Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles Paying tribute to a 130 year old cartridge

, shooting sports reveals all kinds of folk and their quirks, did you bring that CG-K home with you?

Not yet buddy. I've been tossing around trade bait ideas in my head. Boils down to a Ruger m77 30-06 stainless boat paddle I only have $175.00 in to. I haven't shot that one much at all though:


My more recent purchase a Ruger 10-22 that I've been playing with. Shoots like this though:


Or my old Wingmaster I bought a year ago. Made in '79, so it's a good one. Paid $285.00 for it, but we know its worth much more that what I have into it:



What I've been asking myself is, Is the old Kimber of Oregon worth it? He wants $699 for it, but I think its a $450.00 rifle. Even though it looks like a new penny. They weren't open today, or I probably would have made some kind of a trade for it. If he's open tomorrow, I may run over and talk to him. As good as my old iron sight rifle shoots, I'm thinking the sporter would be phenomenal with a modern scope on top.

LOL, damnit man, i'll have to borrow my line from another thread, so damn much to do, so little time to do it in, we have a hell of a sport, one that can NEVER be completely mastered in all disciplines, and will certainly never cause an ounce of boredom, no wonder antis are angry little self centered self loathing people, they dont shoot GUNS!

Ha ha. Isn't that the truth...

Yessir, now i have to get back to work on an even older cartridge, the 50-70 govt, need to file the front sight down and get sight correlations on the ladder barrel rear sight for hits out to 300 yards, all the 3F Old Eyensford black powder i can get in that stubby case to sling 530gr greasers to 1250 fps!

very nice stock on that one Lawrence...

Thanks buddy.

One of my biggest regrets is parting with a mint Kimber of Oregon Model 82 (.22lr).

The 6.5 Swede could be the only big game rifle needed.

Pal, those 82's are very nice. A couple members at my gun club use those for our rimfire matches. They shoot damn well.

Most Kimber sporters were blue but I also found a nickel one. Ramline isn't my favorite stock, but in my opinion that makes a nice all-weather rifle in a great caliber...

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Edit note - note sure what happened to my picture ?

Here you go

thanks!

In Scandinavia, there are some 3-400.000 active competition shooters, 99% of them shooting 6,5x55 for 130 years.
Hundreds of millions of rounds each year.

Used Krag or M98 until the 90s when Sauer 200 STR took over.
Military is shooting AG-3 in 308.

Main competition in Norway is shown on television each year..
This is one part of the comp, split in two parts.. this part goes back to 1912.

Torso size target between 220-270 yards
Head size target between 140-190 yards




Old Krag:

Way cool video on speed shooting a krag
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last fall 2020 i did a small tribute for Charles Newton i shot a deer with a 256 NEWTON rifle i purchased off 24 Campfire that was made in 1917 and rifle was all original with my handloads used to hunt with . this year part of my fall deer season 2021 i will carry a 1953 pre-64 30-06 Winchester , all original that was willed to me by my dear old friend Harold B. a very good gunsmith and machinist .

I lOVE THAT OLD SCHOOL!

Nice rifle. Looks exactly like the one I was looking at.