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Gunlovingvet
10-26-2008, 05:42 PM
How many others still hunt with an old Springfield?
I have others but always go back to old faithful.
kawiram
10-26-2008, 08:09 PM
My dad used to have one, but some low-life stole it, along with other old family firearms.
Redleg
10-27-2008, 12:47 AM
I've been researching for a purchase all summer. There's alot of mixmatching and unsafe recomissioning of parade guns you have to watch for. Hopefully I'll have one soon. Right now the 06 I use is a '42 model 70 winchester.
Gunlovingvet
10-27-2008, 05:13 AM
My .06 was sportarized by my Dad when he was stationed in Germany in 1960.
It served hime for 30 years before he gifted it to me. Now I just need to get a reloading set up in case obama gets elected so I can still shoot it.
Redleg
10-27-2008, 05:37 AM
Probably cheaper to stock up surplus ammo for the 30-06 than loading. At least then, you'd have your share of brass to reuse. Loading saves money on less popular, more expensive calibres, and/or lets you control ballistics for competition shooting.
$oC@l CTD
10-27-2008, 03:41 PM
My dad has an old Springfield...wanna say it was built in 1898, but don't quote me on that. I LOVE that rifle. He has modified it a bit so that he could scope it (eyesight isn't what it used to be)...turned out the bolt a bit so that he could open it with a scope mounted on it and he just recently hand carved himself a stock for it out of black walnut and re-finished the barrel and blued it back up...real slick lookin rifle.
dieselcarpenter
10-30-2008, 07:06 PM
I am salivating over an original or restored 1903 sniper WWII vintage, may have to sell my house but its definatley on my wish list, I love the cartridge, Its all I shoot/reload right now. Add to that and M1 Garand and an M-1A and life will be complete!! Oh yea, maybe a BAR!!
Gunlovingvet
10-30-2008, 10:33 PM
I am salivating over an original or restored 1903 sniper WWII vintage, may have to sell my house but its definatley on my wish list, I love the cartridge, Its all I shoot/reload right now. Add to that and M1 Garand and an M-1A and life will be complete!! Oh yea, maybe a BAR!!

I Love my Garand but its used for burials mostly but I have 2000 blanks for when I want to make noise.
Redleg
10-31-2008, 12:16 AM
I am salivating over an original or restored 1903 sniper WWII vintage, may have to sell my house but its definatley on my wish list, I love the cartridge, Its all I shoot/reload right now. Add to that and M1 Garand and an M-1A and life will be complete!! Oh yea, maybe a BAR!!

As much as I'd like one, that money wiuyld buy a couple other guns I'd like to have more. One on my agenda is to tak a sporter already tapped (don't want to ruin a virgin reciever), re barrel it with a new non-issue original barrel, stck etc, redfield mount and reparkerize for a like new clone. ALready have a new unissued bolt.
XLR8R
11-02-2008, 05:58 AM
I have a low-mileage 1917 Eddystone that's just a fine piece of machinery; love that 3rd locking lug on the bolt, and IMO the 30-06 is only matched by my Dragunov's 7.62x54's.
tightgroup
11-20-2008, 07:43 PM
I have never hunted with mine but I bought my 13 year old son a sporterized 03-A3 this year. He wants to go antelope hunting next year with it. :cool:
Gunlovingvet
11-20-2008, 11:49 PM
I have never hunted with mine but I bought my 13 year old son a sporterized 03-A3 this year. He wants to go antelope hunting next year with it. :cool:

Hope he bags one.

Should do the trick nicely.