| Luckydog |
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| 01/04/08 01:33 PM |
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You already own a .223, a .270, a 300RUM, and a 375H&H. You are shooting all of them pretty darn good. You have shot them all for a long time, except for the 375. If you got a great deal on a 30.06, would you keep it, or would you sell it and make a little dough? You know you would always grab your 300RUM or your .270, instead of the 30.06, when it came time to hunt. On the other hand, you aren't hurting for money and you like the gun. What would you do? Make the money, or keep the gun?
| szihn |
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| 01/04/08 02:18 PM |
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I'd sell the 300RUM and buy the 06, but that's just me.
| WyoJoe |
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| 01/04/08 02:30 PM |
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Buy the '06 & flip it for a profit. Ditto for the RUM. The .223, .270, & .375 make an ideal 3 rifle battery.
| Nakihunter |
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| 01/04/08 04:35 PM |
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I'd keep the 30'06 only if I really loved the rifle (like my Sako L61R 280 Ack Imp). If it is just another rifle, I'd sell it for a profit.
| Bramble |
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| 01/04/08 06:31 PM |
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I'd sell the first three and buy a .275 rigby, .318 WR and a .416 Rigby
:-)
| JabaliHunter |
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| 01/04/08 10:23 PM |
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I like your style Bramble!
I'd sell the .270 and .300 and keep the .30-06
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sell the .300 and re-barrel the -06 to .338-06
| Luckydog |
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| 02/04/08 11:30 AM |
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I told one guy that I would sell it to him. I hope he doesn't buy it. If he gives me what I said I'd take, I'll have to let him have it, just to keep my word. If he doesn't buy it I'm gonna hang on to it. It's funny how when you start spending time with a gun cleaning it and such, you start liking it more each time.
| szihn |
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| 02/04/08 01:10 PM |
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Are you going to tell us what each one of them is?
We are all breathlessly waiting................
| AzGuy |
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| 02/04/08 01:17 PM |
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Mr. Zihn,
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I'd sell the 300RUM and buy the 06, but that's just me.
I like your style!!
This is like one of those IQ tests: "Which one does NOT belong in this group?" 223, 270, 300 RUM, and 375......... pretty easy to see the correct answer.
| Luckydog |
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| 02/04/08 02:47 PM |
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Are you going to tell us what each one of them is?
We are all breathlessly waiting................
???????? Did you read the thread? Am I missing something?
| Nakihunter |
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| 02/04/08 06:21 PM |
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What make & configuration are those 3 rifles? Any pics?
| Luckydog |
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| 02/04/08 11:04 PM |
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This is a Savage .223, Rem .270, and 300RUM.
This is a CZ550 375H&H
This is the Ruger m77 30.06, that I was thinking about selling.
| szihn |
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| 02/04/08 11:57 PM |
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Cool. That's what "you are now not missing"
I was just wondering what makes and models of rifles you had. Calibers were known, but not rifles.
| 9.3x57 |
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| 03/04/08 12:00 AM |
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Luckydog, what are those slip-on pads and where did you get them?
Are they a solid rubber type or neoprene cloth type?
| DarylS |
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| 03/04/08 12:26 AM |
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I'd also sell the RUM if I could find a buyer, and buy the '06. Today, the '06 is virtually identical to the .300H&H with factory Hornady light mags. If you can get VV or VN powders, you can load it to the same levels. That is, if you feel the '06 was lacking with old factory level ballistics. It isn't.
: After the old H&H, there was no real improvement in small bores - by that I mean, shoving the same bullet even faster makes little difference to the game. 2,800fps and change is all a 180gr. bullet needs for kiling anything worthy at normal game ranges.
: Get closer and be more accurate.
| Luckydog |
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| 03/04/08 06:50 AM |
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I Luckydog, what are those slip-on pads and where did you get them?
Are they a solid rubber type or neoprene cloth type?
They are Limbsaver recoil pads made of soft rubber. I really like them and use them on almost all of my guns, even with light recoil. I like the feel they give on my shoulder. I buy them at Sportsmans warehouse.
| Luckydog |
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| 03/04/08 06:53 AM |
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I brought the 30.06 to work today, but the guy never called. He was suppose to meet me at work and buy the gun. I'm glad he didn't follow through, now I'm just gonna keep the 30.06. Having to many guns is like having to much money, there's just no such thing!!!
| Anonymous |
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| 03/04/08 07:19 AM |
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What Bramble said..
| Huvius |
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| 03/04/08 01:43 PM |
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What Bramble said..
I third that one.
Not to sound snobbish, but it is gratifying showing up at camp with a classic rifle in a classic round. Not just for generating envy from your hunting pals, but for the connection you get to the great riflemen of the past. I'm goofy over old guns, and it is hard to pretend to be Corbett waiting over a tiger kill when I am holding a gun with a plastic stock.
You won't regret swapping a few new guns for a single classic.
