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Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others >> Rifles

Metswedi
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Reged: 20/01/05
Posts: 156
Loc: Yorks. England

Re: 30-06
10/02/05 09:06 AM

Had a Winchester Model 70 DBM in 30.06. Complete crap.
Wouldn't hold zero. When I took it to the gunsmith, the barrel was so loose he could turn it by hand and this was a brand new rifle. Had that corrected and the damn thing still wouldn't hold zero. Glass bedded it, even though it came in a synthetic stock and had something akin to a chewed condom stuck round the recoil lug, still wouldn't have it.

It would occasionally shoot an outstanding group and then next time out the case would wander again.
Repeated trips to the 'smith couldn't get any kind of consistency at all. Eventually bought a 1923 Mauser 7x57 and never looked back.

My local gunsmith has been very scathing about the quality of winchesters. It certainly put me off them. Nothing wrong with the calibre. My shooting partner has a Mannlicher in 30.06 and it's as sweet as a nut, powerful flat shooting and versatile. Pity my rifle wasn't the same.

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30-06	mntrapper	20/04/04 12:20 AM
Re: 30-06	jro45	18/02/05 04:46 AM
Re: 30-06	bonanza	18/02/05 07:41 AM
Re: 30-06	mlg	24/03/05 10:24 PM
Re: 30-06	bonanza	25/03/05 02:26 AM
Re: 30-06	AdamTayler	25/03/05 06:11 PM
Re: 30-06	mlg	29/03/05 07:18 PM
Re: 30-06	enfieldmauser	13/01/05 06:09 PM
Re: 30-06	wharf	13/01/05 11:26 PM
Re: 30-06	PC3	09/02/05 09:32 PM
Re: 30-06	foxfire	09/02/05 11:04 PM
Re: 30-06	Metswedi	10/02/05 09:06 AM
Re: 30-06	luv2safari	10/02/05 09:31 AM
Re: 30-06	Metswedi	10/02/05 09:53 AM
Re: 30-06	enfieldmauser	17/01/05 05:28 PM
Re: 30-06	Les	22/04/04 08:46 PM
Re: 30-06	ar15a292f	18/05/04 03:42 AM
Re: 30-06	Harry	08/06/04 10:32 AM
Re: 30-06	Ingwe	11/07/04 04:10 AM
Re: 30-06	ThomasEdwards	10/02/05 02:26 PM
Re: 30-06	Chasseur	21/04/04 05:21 AM
Re: 30-06	luv2safari	20/04/04 02:33 PM
Re: 30-06	Dark_Helmet	21/04/04 02:28 AM
Re: 30-06	NitroX	20/04/04 02:27 PM
Re: 30-06	Raff	20/04/04 10:17 AM
Re: 30-06	Gibbs505	20/04/04 09:58 AM
Re: 30-06	Dark_Helmet	20/04/04 03:29 AM

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