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."

 

[C J]

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

The Garrand has a lot of history behind it but if I could pick an .06 I wanted it would likely be a Sako.

 

[hammer 1]

CJ, I love the older sako's, the finnbaer, I bought while at Bragg, in 91, after the Gulf war. It is one of the few that survived a nasty divorce, 17 years ago. It, a 579 forester,243, and a Riihimaki 222, with walnut stock, are my hunting battery. I also have a finnbaer, in 338 win mag, but it does not get much use anymore.

 

[2152hq]

Not very good pictures, but my Hoffman Arms (Ardmore,Ok) 30-06 on a Mauser 98.
Probably one of their last out the door there in '29 before they folded.

3-leaf rear open sight on a 1/4 rib, Lyman 48 rear,,, never fitted for a ;scope which is fine with me.
Classic stock style of the 20's and 30's. Probably stocked by John Dubiel but there's no signiture mark on it that I can find other than his style.

Very accurate. Has been used and hunted with but very well cared for. A range toy now for me as I don't hunt anymore, haven't for many years.
Found it for sale on a table at a gunshow mixed in with some .22bolt actions, a Carcano sporter, mics 12 pumps and the like.

I have a couple other 30-06 from this era,,a Hart Arms sporter (Cleveland) built on a 03 N/Match bbled action. and a Sedgley sporter on a low# 03.
A Win95 in 30-06 stocked by John Oberlies/Dayton, Ohio one of the lesser known custom smiths of the same era kind of rounds out the group other than a '44 Garand.
An old $5 set of Herters dies keeps them all fed, but the Garand mostly gets Milsurp ammo that I still have.
I used to have a few 1917's, but sold them all. Should have kept one favorite,,a Remington DCM rifle, what a beauty and it was very accurate w/ cast bullet loads. Amazing what $100 would buy even 20yrs ago.

 

[C J]

I love the older sako's, the finnbaer

The only place I see the older Sako's is at the gun library at Cablelas. Of course their prices are sky high so no chance of buying one there. But every Sako I've seen at the range shoots like a masterpiece. Look mighty good too. I often think about selling all my guns and buying a few really good ones and Sako would be near the top of my list. I have to admit that some guns I own would be sorely missed. They do extremely well. But a Sako is a cut above IMO.

 

[Squarebutt]

The Tikka line is owned by Sako, and the barrels are Sako. Some of the parts are not as pretty as the Sako line, but the Tikka rifles have an excellent reputation for accuracy, and are priced in hundreds of dollars, not the thousands that the Sako models bring. A Tikka in .30-06 may be my next hunting rifle.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

If I can't reliably kill it with a .30-06 I don't have any business chasing it around in the woods.

First sporting rifle was a sporterized 1903 Springfield purchased in 1969. Since then I have owned at least two dozen others, but when I go hunting I carry a .30-06.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

more 30-06

H&R Ultra 301 (Sako Finnbear L61R action)

Winchester 70 post 64

SEARS 53 (Winchester 70)

Remington 700

 

[C J]

The Tikka line is owned by Sako, and the barrels are Sako.

No doubt they are excellent rifles but as you say they don't have the beauty of the Sako's. Still a fine rifle. I have a .223 Savage 12 LRPV that will hold it's own with almost any stock rifle (I've shot 5" groups with it at 500 yards) and it looks good but not Sako good.