rodinal220
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Remington Model 8 in 30 Remington(rimless 30-30) or 35 Remington.
Let's talk nostalgic hunting rifles.
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I have a #4 mk1 Enfield that someone sporterized years ago. Walnut montecarlo stock, S&K scope mount, and 22" cut & crowned barrel in .303. Found it at a yard sale a few years ago for $75.
aka108
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I hate to see a nice military riflel-sporterized. I did however acquire some almost scrap 98K's that had cracked stocks, sewer pipe barrels but the actions were OK. Ran across some decent mauser stepped barrels in 8mm, 30-06 and 308. Put these in the actions, cut back the forward end of the stocks, glued, screwed and doweled the stock cracks and put'em back together. Maybe 75or 80 bucks in each piece. Kept on in 8mm for my self and sold the rest for 150 to 175 each. Made good iron sight shooters and if they get dunked in the creek or dropped on a rock, nothing really damaged.
Reloadron
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Military types excluded. A few weeks back my brother was looking for a nice lever gun in .308. We saw a real nice Savage Model 99 and a nice Winchester Model 88. My brother (after price discussion 
) settled on the Winchester for $600 which was minty and had a nice scope on it. The Savage was equally minty with a Burris scope on it. Both rifles to my taste represented classic American hunting rifles.
As to bolt action, there are no shortages of older and nice Remington, Winchester and Savage rifles out there.
Ron
) settled on the Winchester for $600 which was minty and had a nice scope on it. The Savage was equally minty with a Burris scope on it. Both rifles to my taste represented classic American hunting rifles. As to bolt action, there are no shortages of older and nice Remington, Winchester and Savage rifles out there.
Ron
My father-in-law, who doesn't hunt or shoot to speak of inherited a sporterized 1917 Enfield with a nice Fajen Monte Carlo stock and (older and in very nice shape) Redfield 4-12 and a Timney trigger.
Very nice gun and fairly accurate (maybe 2moa) with the cheap federal I ran through it. Even with a cut down barrel it is a bit heavy, but soaks up recoil very well.
Very nice gun and fairly accurate (maybe 2moa) with the cheap federal I ran through it. Even with a cut down barrel it is a bit heavy, but soaks up recoil very well.
Creature
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A sporterized 1903A3 that I purchased for a song. Nice shootin' rifle.
Yeah, I was looking at some 700s, post 72 winchester 70s, and newer (but used) 111s and 110s, but I'm kind of a sucker for old stuff. I have a bit of a romantic view about things before my time. Things may have been harder, but they sure seemed simpler.
TrickyDick
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I'm using my 1939 91/30 Mosin nagant, not physically modified, only sanded and re-stained. No scope, just straight up old school. I like to use a different rifle every year, it's no fun (IMO) to use the SAME rifle EVERY year...(Unless your livelyhood depends on a kill...)
tahoe2
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It's interesting to me, how well, older cartridges perform. I'm talking about the likes of .303 British, .300 Savage, the good ol' 30-30, 35 Remington, .356, 38-55 & .375 Winchesters and the mausers ... 6.5x55, 7x57, 7.65x53, 8x57, 9.3x62 (just to name a few) and don't forget the great 30-06!! I know there are dozens more not mentioned, these rounds push heavy bullets, somewhat slow, by today's standards, but they kill just fine at the practical ranges at which I hunt (300 yds & less). I am not knocking long range hunters or whiz-bang magnums, I personally don't have the shoulder for them. Some of those old timers have a certain nostalgia about them, and they are fun to reload and plink with cast bullets and when meat is on the line, they still get it done!! That's my rant! thanks'
A couple of my personal favs... .300 Sav, 7x57, 8x57, 30-30, 38-55, 375 Winchesters; I own, reload for, & shoot all of these.
A couple of my personal favs... .300 Sav, 7x57, 8x57, 30-30, 38-55, 375 Winchesters; I own, reload for, & shoot all of these.
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788Ham
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The classic lines of the Savage '99 have had me stricken since an early age. My Pop left me his '99 in .300 and another '99 in .250-3000, they are both still very accurate shooters. I also have a Win. 94 in the Big Bore .375 cartridge, now that one is a thumper. Pop got the .300 in 1947, many, many deer and elk fell to this rifle, the .250 he got from a friend many years ago. Too bad Savage didn't continue to build them like they did in their earlier years!
The Mauser cartridges called "old cartridges"! They were the second generation of cartridges. I shudder to think what you call the grand old 50-70 and 45-70.
RevGeo
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Honestly I don't think that an increase in velocity (the only real 'improvement' in cartridges over the years) is that important from a practical hunting point of view. Long range target shooting, sure, higher velocity makes shooting over 500 yards a little easier, but within the usual hunting ranges of muzzle to 300 yards a 30-06, .270, 8x57 (European load) or 6.5x55 will do anything the newer whiz-bang rounds will. Of course manufacturers need to bring out new products to stay competative, but IMO the real improvements over the years have been in bullet development.
