Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles So I want a classic wood stocked blued 30-06. With Class which action ?

Depends on what your budget is and what YOU define as classic and what you are looking for as far as wood goes.
Given that you find a stock that is appealing, a M70FWT or Kimber comes to mind on the low end of the budget. Other than that you can have whatever you want if your wallet can stand it.

Steyr Mannlicher Puch, half stock.

Agreed.

Model 70.

A Mauser is always a good choice. How about an FN Imperial Grade circa '61.

I concur as well!!!

A nice Oberndorf type A or B would also be pretty classy!!

really like my sako mannlicher 3 lug wolf killer. but that one looks really nice.

The best bang for the buck by far would be Husqvarna 'Crown Grade' Mauser sporter. The basic ones with birch stock go for about $350.

Second spot would go to High Standard High power rifles made on FN Mauser actions. Small number were made in both .30-06 and .270Win. Some were sold by Sears Roebuck under their own model designation.

Something built on any number of commercial mauser actions...heres a Interarms Mark X that was modified..

Thanks for all the input.
I may have to find a smith who can rework my fathers Springfield.

Sounds like you could come up with something cool.

Nothing wrong with that idea...

That would be worth the effort -- definitely classic and your dad's gun to boot.

Ingwe,what kind of wood is that?

Dat wood be walnut.

Or, I could be persuaded to part with this:

A 1903 Mark I sporter

A lot to be said for 70-100 year old classic bolt guns (and their more modern clones). Some things never go out of style. I wonder if the 10 year old's today will think the same thing 50 years from now.

No schit,thought it was maple.

English,Bastogne or some other "flavor?"

Reworking the Springfield would surely result in a true "classic" .30-06....particularly if stocked in the style of a 1910-1920 era sporter (something like Roosevelt carried on his famous safari).

Another good custom build would be a .30-06 built on a '98 Mauser action with an early British style sporter stock. I am a dedicated Mauser guy so this would be my own choice and the earliest Mauser sporters (custom and commercial) appeared very shortly after the first custom Springfields came out.

The Winchester Model 70 actions came out in 1936 and are too late in the game to attract me to one as a "classic" .30-06, but many do consider the Pre-64 Model 70 as the "classic" American Commercial rifle...so this too could work for you.

The Enfield 1917 or Remington Model 30 could work for a classic custom rifle, but like the Winchester 70 are a bit too late for my own taste in a "classic" .30-06.....and lack the Model 70's over-all reputation and popularity.

If you are wanting a classic "style" .30-06, but are not concerned about actual historic actions, you can't go wrong with the Ruger 77 (MkII, MkIII, or Hawkeye) as they have all the classic features you would want. In reality the stock style plays as much if not more part in the "classic" look of a rifle than the action does anyway.

Those would be my choices, Mauser 98, Springfield, Model 70, Enfield/Remington 30, and Ruger....in that order. All except perhaps the Model 70 would require custom stocking to become a "classic", but all would work.