 1500 fps range or below, I have done a lot of shooting with the famous 13 grain charge weight. 16 grs of 2400 is also a great load with normal weight bullets, and gives a little more velocity. One Challenge with this rifle is the fixed iron sights, it really does need a scope to get the impact point easily adjustable for usable shooting with a wide range of cast and jacketed loads,

@314299 Amen as to those sights! My '98 is an old mismatched "beater" with almost zero finish and a Bubba'd stock. I replaced the barleycorn front sight with a blade intended for the M96 Swede and opened up the rear a bit with a small round file. Now I can see good enough (at age 70) to get my shots within a paper plate at 100 yds.

This one has a very ordinary Mauser two stage trigger.

Is the 648 built on a 96 or 98 style action? What caliber is yours?

98 in 8x57

If you want to use audio of the sound of shots from my videos for game sounds you are welcome to.

@@314299 Thank you very much. I will make sure to indicate the source.

It's certainly a classic and powerful round, and components are fairly easy to source for reloading it.

Thanks. This one popped up as part of a sale and I'm glad I got it.

Thanks. I'm pleased with it so far.

Yep, the cupronickel bullets are rather striking looking when paired with some polished and annealed brass.

@@314299 They look perfect for hunting vampires or werewolves

@@richardjohnson8009 We are fresh out of those around here!

Those cases look nicely annealed! Want some Hornady 170gn RN bullets to try?

@@ResonanceDental Sure would!