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338-06AI on a pre-64 action and Shilen barrel. Then bubba'd into a featherweight stock.

Before and after a face lift. It also seems to work pretty well on bears.

My favorite round & cartridge is my .375 right here.



One day out shooting (yes my daughter has to shoot left handed). She nailed a clay pigeon set up @ about 60 yards with her first shot with it.

GuyM,
If I didn't know better I would bet that pack horse you are using is a mustang mare I used to own.

That's easy! It's the one that finally put some elks in my freezer. Kimber Montana, .325 WSM, Leupold 2.5x8 in Talleys:

Mine's so common that it's not worth the time to post a photo - Savage model 11 with a Bushnell 3200 3-9 scope. Black composite stock, accu-trigger, 300 WSM. Nothing fancy about this one but it's a SHOOTER. Since I bought it, it's accounted for 2 elk & 2 deer, no survivors.

I've never been on an elk hunt, but if I was to go some day, I'd carry and hunt with my Model 70 300 Ultra Mag shooting Barnes 168-grain TTSX bullets.

Bambistew,

That rifle of yours looks damn near identical to one that I had seen for sale up here in Alaska at some local gun shop about a year or two ago. Chambered for the same cartridge as well. Had a good price tag on it, too. I'm still wishing to this day that I would have bought that rifle.

My 2 favorites, both built by our own Redneck here at the Fire.
SS LH Winchester M70 30-06
McMillan Edge stock
Pac Nor 3 groove barrel, Win. fwt contour
Leupy 6X36 with LRD


SS LH Winchester M70 in 7X57
McMillan Edge stock
Pac Nor barrel- Win. fwt contour
Talley Lwt rings
Leupy 6X36 with LRD

Twins.

I'll play...



If I had to pick one it would have to be my M70 Stainless Classic in .338 Win. Mag. It's killed quite a number of elk.

Second would be my push feed M70 in .30-06. It was my first rifle and I killed many elk with that prior to "realizing" that I was undergunned!

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i'll go ahead and add some more.
this was a bone stock winchester model 70 classic laminated 300 wsm with a luppy 3.5-10. shot my first bull at 402 yards from one side of the mountain to the other with it.
it now wears a 6x36 luppy in tally lightweights, and sits in a mcmillan edge stock.



and ole ugly me with a 280ai i had benchmark barrels build me last year.
it shoots great and handles real well.

but i also love a ruger mark II in 338 wm. i did get off a few shots 3 years ago with her, but bad angle, tooth infection going with a swelled face, you know , excuses, excuses.....


i could add a few more, but i hold back for another day...

Luv it!

Nice looking Ruger.

It will likly become my Alaskan 'moose' rifle in a few months.

I have a bunch of elk rifles, but that one seems to jump to the front of the line everytime I open the closet. Something about the Winchecher stamp on the side, and the blue/wood that says I was built to hunt elk.

My other go-to is a stock rem SS BDL in 7 rem mag. But to me its just a tool, with nothing pretty about it, the 338-06 has class.

Mod 70 MCM Stock Bin-job paint 7mm WSM w/120 TSX & VXII 2-7x

Heres mine, CDL 35 Whelen, trigger job, barrel floated and bedded. Shoots the TSX's really well.

A buddy has a 25-06/CDL. Good lookin' rifles IMO.

Rebored Sako .243 to .358 win. Nosler .225, Leupold 2x7.
Friendly to carry, friendly to shoot, hell on critters.

how much for this rifle

how much for this rifle

good looking rifle price??