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If I had to start over, The first rule I would break would be the one Rifle rule.
Too Friggin' funny!
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I get a kick out of the guys in this thread who say "The next rifle I build will be THE ONE!"
I think many of us have gone down that road before. Either we are still searching, or realize we would have been just as well off with something simple a long time ago. +1 I could kick myself in the rear for not being satisfied years ago. I can think of a half dozen rifles right off the top of my head that would have handled every hunting situation I've been in but I traded them off on something else. Never did find that one gun that was gonna make me content. Think I was probably looking for something that didn't exist
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Pre-64 M70, 30-06. McMillan stock. Which stock pattern is that?
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I skimmed every post. I think I only saw 2 people mention 99 Savages. Doesn't seem odd to me at all seeing as though most suffer from matte, plastic, and boltitis. If I could start over, the year would be 1961. I would be 16 years old and my dream would come true. It would be one of those "fancy" 99's I used to see at the barber shop. Yep, that's it. The barber I went to as a boy was a Savage dealer. The gun I would have bought would already be 34 years old. It would have been produced in 1927. After many years of lusting, I FINALLY own that rfle. It is now 87 years old, and trust me. If I had had the opportunity in 1961 to buy such a rilfe it would NOT look like it does today. It would have the same Stith mount on it but a much earlier Lyman scope. A Savage 99 in .300 Savage caliber will suit "most" north American hunting needs.
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I would have gotten a 308 bolt, stainless, McMillan stock, gap camo, midrange scope. Like this one:
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A Blaser R8 Professional with three barrels- .223, 30/06, .375. Cheating?
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Brad,
Yeah, I notice the recoil difference too, even with 180's, which I don't use much in the .308 but have handloaded from time to time just to see what they'll do (along with some 200's). And being another frugal Norwegian, I like 46 grains myself! You guys don't know frugal from the Dutch.
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A few years ago, I got a Blaser R-93 with a .270 (Leupold 2.5-8) and a .22-250 (Burris 3-9 USA Burris Plex), both barrels wear Blaser saddle mounts. I thought about selling the others, except .22 rim fires, but it just did not fly. I could not mentally pull it off.
If forced, I could live with that one. I like the rifle. It is plenty accurate. I choose the nicely European Walnut stocked and coin type engraving Prestige model. It is not lacking in pride of ownership. It works.
Perhaps I was warped as a kid. We survived WWII with only one gun, a single shot .22 and sometimes ammo was not available and if it was, perhaps only five or ten rounds. Not fun times for lots of more important reasons reasons, but it did impress me to try and have plenty of guns and a well stocked ammo closet. I do not want just l rifle.
Jack
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The rifle I bought in '74 after getting out of the Army: A Parker-Ballard, Mauser-actioned .30/06 with a 4x scope. I hunted groundhogs with it, deer, and would feel well armed anywhere in the world.
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One I built that I should have kept. Surgeon RSR in 308 with a palma 95 chamber Krieger light palma contour @ 20 " threaded for suppressor Timney trigger BDL bottom metal Mcmillan stock in GAP camo 3x9 Leupold MRT with a 168 Drop cam You need to drop into the front leaning rest position and start knocking out pushups until I get tired for getting rid of that beauty!
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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One I built that I should have kept. Surgeon RSR in 308 with a palma 95 chamber Krieger light palma contour @ 20 " threaded for suppressor Timney trigger BDL bottom metal Mcmillan stock in GAP camo 3x9 Leupold MRT with a 168 Drop cam You need to drop into the front leaning rest position and start knocking out pushups until I get tired for getting rid of that beauty! Still kicking myself on occasion, it was a shooter too.
When people face the possibility of freezing or starving there is little chance they are going to listen to unfounded claims of climate doomsday from a bunch of ultra-rich yacht sailing private jet-setting carbon-spewing hypocrite elites
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BDT, need more details Nice stick. 1276, giving me a visual, have a Light Palma being screwed on an action very soon...last minute stretched to 22.5, was going to do a 20-21.5 - Yes, that is a nice carbine length/contour, looks highly capable of many chores, paper thru big game. Mackay, so those SGK HPs must open very well I take it. Long ago talked to a fellow who took a drill bit to 220 MK HP and ran in an '06, said it put BIG holes in deer! Lol
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It MIGHT be this gun... LH Winchester M70, custom contour Brux barrel, Legend EDGE stock, metal work by Mark Penrod. Chambered in long throated 7 Rem Mag with long magazine to match. It covers the range from open country antelope to elk in the timber. But were it my only gun, it would have a sleek, trim wood stock to wear on sunny days. That's a great do it all rifle!
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1276, giving me a visual, have a Light Palma being screwed on an action very soon...last minute stretched to 22.5, was going to do a 20-21.5 - Yes, that is a nice carbine length/contour, looks highly capable of many chores, paper thru big game.
I have another being built but it's on a new ruger SS hawkeye action. Build is the pretty much the same but it will have NECG express single leaf rear site and banded front sight. Mcmillan classic stock,GAP camo, dark green metalwork, 1-11 lilja in a light palma contour finished @ 20", palma 95 chamber in 308. Scope will be different, night force 2-10x32 for a do it all package. Pics will post when the project is complete.
When people face the possibility of freezing or starving there is little chance they are going to listen to unfounded claims of climate doomsday from a bunch of ultra-rich yacht sailing private jet-setting carbon-spewing hypocrite elites
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Sounds sweet. Look fwd to update. I know it will be a shooter. Curious, the LP n #4 are close, what broke the tie?
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Any decent .280 Rem; maybe a Sako 75 or a Kimber or Cooper. My present .280 is an A-Bolt I've used as my go-to for 20 years; if I could only keep one of my centrefires that would be her.
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It MIGHT be this gun... LH Winchester M70, custom contour Brux barrel, Legend EDGE stock, metal work by Mark Penrod. Chambered in long throated 7 Rem Mag with long magazine to match. It covers the range from open country antelope to elk in the timber. But were it my only gun, it would have a sleek, trim wood stock to wear on sunny days. Pretty damned close to what I'd grab....with the bolt handle on the other side.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Ruger 1A 35 Whelan Leupold 3x9
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I guess this is to be expected, but more than half of all choices were for either the 30-06 or 308. In my fast and dirty analysis, the 30-06 was chosen 43 times out of 106 total with the .308 chosen 20 times. Every other cartridge choice totaled less than 10 votes.
As far as scopes, Leupold was the big winner by roughly 14 to 1 over every other brand, and even though every current scope maker seems to be touting their extra-high magnification scopes, the vast majority chose something in either the 2-7/3-10 range or a fixed 4x or 6x.
My own favorite 7mm-08 hit the charts at only 7 out of 106 votes.
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