Calling all .30-06's!

[whitecoyote]

Just picked up a BSA 30-06. I'm guessing it's a late 1940's or early 1950's. It has a B. Nickel Marburgil 2.5x6 scope on it.
Does anyone know how to get a date of manufacture on a BSA rifle?

 

[Dennis The B]

I have several, a Model 77 Ruger, a couple of M1's, and this one. It's a Mauser action, with a .30-06 Browning MG barrel. Shoots .5MOA at 200 yards with 168gr match ammo. The barrel stays cooler longer, but when it finally heats up, it stays heated!

This is a CMP Special Grade M1 Garand. Very nice, and shoots great.

 

[RSBH44]

Like some others here, I too, back in my younger mans days, shot through out the summer at my local gun club with a Camp Perry issued M1 Garand as a member of the DCM. I had the opportunity to purchase the M1 issued to me but foolishly decided not to buy it.
I did however buy this excellent shooting Ruger 77 MK II years ago that is my go to rifle for NY northern Tier deer hunting.
It's in between scopes right now but here is a pic

 

[Stephanie B]

I'm also fond of my M1903 Springfield rifle. This one is actually a Remington made rifle manufactured in 1942 before Remington transitioned to the M1903A3.

I have one as well. It's a nice rifle. I bought it through Shotgun News in the early `80s, for my first centerfire rifle.

 

[CptCurl]

I have been a fan of the .30-06 since childhood. My first was a Remington 700 BDL, but soon I fell in love with a Winchester Model 70 standard weight from 1952. That rifle went with me on many hunts and on many trips to the range.

Many years ago I had a custom .30-06 built on a commercial FN action. It's a handy woods rifle with full wood and a 4X Lyman scope. Really all a person needs in these eastern woods.

These photos don't do justice to the rifle.

Curl

 

[Stephanie B]

This is my Frankenrifle:

Interarms Mark X action. FN milsurp barrel. Weaver K-4 scope (U.S. made), and an Interarms stock. I bought the action at a gun shop and all of the parts from Shotgun News, as there wasn't an Internet back then.

 

[Papaw]

Remington 700 ADL bought about 1969

 

[Texas Star]

RSBH44-

I like iron sights on a rifle even when 'scoped. Nice M-77 there. Thanks for the nice photo.

 

[alwslate]

I have several 06s, a few CMP Garands and a couple of CMP 03-A3s.
I also have a few sporters. Here's a couple of FN Mausers. A Safari
grade Browning and an FN from the 50s sometimes called a pre
Browning. The FN has a fairly hefty 24" barrel and all steel bottom
metal so it is heavier than the Browning with it's more slender 22"
barrel and alloy floor plate. Two very well made rifles with
Belgian made commercial 98 Mauser actions.

 

[rwsmith]

Buffalo??

Bear in mind that the .30/06 has taken a lot of big bears and African game, but I'd rather have a bit more punch for some species. African countries sometimes have caliber limits for the really big animals, .375 H&H being the usual minimum. Kenya used to require a .400 or more for elephant, maybe rhino.

@@@ I'm sure that at some point in time someone has taken or has attempted to take Cape Buffalo with a 30-06 or most likely .303

But unless one can hunt where this applies, the .30/06 will suffice in expert hands.

I can see why some want a .338, a .340 Weatherby, a .37
On the other end of the scale, if you can afford a .243 and a .30/06, why shoot coyotes with the latter? .

@@@ Those make spectacular prairie dog kills.

I have to write 10 characters here.

PS Never mind. Here is a guy killing a Cape Buffalo with a spear at close range.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_SoHd-K6c[/ame]

 

[Riccur]

Awesome hunt.

 

[Riccur]

When I was 14 (1985), I saved every penny I made at an overnight job at the local convenience store. Bought a Winchester Model 70 feather weight carbine and a Tasco World Class scope for $450 dollars.

That gun was my first, and it gives me the confidence, to this day, to hit any shot I take.

At just under 6 pounds it is a joy to carry, but it sure does kick like a mule.

The scope fogged up at the 28 year mark, sent it in for repair and it sits in a Marlin 35 Rem lever action now.

 

[Rangerpat]

rwsmith, WOW!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing the video, what a freakin' adventure that had to be!

Talk about catching your game with your own hands, that is totally "caveman hunting."

 

[whitecoyote]

Browning Safari 30-06 (cir. 1963).
Sometimes you get nice wood!

 

[olskool]

my 1959 Husqvarna mannlicher in 06 it wears a vintage set of redfield rings and mount and a period ted Williams (weaver) 3x9

 

[Cyrano]

Here are three 30-06s you don't see every day.

1. Mauser M 1996 straight pull. A real tack driver and it now wears a Mauser 10X scope.

2. Springfield Armory sporter. This one dates from 1928. My eyes can't do the sights justice.

3. Remington 760 pump carbine. This oen went with me when I was stationed in Alaska. Wears a Weaver K 2.5.

 

[jimmyj]

One of the most beautiful rifles I ever seen was a sportered Model 1917.
IIRC it was rechambred to .300 Winchester ?

 

[C J]

I have a Savage 110. Great rifle for a great price but not so good looking. I don't care. I buy them to shoot. I had a black bear dead in my sights with that rifle one day but I didn't want the game warden to come visiting. Plus the bear was right on top of a ride about 175 yards away. I should have been able to nail it but you never know and if I missed the bullet could end up in the next county.

 

[hammer 1]

I have 2 06s currently, a 1960s sako finnbaer, , and a recent addition, a CMP special, m1 garand.

 

[SC_Mike]

"Ain't many troubles that a man can't fix with six hundred dollars and a 30-06."