I picked this up from Simpson LTD last week after doing a lot of research. There's a lot of information on the gunboards forum, but I don't see it discussed much anywhere else. I had the want for a 6.5x55mm just to get into something well balanced with a little European style. I don't know these existed until about a month ago. I was well familiar with the 1640, which is basically an improved small ring Mauser. Evidently the 1900 that followed was supposed to be a cost cutting measure as it went to the Sako style extractor and plunger ejector. What they wound up making was a very trim, very simple, and very slick running action. The rifle itself is modest asthetically and proportionally. It's no mountain rifle, but it's balance and pointing is almost perfect. It hangs very well when aiming offhand. It's accuracy so far has been more than adequate, even a bit surprising for a 60 year old rifle. I look forward to hand loading eventually, and having a better fit for scope to go with it. The 2-7 Leupold is all I could spare at the time. My only other dilemma is choosing wether to leave it as is or to clean up the stock imperfections and add a butt pad. Not for recoil reduction, but to keep it from wanting to slide around when stood up on smooth surfaces when in the stand. A pad would be minimally offensive from a modification point of view. But erasing an unknown number of moose hunts in the hands of an unknown Swede feels like it would be hard to do. It does have a certain amount of charm to it.
