My trusty .30-06

[Sako Finnbear]

My trusty SAKO 75 Deluxe .30-06.

 

[Slickshooter]

Good looking setup man! Beats the newer models by a mile

 

[Sako Finnbear]

Good looking setup man! Beats the newer models by a mile

Thanks!

Yes I like the model 75. Blade ejector, and the safety blocks the firing pin.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

My trusty SAKO 75 Deluxe .30-06.




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My 30-06 is more of a vintage firearm ... like WWII. A Springfield 03A3. 5+1 inside the gun has always been more than enough ammo. During 61 years of hunting I've shot it empty just once, but only had it loaded with five cartridges that morning. That was one tough bull moose!

My last trip to Africa and best of four impala.

 

[steve white]

I reach for the 30'06 when I really want to get it done.

 

[Ryan]

It gets it done, everywhere. I have two 30-06 in my safe and not too much else.

 

[leslie hetrick]

my avatar tells it all,

 

[Grandpa Moose]

30-06 God’s caliber
Have 4in the cabinet

 

[Sako Finnbear]

My 30-06 is more of a vintage firearm ... like WWII. A Springfield 03A3. 5+1 inside the gun has always been more than enough ammo. During 61 years of hunting I've shot it empty just once, but only had it loaded with five cartridges that morning. That was one tough bull moose!
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My last trip to Africa and best of four impala.

Beautiful rifle, and a beautiful Impala!

61 years of hunting really brings respect. I bet it brings with it a lot of great experiences and memories...
I've only been hunting for 23 years, so I still have a lot to learn compared to you.

I love older guns, and have owned a few myself. The oldest one I have left now is my trusty old SAKO Finnbear L61R in .375 H&H, from 1978. My .30-06 is 23 years old, and I bought it new when I started hunting.

5+1 is more than enough! I can also fit that many in my SAKO 75 above. My .375 H&H takes 4+1.

 

[Sako Finnbear]

I reach for the 30'06 when I really want to get it done.

Yes it is a very faithful caliber.
I haven't hunted anything it couldn't handle with Norma Oryx 200gn...

 

[Sako Finnbear]

It gets it done, everywhere. I have two 30-06 in my safe and not too much else.

Yes, it works for basically everything!
Here in Sweden, there's nothing it can't handle...

I have my .30-06, also a .375 H&H. Then a .22lr and a .22Wmr. That's what I've gotten by with in the 23 years I've been hunting. And of course a 12ga shotgun.

 

[Sako Finnbear]

my avatar tells it all,

Absolutely!
A picture is worth a thousand words...

 

[Sako Finnbear]

30-06 God’s caliber
Have 4in the cabinet

I agree!
If I could only keep one gun, it would be my .30-06.

 

[odonata]

As a right-handed person who shoots left because of a defective right eye, finding bolt actions I like chambered in 30-06 is fortunately never a problem. It's one of the common calibers that lefties (and involuntary southpaws like myself) have as a popular choice from multiple manufacturers. That's why I own three of them. Such a great all-around cartridge!

Remington 700 BDL, Timney trigger, Nikon 1.5-6x42

Sako 85 Hunter, Schmidt & Bender 1.5-8x42 Stratos

Steyr CL II w/ fixed sights & a Swarovski Z6 1.7-10x42

 

[cwickgo9]

my avatar tells it all,

ditto. Weatherby Vanguard I got 40 years ago, still putting them down.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Beautiful rifle, and a beautiful Impala!

61 years of hunting really brings respect. I bet it brings with it a lot of great experiences and memories...
I've only been hunting for 23 years, so I still have a lot to learn compared to you.

I love older guns, and have owned a few myself. The oldest one I have left now is my trusty old SAKO Finnbear L61R in .375 H&H, from 1978. My .30-06 is 23 years old, and I bought it new when I started hunting.

5+1 is more than enough! I can also fit that many in my SAKO 75 above. My .375 H&H takes 4+1.

