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My first 30-06, Eddystone US Model of 1917.


My newest to me 30-06, a US Remington Model 1903, (sporterized.)


My scoped 30-06, today's shot with the Howa 1500.

Ray, your wife has one very pretty and sharp 06 there. Love those short barreled carbines, and the wood is absolutely superb.

Nothing like the 30-06, here are 3 of mine, missing "Old Meat In The Pot" in the third slot. I hope to get it back some day, but until then these will do and they do kill elk, deer and anything else you point them at...

"Custom stocked" Savage Super Sporter, 30-06.

I have had a Parker Hale, Winchester Pre64, and Browning Safari. Here is the one I will keep forever, a 98 Mauser. My first attempt at stocking anything. It started out as a roll-over stock cheek piece. I followed Francis Sell's advice and just worked on the stock til it came up just right. My favorite hunting gun.

Not my first 7600 or my first 06 but my first carbine. Seems to be a handy, dandy woods rifle but I bet it would be more better in a 270.

Fellow 'Fire Folks;
Thanks all for the views at your respective '06's, it's cool to see the diversity of the rifles here.

While I don't appear to have any scanned in photos of the rifle alone, here's a photo from '93 I believe with a BBR that I'd bought new in '81.

If it doesn't look "right" to an observant Browning aficionado, that's because I'd bobbed 3" off the barrel, bead blasted and rust blued the barreled action and then reshaped the stock to fit me as well as adding wrap around checkering on the fore end.



It was a bit of a heavy beast to pack around and that's why I eventually sold it to a skookum young man who I'd lent it to for a hunting season.

He needed a trained rifle anyway and that particular '06 was that and more. I believe I had a string of 18 one shot kills on whitetail and mulie bucks with that thing, as well as one black bear and a California Bighorn ram.

It's in good hands now though and he's killed at least one mulie and whitetail buck each with it - so it still works just fine.

My current '06 is still only a VZ24 action c/w a FN military barrel I screwed onto it late last fall. I've got to get it into a tester mule stock to see if it shoots sometime soon.

Thanks again for sharing the photos gentlemen. All the best to you all in the upcoming week.

Regards,
Dwayne

I too just acquired a 1640 in .30-06. Nice, light, and slick. Trouble is, I also just got the 1640 mannlicher I posted on page 4 of this thread. They are both vying for my attention. Right now, the mannlicher version is the flavor dejour.

Congrats on the acquisition.

Indeed. Most of the cartridges that have come out since are just trying to reinvent the wheel.

Husqvarna 4100 .30-06

M98, Timney FW. Mk II safety, fitted the stock and bedded it myself...Had it longer than any rifle 'cept my 10-22, boughter her as sporterized by Century Arms in 1994 when I was 19. The first deer rifle that I could rightly call "mine".

No glass, lots of class !

My son & his dink contender.

Model 1895, 30-06 & Lyman receiver sight.

Just received this one not too long ago - it was built for me by Mark Gordon of Short Action Customs.

You had your long action built by a short action guy?

Oh, the mojo.....

Don't shoot it.

Part it out and send me the scope.

Nice rifle Mike..

Here is mine
Cheap but super accurate!

That is just about perfect right there!
I am in process of putting one together just like that - any specs on contour, bottom metal and bolt? Penrod?

I have two

Rusty ol 700ADL



and a pretty newish 84L

Hhhmmmm. That rifle has changed a bit since I last saw it! Very nice!

How does the FW contour work in the Legend? Looks good from the side...