Back to the original topic. I'd look for a M77 Hawkeye all-weather if I were you High_Noon. I went the semi-custom route using an M70 action, PacNor 1:12 #3 barrel and a McMillan New Hunter stock. Right at 7.5# with the 4x scope.
Very nice rifle. I'd like to go this route. When I get a chance, I'm gonna' run the numbers on how much it would cost me to get either a cheap CRF SS Ruger or M70 in .30-06, a Douglas (or other) barrel, Timney, McMillan w/ Decelerator, Talley QD rings & bases, NEGC Iron sights. I imagine I could do most of the work myself and have a gunsmith install the iron sights and maybe slick up the action, in needed. I can also probably glass bed the action myself. The advantage, of course, is that I'd get exactly what I wanted, but I guess the finished product meeting my expectations is a bit of a gamble.
Last edited by High_Noon; 06/27/16.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
