I think I know who has the rifle if anybody is interested. If I remember correctly it was in 8x58rd ,

I examined it. It was definitely a 33 and I thought it was a 9.3 but it wasn't as pretty as mine;-) I wonder if the 33s that were in 8x58R Sauer were .319 or .323? One would have to be a little careful there as I have seen some pretty hot loads published for other 8x58R rifles and especially not to confuse it with the 8x58R Danish that the military rolling blocks were converted to.

The one I saw at Denver appeared to be sanded or well worn on the checkering. As mentioned not nearly as nice as the pictured above rifle. Didn't ask the price, but for some reason $900 sticks in my mind on a tag?? Not sure though?

Sent an e-mail to the Husqvarna sight listed earlier. The reply indicates my rifle was made in 1889. Always neat to know.

No charge, I just sent the model and serial number with my inquiry. Yes, I have no doubt mine is, as it came from the factory.

Took my Husky 33A with me to our annual get together shoot. My load is based on a shortened .38-55 case, with a 250 gr. bullet sized to the .375" bore, and 8.0 grs. of Unique. The 3 leaf express sight proved to be a challenge, and my light load hit low on the 150 yd. dinger, with the tallest 150 meter leaf up. I was able to hold at 12 o'clock and consistently hit the dinger though, and very happy with the accuracy! By picking a tree that was behind and left of the 300 yd. dinger, it consistently hit that dinger also.
Before I use it again for distances over 100 yds., I'll D&T for a long range tang sight. It's crying for more sight help! I also need to get a better front sight for farther distances, as the original is too wide for small targets out far!

oneatatime wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2016 at 8:02pm:


Thanks! You just explained something I encountered with a well known single-shot gunsmith many years ago. He was rather surprised that my Swedish roller DID NOT HAVE such a castoff stock or tang. I never did understand why. He did do a really good job of aligning tang peep on mine -- I have never had reason to even loosen the screws on mine. Hope you have same experience.

Finally got to the range today to try out the new sights. I'll post the results in the reloading section.