As a young man I was infatuated with high velocity rounds. Fifty years of hunting and seeing first hand the results on game of a .30 cal at 2500 vs. 3100fps has tempered my passions, I guess. I've seen animals shot with a .300 Weatherby seemingly shrug off the damage and run for a long ways - even with a good heart/lung shot. Of course I've seen the same with a .308 or .243. I've also seen deer drop like they were pole axed from one shot to the boiler works with a .22 Savage HiPower.
'They don't make 'em like they used to' is an overworked cliche, but when it comes to rifles it is definitely true. A simple comparison of a new Savage, Remington or Winchester rifle to an older one is really eye opening.
I hunt with a 30-40AI built on a '98 Mauser single-shot action that I inherited from my father and it's a great round - comparable to a 30-06 ballistically - but for the past several years I have been loading it to regular 30-40 Krag levels and have shot several animals with it out to 250 yards or so. They die just as quickly as they do when shot with a .300 WSM or a .338 Mag.
Old guns and cartridges, like old cars, motorcycles, guitars and fly rods are just, well, cool. And they get the job done now just as well as they did fifty years ago.
George
As a young man I was infatuated with high velocity rounds. Fifty years of hunting and seeing first hand the results on game of a .30 cal at 2500 vs. 3100fps has tempered my passions, I guess. I've seen animals shot with a .300 Weatherby seemingly shrug off the damage and run for a long ways - even with a good heart/lung shot. Of course I've seen the same with a .308 or .243. I've also seen deer drop like they were pole axed from one shot to the boiler works with a .22 Savage HiPower.
'They don't make 'em like they used to' is an overworked cliche, but when it comes to rifles it is definitely true. A simple comparison of a new Savage, Remington or Winchester rifle to an older one is really eye opening.
I hunt with a 30-40AI built on a '98 Mauser single-shot action that I inherited from my father and it's a great round - comparable to a 30-06 ballistically - but for the past several years I have been loading it to regular 30-40 Krag levels and have shot several animals with it out to 250 yards or so. They die just as quickly as they do when shot with a .300 WSM or a .338 Mag.
Old guns and cartridges, like old cars, motorcycles, guitars and fly rods are just, well, cool. And they get the job done now just as well as they did fifty years ago.
George
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On "older hunting rifles", the oldest that I have is a 1906 Marlin 1892. It was my grandfather's and father's before me. There are several deer skins on the walls in the rooflline rooms of our house in VT, all taken with that rifle and 36gr lead .22lr bullets, all taken down in the apple orchard at 100 feet or so, and apparently all headshot. My uncle tells me that as a kid, they ate a lot of venison. These days the law generally requires larger calibers for deer and we would discourage someone from headshooting unless they were a professional culler. I don't think that's a bad thing. Just pointing out that in the old days, they hunted with what they had whether it was a .22lr or a Stevens break action single shot 30-30. Today, with near MOA accuracy out of the box with a $350 Ruger American, we have a lot of luxury the old timers didn't have.
mdauben
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Not all that old, perhaps, but for a while I've thought about trying to find an early Savage 99 in .300 savage, with a "period" scope and swing off mount.
Captcurt
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How about a Winchester 1885 High-Wall?
stubbicatt
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Mannlicher Schoenaur in 6.5 MS?
The Karamojo Joe Bell rifle? I can think of no more perfect hunting rifle from yesteryear which carries with it that certain nostalgia.
Double set triggers, flip up blade sights, full length stock...
Good for elephant on down to prairie dogs... although with the blade sights one would have to have outstanding vision to take a prairie dog! LOL.
The Karamojo Joe Bell rifle? I can think of no more perfect hunting rifle from yesteryear which carries with it that certain nostalgia.
Double set triggers, flip up blade sights, full length stock...
Good for elephant on down to prairie dogs... although with the blade sights one would have to have outstanding vision to take a prairie dog! LOL.
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I'm old, old fashioned, and nostalgic so of course old rifles appeal to me. I appreciate the design and handling qualities of the classic sporting rifles.
When I was a kid my best friend's dad hunted with a cut down Krag. I had to have one.
For some reason I like the Model 30 Remington. Unfortunately they have become very pricey for some reason. I got this one about 20 years ago for $200.
I confess to being susceptible to outside influences when buying guns. Note the Krag caption, above. A good friend has a couple of 99s (including one that I gave him as a gift 21 years ago) and every time he hauled one of them out I was envious. Recently scratched that itch with this acquisition.
Hard to go wrong with any sort of Mauser. These are pretty pricey but I love them.
When I was a kid my best friend's dad hunted with a cut down Krag. I had to have one.
For some reason I like the Model 30 Remington. Unfortunately they have become very pricey for some reason. I got this one about 20 years ago for $200.
I confess to being susceptible to outside influences when buying guns. Note the Krag caption, above. A good friend has a couple of 99s (including one that I gave him as a gift 21 years ago) and every time he hauled one of them out I was envious. Recently scratched that itch with this acquisition.
Hard to go wrong with any sort of Mauser. These are pretty pricey but I love them.
Durty
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Mauser 98
dirtyjim
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how about building a close copy of a lee speed sporter from a pre charger bridge no.1 mk3 or a l.e.c..
my lee speed with a l.e.c. donor rifle for a 375x2 1/2NE lee speed style project
my lee speed with a l.e.c. donor rifle for a 375x2 1/2NE lee speed style project
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