That said, the '06 is the way to go IMHO.
| 500Nitro |
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| 03/04/08 02:51 PM |
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I Luckydog, what are those slip-on pads and where did you get them?
Are they a solid rubber type or neoprene cloth type?
They are Limbsaver recoil pads made of soft rubber. I really like them and use them on almost all of my guns, even with light recoil. I like the feel they give on my shoulder. I buy them at Sportsmans warehouse.
Limbsaver pads are made of a material called NAVCOM - Noise and Vibration Control. However that is only half the reason they work so well.
They have SEALED Air chambers indside the Recoil Pad and as you know, air can only get compressed so far. The NAVCOM then dissapates the felt recoil.
If you want more reading on how / why they work so well,
see www.limbsaver.com
HTH
(I distribute Limbsaver products in Aust and NZ).
| Luckydog |
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| 03/04/08 03:31 PM |
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What Bramble said..
I third that one.
Not to sound snobbish, but it is gratifying showing up at camp with a classic rifle in a classic round. Not just for generating envy from your hunting pals, but for the connection you get to the great riflemen of the past. I'm goofy over old guns, and it is hard to pretend to be Corbett waiting over a tiger kill when I am holding a gun with a plastic stock.
You won't regret swapping a few new guns for a single classic.
That said, the '06 is the way to go IMHO.
I hunt with synthetic stocks for several reasons:
1. No glare from sunlight
2. Moisture is not a factor, stock will never bend or swell
3. Scratch resistant
4. Very affordable
5. Very easy to take care of
I'm not trying to sound like an arsehole, but I could care less what the people in camp think about my gun. If the tigers dead, and I shot it, I wouldn't even be thinking about what the stock is made of. Of course this is coming from someone who has never been tiger hunting! LOL
I'm not against fancy guns, they just aren't that important to me. A gun is a tool and a means to an end. The better it preforms, the better I like it. I'm fine with anyone who prefers the other, but I prefer synthetic stocks on most of my guns. I prefer a heavier wood stock on harder kicking guns, because of the weight, and reduced recoil. JMHO
| Huvius |
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| 03/04/08 11:44 PM |
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I'm not trying to sound like an arsehole, but I could care less what the people in camp think about my gun. If the tigers dead, and I shot it, I wouldn't even be thinking about what the stock is made of. Of course this is coming from someone who has never been tiger hunting! LOL
My response was "tongue in cheek" for the most part, and your thread is titled "Your Opinion" -right?
Your reasons for synthetic are all valid. Part of my reasoning too is that if handloading, you could get the '06 to do just about anything the others can.
I've never been tiger hunting either, except tigers with hooves and antlers...
| Luckydog |
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| 04/04/08 12:27 AM |
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I'm not trying to sound like an arsehole, but I could care less what the people in camp think about my gun. If the tigers dead, and I shot it, I wouldn't even be thinking about what the stock is made of. Of course this is coming from someone who has never been tiger hunting! LOL
My response was "tongue in cheek" for the most part, and your thread is titled "Your Opinion" -right?
Your reasons for synthetic are all valid. Part of my reasoning too is that if handloading, you could get the '06 to do just about anything the others can.
I've never been tiger hunting either, except tigers with hooves and antlers...
I wish I had the time and knowledge to handload, but I don't. I'm glad I didn't sell the 30.06, it's a fine gun. Tigers with hooves and antlers! That's the same kind of tigers I get to hunt! That's funny right there!!!
| Luckydog |
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| 04/04/08 12:32 AM |
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Hey Huvius, I just noticed that your from Colorado. Where at? I'm in Centennial. I work at Broadway Dodge.
| Huvius |
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| 04/04/08 03:53 AM |
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West side of Denver - in Lakewood. We should shoot a Cherry Creek sometime - still open, right?
| Luckydog |
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| 04/04/08 05:01 AM |
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I'm waiting on a new scope and then I'l give you a holler. I've got a few rifles that I switched the scopes on that need to be zeroed and a couple of new trigger jobs I'm dying to shoot. And yes Cherry Creek is still open.
Later Bryan
| Kalunga |
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| 04/04/08 11:03 PM |
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Listen to Bramble, You won`t regret it !
Kalunga
NitroX
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| 11/10/20 05:29 PM |
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What Bramble said..
I third that one.
Not to sound snobbish, but it is gratifying showing up at camp with a classic rifle in a classic round. Not just for generating envy from your hunting pals, but for the connection you get to the great riflemen of the past. I'm goofy over old guns, and it is hard to pretend to be Corbett waiting over a tiger kill when I am holding a gun with a plastic stock.
You won't regret swapping a few new guns for a single classic.
That said, the '06 is the way to go IMHO.
And why Huvius is one of our long term regular and true believer members.
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| 11/10/20 05:31 PM |
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What Bramble said..
I third that one.
