What are your oppinions of this beautiful weapon? FN/Winchester is making these in 30-06 and needless to say I'm very tempted to pick on up. So what do yall think of this legendary rifle designed by John Browning?
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I picked up an SRC in '06 last week. Lovely gun, nice wood, good wood to metal fit and the blue is too nice. The research I did online suggests that the Mikoru guns are better quality than the original Winchesters and being made from modern steel is just icing on the cake.
Mine tips the scale at 7lbs even and is no more cumbersome than the average bolt gun and has the added advantage of an easier, faster second shot, should one be needed.
I haven't put it on paper yet but I have been down to the river whacking rocks. If it's big enough to see, it's big enough to hit. Recoil is no problem even with the factory 220 gr load.
If you're into lever actions it's a great gun.
Mine tips the scale at 7lbs even and is no more cumbersome than the average bolt gun and has the added advantage of an easier, faster second shot, should one be needed.
I haven't put it on paper yet but I have been down to the river whacking rocks. If it's big enough to see, it's big enough to hit. Recoil is no problem even with the factory 220 gr load.
If you're into lever actions it's a great gun.
The quality control on the reproductions seems to be good, at least on the one I have.
I wanted a "shooter", not something to sit in a safe, so I got a rifle length model and had it cut down to carbine length, added a recoil pad, and replaced the iron sights with a Williams peep sight and ramped front sight.
While it isn't as comfortable to carry as a Model 94, it is definitely a "handy little rifle", and I like the .30-06.
Because it is a faithful reproduction, it doesn't have "angle eject", so mounting a scope has to be some kind of offset affair, and that makes it even more awkward.
It is reported to be as hard to take apart and reassemble as a Browning BLR, so action cleaning has to be a periodic "flush it out" affair.
Here's my "on the carpet" photo -
I wanted a "shooter", not something to sit in a safe, so I got a rifle length model and had it cut down to carbine length, added a recoil pad, and replaced the iron sights with a Williams peep sight and ramped front sight.
While it isn't as comfortable to carry as a Model 94, it is definitely a "handy little rifle", and I like the .30-06.
Because it is a faithful reproduction, it doesn't have "angle eject", so mounting a scope has to be some kind of offset affair, and that makes it even more awkward.
It is reported to be as hard to take apart and reassemble as a Browning BLR, so action cleaning has to be a periodic "flush it out" affair.
Here's my "on the carpet" photo -
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In the 60's I had a 95 in 30-40 krag with a lyman receiver site. I hunted with it quite a bit.
Now I have one of the reproductions in .405 Winchester. It too has the same "reproduction" receiver site.
I wouldn't hesitate getting one in 30-06 or any other caliber for that matter.
In the 60's I had a 95 in 30-40 krag with a lyman receiver site. I hunted with it quite a bit.
Now I have one of the reproductions in .405 Winchester. It too has the same "reproduction" receiver site.
I wouldn't hesitate getting one in 30-06 or any other caliber for that matter.
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