Originally Posted by reelman
Originally Posted by EricM
Here's mine.

It's a 1955 30/06 Super Grade with a National Match Barrel and Ebony forend. It originally came with a Lyman WH aperture sight but I replaced it with a Leupold VX3 2.5-8x36.

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Shoots okay, too.

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Eric


Eric, Do tell more about your rifle! You say it's a national match barrel so it has no groove for a sight hood right? Is the action cut for a stripper clip? Was it originally in the SG stock or did you replace the marksman stock on it? It is a gorgous rifle!


Reelman, that's correct - no sight hood. I'm not sure whether the action is cut for a stripper clip... how do you tell? This is not a converted Target rifle and based on what I know from the private collector near New Haven that I bought it from this is a non catalogued Super Grade National Match with upgraded wood and a real ebony fore end tip. One expert who looked at it felt it was factory upgraded wood and a very unique special order gun. It was sold to a gun shop by an old gentleman who it seems was the original order... bought it in the 50's and held onto it for 55 years before selling. Here are some more photos before I had the scope installed:

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I took it out to the range yesterday, shooting off wood blocks and a towel. It was foggy as hell and hard to see the target so I'm pretty pleased to get any group at all. I still need to work on controlling that 5th flyer! smile

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