Yes :mrgreen: I've aquired 4 M1 Garands and an 03A3 in the last couple of years.
As for hunting rifles in 06 I have one that my dad gave me 45 years ago. It's an Interarms MK X Mauser that has taken a lot of whitetails and one elk.
165s are pretty much all it's ever been fed.
Pretty much the...
Congrats Guy !
Looks like quite a hunt and a beautiful bear.
30-06 huh ? Been working for over 100 years . If it ain't broke don't fix it !
Looking forward to the pics.
Howard
I have 2 Tikka T3s in 223 and can't single feed either one.
Rounds have to go in the mag.
Yes, I had a smith build a 260 AI for me. Somehow he short chambered it and cut the throat way too deep.
Took it back and asked him to set the barrel back and rechamber it. Gave him a dummy round with a...
I don't know either.
The only bullets I have experience with on game are 130 NABs and 130 Bergers.
The Berger exploded on contact which resulted in a four hour track to recover the animal.
Every deer I've shot with a 130 NAB collapsed in it's tracks and was dead before it hit the ground.
Either...
61.0 Grs RL22 and a 165 NBT lit by a Fed 210.
Sub MOA in my Interarms MKX Mauser.
For years it was 57 grs of IMR 4350 and a 165NBT
Killed a lot of deer but shot about 1.5 MOA
The Garands get 47 Grs of BLC2 a CCI #34 and a 168 Hornady HBPT.
I just shoot something other than steel in my older guns.
Rio makes a Bismuth load that I shoot.
I did buy a replacement barrel for my Browning A5 Lt 20 too.
Heck of a deal !
Ain't no flies on the '06 when it comes to filling tags.
Sure, lots of cartridges that are " cooler " but very few been working as long as the '06.
Officially jealous.
HT, what would be the problem or fix for a gun that's first shot is off more than acceptable from any repeated shots from then on? Other than the first shot on a squeaky clean barrel. I've noticed a lot of guns will throw off the first shot before the barrel's fouled.
Thanks.
That depends on...
Hunting rifle , I don't want the bullet anywhere near the lands.
I'm more concerned with cold bore zero than what kinda groups it will shoot.
I wanna know exactly where the first round is going at ranges from 50 to 300 yards.
I have some rifles that I was able to achieve this with consistently...
They are a hoot !
The two that have Criterion barrels in them are running about 1.5 inches at 100 off the bench when my 54 year old eyes do their job. I read an article about how the USMC armorers back in the day fitted stocks for match shooting and how it improved the accuracy. Have fit the...
I have 6 rifles in 30-06. An Interarms MK X my day gave me at age 8. Three Garands and two 03A3s
Three 308s. A Tikka bolt gun, a 700 VSSF and an M1A.
Two lever guns in 45 Colt.
6 various 22 long rifles.
Two 280s, a 280 AI and a 7STW
A 264WM and a 260 AI
There are 4 ARs in 223/5.56 and a Tikka...
Having grown up in southern Louisiana squirrel hunting is in my blood.
The entire town of Ville Platte pretty much shuts down the day before the season opens.
Schools are closed as the locals are all headed to camp for the opener.
When we have time, while at deer camp in Missouri every November...
Oh heavens no.
I just bought another " bucket lister "
Found an all original 1943 Remington 03A3 that I STOLE !
Just haven't taken pics of it yet.......
I have shot it though..... :roll: