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Found this 55 year old beauty and scooped it right up. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/90VN5hD9/IMG-4227.jpg)
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She’s a beaut. What scope you gonna mount?
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She’s a beaut. What scope you gonna mount? Leupold 3.5-10 gloss
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Very nice find! Congrats!
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She’s a beaut. What scope you gonna mount? Leupold 3.5-10 gloss I just sighted in my dad’s old 1968 with his last box of 150gr Winchester Super X Silvertips. It has an old gloss Leupold M8 4X on top. I am hoping to take the first deer of the season with it.
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She’s a beaut. What scope you gonna mount? Leupold 3.5-10 gloss I just sighted in my dad’s old 1968 with the last box of his 150gr Winchester Super X Silvertips. It has an old gloss Leupold M8 4X on top. I am hoping to take the first deer of the season with it. That would be awesome!! Good luck
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You need to find some period correct see-throughs and a Redfield.  That’s how my dad’s is set up; same vintage but 06. Amazing find. I would have scooped that too.
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That's a beauty. You are pulling it out of the box and it isn't even Christmas yet!!! I would have scoped it too.
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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I just sighted in my dad’s old 1968 with his last box of 150gr Winchester Super X Silvertips. It has an old gloss Leupold M8 4X on top. I am hoping to take the first deer of the season with it.[/quote]
Neat rifle op.
I am starting to use more mini-skinny scopes myself. Just set up both my AE m94's a 7-30 & a 307 with M8 4x's also have a bubba'ed 03 Springfield in 300 win mag with a m8 4x. Most would shake their heads and go to cussing but damnit all anyway I am finding less is more. Flame away..mb
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I had one of these in a 30 cal. It would shoot bugholes at 100 yards.
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Found this 55 year old beauty and scooped it right up. Sure, if you like that sorta thing. Ha! Awesome rifle. GR
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Nice! In '68 that was my dream rifle except I wanted a 7mm. Made a deal with my dad that I'd get it for my 14th birthday if I saved half the money. Imagine my excitement when on that fateful day I unwrapped a brand new..........Remington 742 .308 
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Congratulations that is an awesome find, beautiful rifle
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Found this 55 year old beauty and scooped it right up. Jealous. I like to collect guns from 68 (my birth year). I have a '06 BAR from 68 but if you ever decide to move that one I'd like first dibs 
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For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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Nice! In '68 that was my dream rifle except I wanted a 7mm. Made a deal with my dad that I'd get it for my 14th birthday if I saved half the money. Imagine my excitement when on that fateful day I unwrapped a brand new..........Remington 742 .308 😢
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Nice! Just where did you come across such a treasure?
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Well, my dad's is a .30-06 1968 (assuming - my mom gave it to him as a wedding present in 1968). He used the open sights until the early '80s when it got a Bushnell Scope Chief 1.5-4.5.
Nice find. Congrats!
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