Not that it's a complete deal breaker but Browning's biggest mistake on those was not drilling and tapping the receivers for common peep sights. You can't scope them unless you use some kludgy offset mount or scout scope and open sights are a bit hard for anything but young eyes to deal with. I know it's not a big deal but it's just extra expense and hopefully the gunsmith doesn't mess it up - and some folks with "Gunsmith" on their shingle just might. There are some modern ones made by Winchester or Browning (both are Miroku) that are d&t but I haven't figured out which ones, you just have to look at the pictures.
Other than that they're neat rifles. I had a 1927 .30 Gov't '06 for a while and it was a good shooter. Even with the crescent buttplate it didn't kick that bad.
There are two nice Browning 30-06's on GB right now with starting bids of $799 and $875 but neither is d&t.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/775070822https://www.gunbroker.com/item/775491025I was looking at those two. The 799 one looks to be a good canditate to chop barrel to 20-22" and get drilled for peep. im not a fan of the tang safeties on the new ones. See what those 2 bring toward the end. If one works out ill have to pick yalls brain on who to do the work. I used to not have trouble with irons but hard to focus on 3 things now. All my rifles either wear irons or have QD rings with backup irons. I have a sweet 1B in 243 that is sightless but its my dedicated field hunting rifle so thats fine.
I don't know how old you are or how your eyes are so this may be completely irrelevant, if so then never mind...
That said, I'm 65 and definitely have presbyopia (old eyes) but have been doing a lot of shooting with peep sights the last few years. They work great as long as the front sight is far enough away from my eyes to be in focus, which in general terms means a barrel/receiver combo about 29" long - that's what a bolt action with a 22" barrel or an 1885 single shot with a 28" barrel runs. A small target aperture allows a shorter length but then that's not well suited for field work.
Which is a long way of getting to the point that if you shorten the barrel it will produce a much handier rifle but may be counter-productive to the sight picture. I looked hard at the Browning/Miroku 1895's for peep sight shooting precisely because they have a longish receiver with a 24" barrel that gets that front sight out there far enough for a really good focus. Not trying to say "do it my way" since again, this may not apply to you at all.
Either way, let us know if you get one. Those Brownings are nice rifles, I personally don't have a thing against rifles made in Japan. My 1885 is made by Miroku and and the fit, finish and accuracy is top notch. I've put both of those auctions on "watch" to see what those 1895's will bring these days.