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Bought my M700 in '62.
30-06, 20" bbl, steel. Buttplate... kicked the snot outa me ! When I came of elk hunting age, my dad handed me a first year production M700 in 270.......yeah the steel buttplate didn't help with recoil any......... Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively...
Having said that, MAGA.
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Mauser 98
All the others are a copy in some fashion
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My dad was always a 7 Mauser guy, but bought a 700 7-08 MR probably in 91 or 92. I don't think he ever shot it before I took it over. Was always my go to deer rifle. Got on the Creedmoor wagon a few years ago, but was moving some guns around in the safe the other day and got out the 7-08. I had forgot how light and slim it is. Gloss bluing, wood stock, and 3- 9x Vari-X II. Classic.
Rick Grimes for Governor
"This isn't a democracy anymore"
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This is another one of those opinion questions so there is not "right" answer - but you might get a lot of agreement on some of the worst factory rifles.
My Ruger MKII int the skeletonized stock comes close for me. $395 when I bought it new, no need to float the barrel or do anything special to it. Very accurate and who cares if the stock gets scratched or dinged? .300WM.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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I have owned and hunted with the Savage 99F for 50 years and it's taken the game for me. For hunting here in the Northeast it's been my choice.
For target and varmints the old M70!
All guns should be locked up when not in use!
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It is possible that the blind hog has at last found a truffle. The deal has been struck. I'll do my best to post pics when I get it in my hot little hands.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
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Congrats! 
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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A guy that I used to know from Boy Scouts gave each of his young sons 700 SS Mtn rifles in 7mm-08 . Laminated wood versions.
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Congrats! Thank you!
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
-Master Chief Hershel Davis
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When I was a youngster, Remington came up with the 700 Mountain Rifle. It was chambered in various and sundry cartridges, but the greatest of all, was the 7mm/08. I saw my first one in a store called Sports Unlimited in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was several years later, when I had a job of my own and could afford to buy my own hunting rifle, that I set out looking for one. Unfortunately, by that time, Remington decided to build the rifle with a detachable box magazine. That particular set up wasn't appealing to me. In 1998, I happened upon an original floorplate model Remington Mountain Rifle chambered for 7mm/08, and happily purchased it. Unfortunately, it had been sent off to the Remington service center and Magna ported. The rifle was everything I wanted in a hunting rifle, and killed like the finger of God, but it was un-holy loud, owing to the porting. I put up with the ringing in my ears for many years and even loaned the rifle to friends who needed a light kicking deer killer. Many were converted to the tribe of the 7mm/08.
I kept that rifle till the divorce in 2007, and then lost it to the need for groceries. Now they are even more rarely seen.
I've shot all kinds of other rifles and cartridges, and they work too, but I am still a fan of that cartridge in that rifle.
If you have a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle chambered for 7mm/08 with the original floorplate action, I am interested. Let me know if you would be interested in parting with it.
I'll give it a good home.
About a week or two ago, there was one listed in the classified cause I about bout it. Not 100% on the floor plate vs dbm.
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JOC SC BACO 270 Winchesters. They were made in limited numbers about 400 in both the tribute and the custom. There was a bit of fit and finish that make them stand with custom rifles and they shoot like it too.
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To the OP question: A model 70 of any flavor in .30-'06.
Brushbuster: "Is this thread about the dear heard or there Jeans?"
Plugger: "If you cant be safe at strip club in Detroit at 2am is anywhere safe?"
Deer are somewhere all the time
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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L-61 Sakos in my opinion.
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New Haven M70, Featherweight, CRF, 7-08, gloss Leupold 3x9x33.....bought it for one of my boys. Not sure which one yet. ![[Linked Image]](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7868/33500314668_d9b8588c06_b.jpg)
Last edited by warpig602; 03/14/19.
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^^^^Yes, I agree with that. I’ve got the same rifle in 30-06 with a Leupold 1.75-6X and it’s my favorite rifle.
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As soon as it makes it into my hands!
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
-Master Chief Hershel Davis
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What fresh Hell is this?
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I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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Remington's best was the Mountain Rifle... and Winchester's best was the Featherweight...
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“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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