Smith and Wesson Rifle

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rock_jock

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I was at the range today, sighting in my AR and got talking with the guy at the station next to mine. He was telling me about this rifle he boight in 1966, and how much fun it was to shoot. Anyway, I'm handling this rifle (very nice styling, good weight and balance) and he says "Look at the make". There, on the side of the barrel, was the S&W name. He told me he boight this on a fluke and there had only been 28 made. Apparently, Sako had made these under contract for S&W, but S&W decided it wasn't worth the expense after the first order was filled. Anybody ever hear of these? What kind of price do you think they command?

BTW, this one was chambered in .30-06.
 
S&W Rifle

He is correct.
Smith and Wesson did have either Mossburg or that company in West Virginia make a series of rifles for them. They put the S&W name on thin. The model 1500 comes to mind...
 
Well, I don't know about only 28 being made, and I don't know about Sako making them, but S&W offered rifles in the late 1960s through the 1980s.

To the best of my knowledge, no rifles have ever been made for S&W by Mossberg or any other American company.

From 1969 to 1972 or so S&W imported 5 separate models from Sweden, made by Husqvarna. That could be where the guy was getting Sako. But there were a lot more than 28 made.

From 1981 to 1985 S&W offered 3 models in 7 flavors (the 1500, the 1600, and the 1700) , which were made by Howa in Japan.
 
What Mr. Irwin said.

Aside: S&W also had shotguns made in their names. Including eeevil, tactical weapons of mass destruction, e.g. S&W 3000. Oh, the children!
 
I wouldn't take a S&W anything even if I got it for nothing. Let's not forget they tried to sell us down the river with Klinton. Put their feet to the fire and patronize the good manufacturers that don't try to buddy up to the enemy. This is a sore subject for me and I can't pass by without saying something.
 
S & W 1500's/ HOWA

Were made for them by HOWA, who also makes some of the Weatherby rifles.
They are well made actions, and are capable of fine accuracy, if set up properly.
As for 28, NOT, I have a local smith who was a S & W warranty center, and he purchased around a hundred of these actions, and stocks from S & W .
There were MANY S & W 1500's made.
 
Howas were not even invented in 1966, Tshoes. The man had an earlier S&W action, probably a Huskey but perhaps even a Sako. They supplied actions for lots of people, including Sears, Browning, and many others.
 
From time to time S&W has had rifles and shotguns made with their name on them, jes like Sears and Roebuck. None of them have ever been in big demand, to my knowledge. That's prolly why they dropped them so quickly.
 
Mosseberg bought out the S&W long gun line. They sold them under there name for a short while, then took some of the shotgun patents and ruined them by putting them in the 9200.
 
I've got a Smith & Wesson Model 3000 12-gauge police pump gun under my bed right now, loaded with 4 rounds of Remington No. 4 buckshot.

Good little shotgun. Bought it new, but unused. Had been in police inventory. The only mark on it was a slight ring around the barrel where the locking clamp went.
 
About 20 years ago I bought an S&W 12-gauge shotgun (Eastfield 916-a). I was told this was made by Howa. It's a well-wrought weapon, that much I can say for it.
 
I recall re-stocking a rifle for a friend of mine, some years back. It had a Mannlicher, full forearm, stock on it, however, as I recall it was made by Husquavarna of Sweden and was what they called the Model S&W Model "A".

Initial mfg of the gun was in 1969 and my friend won it as a trophy during the National Pistol matches in Camp Perry ohio. Don't remember the year. This is not to say that SAKO did not make the rifle, but the Husquavarna was also made in limited numbers.

If the gentleman's age is close to mine, he may suffer from CRS when it comes to remembering early years and make. SAKO (Finland) Husquavarna (Sweden)

HJN:D
 
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