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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.
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Steyr Mannlicher Puch, half stock.
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Ruger Hawkeye. End of story. Agreed.
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A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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A Mauser is always a good choice. How about an FN Imperial Grade circa '61.
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Wait and find you a nice, clean Griffin & Howe 1903 Springfield from the 30's with a nice old Lyman receiver sight and be done with it. You'll be the classiest guy in camp.
Ditto, and don't ignore the old Sedgley sporters too. Not quite in the same league as the G&H's, but not bad. I concur as well!!! A nice Oberndorf type A or B would also be pretty classy!!
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Fair to classy.... IMHO. 30-06 FWT. really like my sako mannlicher 3 lug wolf killer. but that one looks really nice.
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Just getting an itch to go with a classic blued action, maybe controlled round fed. What do you say? 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.
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Something built on any number of commercial mauser actions...heres a Interarms Mark X that was modified..
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Thanks for all the input. I may have to find a smith who can rework my fathers Springfield.
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Sounds like you could come up with something cool.
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Thanks for all the input. I may have to find a smith who can rework my fathers Springfield. Nothing wrong with that idea...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Thanks for all the input. I may have to find a smith who can rework my fathers Springfield. That would be worth the effort -- definitely classic and your dad's gun to boot.
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Something built on any number of commercial mauser actions...heres a Interarms Mark X that was modified.. Ingwe,what kind of wood is that?
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Thanks for all the input. I may have to find a smith who can rework my fathers Springfield. Or, I could be persuaded to part with this: A 1903 Mark I sporter
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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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.
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No schit,thought it was maple. English,Bastogne or some other "flavor?"
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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.
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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.
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