LittleCooner
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Nice rifle. I agree it looks like something sporterized back in the 1950 or 1960. Due to the original floor plate, I would think it was not done by a big name "smith" but by a local "smith" somewhere. the engraving looks nice from the photos, but without being signed by a "famous" engraver, I would not think it adds a great deal to the price. In this day and age of the rifle nuts only thinking about "Black plastic AR" rifles, its value is greatly decreased from what it would have been worth 25-30 years ago. Great rifle that is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. You paid what you did so its worth a least that much.
Chamber checking? are you a reloader? Years ago, when benchrest shooting, which are all "tight necked" cases, I purchased something similar at a gun show. I drove 4 hours one way to my gunsmith to have him check the chamber and neck thickness. He was in the shop, on the lathe when I arrived. We were great friends and he had this sheepish grin on his face on my request for a chamber cast. This is classic - he takes an empty case, puts in a primer, put a very small amount of power in the case (which he did not even measure and said "follow me". He steps outside, points rifle up at sky, places case in gun and pulls the trigger. Goes back in side and takes dial calipers and says, "yep, that's a 6PPC with a 262 neck, no charge today". That was a long 4 hour drive back home, but a lesson I have never forgot. If you want to pay someone $ 100 to confirm you have a 30-06, if a empty case will chamber, then bring me the gun and a crisp hundred dollar bill and I will confirm if it truly is a 30-06 chamber.
Chamber checking? are you a reloader? Years ago, when benchrest shooting, which are all "tight necked" cases, I purchased something similar at a gun show. I drove 4 hours one way to my gunsmith to have him check the chamber and neck thickness. He was in the shop, on the lathe when I arrived. We were great friends and he had this sheepish grin on his face on my request for a chamber cast. This is classic - he takes an empty case, puts in a primer, put a very small amount of power in the case (which he did not even measure and said "follow me". He steps outside, points rifle up at sky, places case in gun and pulls the trigger. Goes back in side and takes dial calipers and says, "yep, that's a 6PPC with a 262 neck, no charge today". That was a long 4 hour drive back home, but a lesson I have never forgot. If you want to pay someone $ 100 to confirm you have a 30-06, if a empty case will chamber, then bring me the gun and a crisp hundred dollar bill and I will confirm if it truly is a 30-06 chamber.
