Favorite 30-06 rifles

[JustsayMo]

I'd like to add a 30-06 to the collection and was wondering what some of your favorites and what you like about them?

 

[Hawken50]

what some of your favorites

U.S. Rifle, cal. 30, M1

what you like about them

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, PING!

 

[Dr. Dickie]

+1
What he said.
Two words: Ga Rand.

 

[Carbon_15]

My favorite 30-06 is the Browning BAR (the sporting rifle not the machine gun), but probly just because I don't own a Garand.

 

[Chawbaccer]

03 Springfield, the original 06, or a pre 64 Winchester.

 

['Card]

While I'm certainly an admirer of Garands, I'd have to say my current favorite .30-06 would be one of my Remington 7400's. Probably the nickel-plated Weathermaster.

Why? I think the main reason I like them is just because no one else does.

Of course, a freezer full of venison every year doesn't hurt either.

 

[Brian Williams]

I do not have a 30-06 but would like to get a 1903A3 someday.

 

[Baba Louie]

I'll also vote my 03 (1st) or my Win P17 (2nd) for bolt action. Garand for semi-auto (3rd).

 

[Terrierman]

760 Remington. I like the pump action and especially the DBM, makes it really quick and easy to make the rifle vehicle safe and then back into hunt mode. A nice characteristic when hunting deer with dogs. It's plenty accurate too, overall a very nice rifle.

 

[pacecars]

My new favorite is a pre-war Winchester Model 70 because it is a classic

 

[ndh87]

+1 Garand

 

[Simple Man]

My favorite 06 is a Remington 700 ADL deluxe (wood stock) - man are those nice rifles!!

 

[America_without_liberals]

My 1917 has never failed me in the field. Keeps the freezer packed with meat.

As for a favorite, I would have to go the other way on the BAR comment. Every film I have watched makes the original BAR look like the most fun thing in the world to play with at the range. The sound alone is what gets me. Nothing else in the world has a report like that. If I could afford one, I'd have it as part of my collection.

 

[dracphelan]

M1 Garand and 1903 Springfield for their history.
Savage 111 (or was it 110) - A great rifle, very accurate and a joy to shoot.

 

[Limeyfellow]

I would say the M1917 rifle. Fairly decent sights, a rediclously strong action, very accurate and did deserve to replace the Springfield but was screwed over because it wasn't thought up in the US so the people testing it had a little hissy fit and cried.

 

[.45Guy]

This FN Browning: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=218581

 

[Karbon]

Big dollar...but Sako. Hands down.

Don't handle one unless you are ready to buy it. All else will fall short from that day on.

 

[foghornl]

What Hawken50 said...

Nothing beats the sound of 8 BLAM! & Ping!....

Plus, the gas-operation and 9Lbs of rifle soak up a lot of the "kick". Have shot some of the '03 models, and to me, it was a lot harder on the shooter (ME!) than the Garand.


Not much of a computer gamer, but when I play a WWII shoot-em-up, I ALWAYS pick the M1, unless I gotta have a different weapon for a specific scene.

 

[High Planes Drifter]

+1 on the Garand. Also love my Remington 700. Accurate and pretty; never had to track a deer with it!

 

[whofan]

My Model 70 DBM meat getter.

 

[knoxx45]

Weatherby Ultra Light

I have hunted with mine for the better part of a decade, and have taken all sorts of game with it. Light, accurate, well made… what’s not to like?

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I have five .30-06s, a Garand (everyone should have one), two M1903A3s (one Remington, one Smith-Corona), a 77 Ruger (the old shotgun safety version) and a pre-'64 Model 70 (mine was made in 1939.)

I'd be hard put to choose a favorite among them -- but the Winchester is THE hunting rifle.

 

[RNB65]

Garand

 

[browningguy]

My BAR is my personal favorite;



But I really like the handling of the HK SLB 2000:

 

[bender]

+1 for the garand.

I've got another C&R too, '03 springfield, but haven't shot it yet, so can't vote for that one.