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NICE.

DF

Very Nice!

You gotta love Renaissance Wax right?

Zero

I love the 30-06 and I'm not ashamed to admit it! If you don't, then you probably have Commie or Eurotrash tendencies. :^) .....MURICA!!!!!!

Yeah, like apple pie, motherhood and the flag.

Not too smart to criticize.

DF

Wow! Jim built a very utilitarian 308 for me, and I bought a long-range match rifle he'd built, but neither matched the beauty of that rifle. Jim had some mighty fine walnut for stocks and knew how to build a fine rifle. Thanks for showing us that.

Regards, Guy

I have owned several in the past, and have a pre 64 now with a Malcom USMC Unertl replica on it. It shoots well, but I am in tbe process of turning it into a true 'Nam era replica sniper .
Just waiting on a properly tapered barrel and National Match stock for it.
Cat

Would like to see a picture when you get it put together.

I have a signed “White Feather” book about Carlos Hathcock. Cover shows him holding one of those.

Seemed to work for him.

DF

Grayboe comes with a Mountain Rifle barrel contour? I wanted one with a Sporter contour for my Remington 700 but they are only available in the Magnum barrel contour in a one size fits all type deal.

I returned my Grayboe stock with a note, One size does not fit all unless gaps on each side of the barrel matters not.

Won't say I love them but, do greatly respect them.

I have a couple of pre-64 M-70s & a pre-war version in 'o6. Phil Shoemaker says it best about the 30-06.
Recently added a Mauser 30-06 Ackley Improved to the mix. It will push a 225 gr original Barnes to 2279 fps.
Shot and chronographed it today. Excellent for moose or elk. Hornady 150 gr SP-to 2965 fps.
The 30 GOVT 06 is still very popular in Alaska. Ammunition is available everywhere, with modern bullets
it becomes a mini-magnum.

The Springfield in the second pic is a classy looking little rifle. Very nice

My favorite 30/06. Ruger express.

I will. certainly post some- just waiting on the stock and barrel to make their way North.
Cat

Thank you much. It's a 1918 Mark I that was sporterized, probably in late fifties or early sixties, with a Redfield 102 rear and a Dahl banded front sight. Barrel cut to 20 and a half inches and, I'm guessing, Fajen stock. Easy to carry in thick vegetation.

I’m old school, old fart. I n my teen years there was not a state wide deer season. Most of the herd was on the west side of the levee on the Mississippi River and you had to have connections and big bucks to join those clubs which were owned by big timber companies. Never saw a deer in the wild until I was 16 and it was on west side of the levee at Warfield Point south of Greenville. It is now a state park and power station. Started out with a Marlin 336 in 30/30 bought used for $50. Still have. Then I won a Remington 742 in 30/06 in a band raffle. I t served me well for over a decade. Amazing accurate with handloads full sized 57 grain 4350 and a Hornady 165 grain bullet, a pretty standard reload. Then I found a Win Mod 70 Carbine 1984 pushfeed (actually bought another for my son when he started hunting). Killed most of my game with 30/06. Used the baby Browning while in ARNG. I also bought a cheap ($125) REM 700 in 30/06 with bulk synthetic stock and used it one season before selling it to my son. Also have a Ruger RSI tanger in 308 that’s too pretty for foul weather hunting. Usually grab the Model 70 as my go to gun. It’s and old friend and we’re accustomed to each other after all these years.

3 here. M1, BLR and 1895.

I am in the midst of a serious downsizing. Selling off everything I don't use or need.

One that will never be sold is the 30-06. It covers a lot of ground here in Canada from deer to moose. I have more appreciation for it now than ever.

SS I would never sell the H $ H..

Actually the fly leaf cover on the book shows him with the M-70 and what looks like the 3-9x40 Redfield they went to, not the Unertl.

Here are a few pictures, including a photo of a M-70 with the Unertl. That picture looks curved, taking it from the opened book, page not quite lying flat.

Book signed by Hathcock and the Chandler brothers who wrote it.

DF