Not to sound snobbish, but it is gratifying showing up at camp with a classic rifle in a classic round. Not just for generating envy from your hunting pals, but for the connection you get to the great riflemen of the past. I'm goofy over old guns, and it is hard to pretend to be Corbett waiting over a tiger kill when I am holding a gun with a plastic stock.
You won't regret swapping a few new guns for a single classic.
That said, the '06 is the way to go IMHO.
I hunt with synthetic stocks for several reasons:
1. No glare from sunlight
2. Moisture is not a factor, stock will never bend or swell
3. Scratch resistant
4. Very affordable
5. Very easy to take care of
I'm not trying to sound like an arsehole, but I could care less what the people in camp think about my gun. If the tigers dead, and I shot it, I wouldn't even be thinking about what the stock is made of. Of course this is coming from someone who has never been tiger hunting! LOL
I'm not against fancy guns, they just aren't that important to me. A gun is a tool and a means to an end. The better it preforms, the better I like it. I'm fine with anyone who prefers the other, but I prefer synthetic stocks on most of my guns. I prefer a heavier wood stock on harder kicking guns, because of the weight, and reduced recoil. JMHO
And perhaps why this member only stayed 11 months and not visited since?
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| 11/10/20 05:54 PM |
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What Bramble said..
I third that one.
Not to sound snobbish, but it is gratifying showing up at camp with a classic rifle in a classic round. Not just for generating envy from your hunting pals, but for the connection you get to the great riflemen of the past. I'm goofy over old guns, and it is hard to pretend to be Corbett waiting over a tiger kill when I am holding a gun with a plastic stock.
You won't regret swapping a few new guns for a single classic.
That said, the '06 is the way to go IMHO.
And why Huvius is one of our long term regular and true believer members.
I'm glad I am not the only mad man here, who loves to imagine what a one hundred year old rifle, plus or minus decades, was once used for, where, how and by whom. What game it hunted. What charges it stopped or didn't! Who smoked a pipe cradling it on a machan.
And just like Huvius, when sitting in a tree, cradling my walnut stocked classic .30-06, waiting in jungle like environs for the hog deer to appear and drink at the waterhole, I can imagine it is a maneating tiger I am waiting for ...... impossible with some ugly plastic contraption.
As for others opinions of the camp, one can arrive at a conclusion as to one's camp's inhabitants. If they jeer at one's 1905 classic rifle in an age old cartridge chambering, and it is "drift woood" or a "fence post" and in a cartridge so out of date it is "useless". You are in the company of superficial mindless nogam drones.
Keep them happy with an article "Ten New Must have New Rifles with New Cartridges". Or if they ooh and aah at the warm grain, the deep blue or even worn patina worn by hands in the jungles, deserts, mountains, forests, swamps ..... that that 115 year old cartridge is their favourite ..... then you know you are in the company of true believers and like minded souls.
Seriously enjoy which ever you like and use, and always try to hunt with a firearm you actually like and love, as long as it is effective, whether designed for the artic and sodden forests, or deserts or swamps, walnut or God forbid even plastic stocks. If you are happy, the mob doesn't matter.
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| 11/10/20 05:58 PM |
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Listen to Bramble, You won`t regret it !
Kalunga
And all the like minded other members agreeing with another excellent comment.
| Rule303 |
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| 11/10/20 08:32 PM |
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I'd get rid of the 30-06 in a flash and keep the rest. If I wanted an 06 I would get the original, an M98 in 8X57, now that is a classic.
| Marrakai |
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| 11/10/20 11:08 PM |
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If I wanted an 06 I would get the original, an M98 in 8X57, now that is a classic.
Agreed, Greg.
...but there will always be room in my gunsafe, beside the 8x57 Walter Locke-retailed Type B Mauser 98, for a pre-'64 Model 70 Super-Grade in .30-06, the "Rifleman's Rifle".
I'm just a sucker for all the classics! ...no matter where they originate!
To me, 300 RUMs just sounds like a big night out on the piss!!
| 3DogMike |
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| 12/10/20 01:47 AM |
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If I wanted an 06 I would get the original, an M98 in 8X57, now that is a classic.
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To me, 300 RUMs just sounds like a big night out on the piss!!
Ah, now THAT is a great quote! I shall remember it.
- Mike
| Rule303 |
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| 12/10/20 09:05 AM |
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If I wanted an 06 I would get the original, an M98 in 8X57, now that is a classic.
Agreed, Greg.
...but there will always be room in my gunsafe, beside the 8x57 Walter Locke-retailed Type B Mauser 98, for a pre-'64 Model 70 Super-Grade in .30-06, the "Rifleman's Rifle".
I'm just a sucker for all the classics! ...no matter where they originate!
To me, 300 RUMs just sounds like a big night out on the piss!!
Nah mate the Rifleman's Rifle was a Win 1892 in 44-40. I watched enough of the series as a kid, I should know.
