2011 build:

Remington M1903 Action (not an A3): pristine, never assembled as a .30-06, never fired until 11/2011.
Squared, lapped and polished.
Wolff Blitzschnell speed-lock 20# firing pin spring
Douglas Premium chrome moly #5 contour 24" barrel.

Bell & Carlson "Carbelite" customized stock.
Bedded (Marine-Tex Gray) and free-floated from barrel pad forward.
Trijicon AccuPoint TR-20 w/ Redfield base and Burris "Signature" rings.

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Timney "feather weight" trigger w/ Remington style side safety

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Sunny Hill bottom metal w/ hinged floor plate

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Vanity Engraving

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Handsome old broad:
250 gr. North Fork soft point @ 2920 fps.
First C.O.A.L. yielded a 1.06" 5 shot group (1 M.O.A.)... have yet to try other lengths.

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Triple Threat:
.308 Norma Mag... 180 gr. Barnes TSX @ 3150 fps.
.358 Norma Mag... 250 gr. North Fork SP @ 2920 fps.
.375 Ruger... 300 gr. Barnes TSX @ 2550 fps. (20" barrel)

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"This ain't my 1st rodeo..."
Casey Tibbs... St. Joseph's Hospital Emergency Room, Deadwood,S.D.
August 1959

Don't piss down my leg and tell me it's raining.