I bought this on Gunsamerica last week and it came in to my local shop yesterday. This gun is in spectacular condition, as you can see. The bluing is probably at least 95%, which is amazing considering the bluing was fairly thin on these to begin with. There are no signs of pitting or rust anywhere. The black resin grips are 100%, with no scratches, marks, or nicks of any kind. This is the nicest Lahti I have ever seen (not that I've seen many of them 
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The Husqvarna M40 is the Swedish version of the Lahti L35 made a few years earlier in Finland. The design was that of Aimo Lahti. As the model numbers suggest, one was introduced in 1935 and the other five years later. The Finnish model is very rare with only about 9,000 pistols being produced. The Swedish M40 Lahti numbered at about 100,000, which isn't exactly common, but not nearly as rare as the L35. The two pistols had a few minor differences, but were essentially the same design. The M40 was adopted into the Swedish Armed Forces in 1940 and those 100,000 pistols were built through WWII until 1946. How many survive to this day, I have no idea. How many were imported into the states is also a mystery to me. All I know is that I never see them anywhere.
The design itself is very interesting and although they look similar to a Luger, they are quite a bit different. I'm not going to go over all that, but there is some great info available if you Google the pistol. One thing I'll point out is the huge lanyard loop on the back of the slide.
The first thing that struck me is the very large size and hefty weight to the gun. It weighs nearly 45oz empty. Its also enormous in size. The barrel is only 4.5", but the slide is very long regardless. This is a solid pistol. Its basic configuration is that of a striker fired, single stack 9mm auto. It came with the original holster (also made in Sweden), two extra mags, loading tool, and a cleaning rod, which is very cool. I got the whole package for $1200, which was decent considering how clean the gun is.
Its been on my list for a long while and I'm glad I finally have one for the collection. Does anybody have one of these or the L35? :dunno:
Here are the pics. I'll take more when I have better lighting, but these will have to do for now. As always, please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks! :supergrin:
). The Husqvarna M40 is the Swedish version of the Lahti L35 made a few years earlier in Finland. The design was that of Aimo Lahti. As the model numbers suggest, one was introduced in 1935 and the other five years later. The Finnish model is very rare with only about 9,000 pistols being produced. The Swedish M40 Lahti numbered at about 100,000, which isn't exactly common, but not nearly as rare as the L35. The two pistols had a few minor differences, but were essentially the same design. The M40 was adopted into the Swedish Armed Forces in 1940 and those 100,000 pistols were built through WWII until 1946. How many survive to this day, I have no idea. How many were imported into the states is also a mystery to me. All I know is that I never see them anywhere.
The design itself is very interesting and although they look similar to a Luger, they are quite a bit different. I'm not going to go over all that, but there is some great info available if you Google the pistol. One thing I'll point out is the huge lanyard loop on the back of the slide.
The first thing that struck me is the very large size and hefty weight to the gun. It weighs nearly 45oz empty. Its also enormous in size. The barrel is only 4.5", but the slide is very long regardless. This is a solid pistol. Its basic configuration is that of a striker fired, single stack 9mm auto. It came with the original holster (also made in Sweden), two extra mags, loading tool, and a cleaning rod, which is very cool. I got the whole package for $1200, which was decent considering how clean the gun is.
Its been on my list for a long while and I'm glad I finally have one for the collection. Does anybody have one of these or the L35? :dunno:
Here are the pics. I'll take more when I have better lighting, but these will have to do for now. As always, please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks! :supergrin:
