I hunt a lot with restored 8mm and .30-06 Mausers for the same reason... just for the fun. I now think upon reflection that it was "Return to Snowy River" where I noticed the rifle... much too small a bore to be a .30... that's what drew my attention to it. It was a slick little half-magazine tube length Winchester. Looked like a great open sight varminter. I take it that Australians don't have much of a domestic rifle manufacturing industry but tend to purchase imports? I've pretty much settled on CZ's, Weatherby Vanguards (Japanese), and old Mausers... none of which are of American manufacture.