I also have my dad's 30-06 Remington 760 pump that Mom's father bought for him a few days after I was born in October 1952. It was the year Remington introduced the 760. Dad had sold all his guns to pay my brother's hospital bill when he was born the year before. Papa was a wealthy fruit rancher and upset that they didn't come to him for the money. Dad wanted to take care of his own family. "That's fine, Jack, but you're moving to the wilderness of western Montana and you'll need to feed your family." Dad accepted the gun but only used it ten years. Just before Kennedy was killed he mail-ordered two military surplus Springfield 03A3 rifles from an ad in the Amercan Rifleman. Then he and a gunsmith coworker sporterized them in the fab shop at Hungry Horse hydro dam. I got his first attempt two years later when I was legally old enough to start hunting. He had cut the 760's stock down too far for Mom and its scope cut her. She refused to shoot it again so my older brother used it when he started hunting. Dad brought it up for me in 1997 and I hunted moose with it a few times. Like him, I prefer bolt action. The 760 now temporarily wears synthetic. I'm still looking for a good quality stock from that period to restore it (i.e. no stamped checkering). The Bausch & Lomb quick detach scope setup is an interesting design but I don't care for it. Scope sits too high and I have to peek under a bracing rod to use iron sights when scope is removed. My grandson is just starting to shoot now. If he is interested in it, I'll change to a different base and conventional quick detach rings. Or maybe my son-in-law would like to hunt with it ... and get rid of his piece of shit 308 Ruger scout rifle (which recently inherited my Springfield's old and battered Weaver 3x). What a dopey gun. The guy is 6'4" and about 230 lbs and thinks he has to have a lightweight quick acquire rifle to sit in a stand. Anyway, Ruger stuck that stumpy muzzle jumper in a laminated stock so kind of defeated the lightweight concept. Jeff Cooper's silliness. Yep, maybe I'll give them the 760 for Christmas. Dad would be okay with that.

 

[cash_tx]

My 30-06's and my 7x57's frequently have a wrestling match to see which one is my favorite caliber.

 

[ftrovato]

I also have my dad's 30-06 Remington 760 pump that Mom's father bought for him a few days after I was born in October 1952. It was the year Remington introduced the 760. Dad had sold all his guns to pay my brother's hospital bill when he was born the year before. Papa was a wealthy fruit rancher and upset that they didn't come to him for the money. Dad wanted to take care of his own family. "That's fine, Jack, but you're moving to the wilderness of western Montana and you'll need to feed your family." Dad accepted the gun but only used it ten years. Just before Kennedy was killed he mail-ordered two military surplus Springfield 03A3 rifles from an ad in the Amercan Rifleman. Then he and a gunsmith coworker sporterized them in the fab shop at Hungry Horse hydro dam. I got his first attempt two years later when I was legally old enough to start hunting. He had cut the 760's stock down too far for Mom and its scope cut her. She refused to shoot it again so my older brother used it when he started hunting. Dad brought it up for me in 1997 and I hunted moose with it a few times. Like him, I prefer bolt action. The 760 now temporarily wears synthetic. I'm still looking for a good quality stock from that period to restore it (i.e. no stamped checkering). The Bausch & Lomb quick detach scope setup is an interesting design but I don't care for it. Scope sits too high and I have to peek under a bracing rod to use iron sights when scope is removed. My grandson is just starting to shoot now. If he is interested in it, I'll change to a different base and conventional quick detach rings. Or maybe my son-in-law would like to hunt with it ... and get rid of his piece of shit 308 Ruger scout rifle (which recently inherited my Springfield's old and battered Weaver 3x). What a dopey gun. The guy is 6'4" and about 230 lbs and thinks he has to have a lightweight quick acquire rifle to sit in a stand. Anyway, Ruger stuck that stumpy muzzle jumper in a laminated stock so kind of defeated the lightweight concept. Jeff Cooper's silliness. Yep, maybe I'll give them the 760 for Christmas. Dad would be okay with that.
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CLASSIC AMERICANA right there!

 

[Sako Finnbear]

I also have my dad's 30-06 Remington 760 pump that Mom's father bought for him a few days after I was born in October 1952. It was the year Remington introduced the 760. Dad had sold all his guns to pay my brother's hospital bill when he was born the year before. Papa was a wealthy fruit rancher and upset that they didn't come to him for the money. Dad wanted to take care of his own family. "That's fine, Jack, but you're moving to the wilderness of western Montana and you'll need to feed your family." Dad accepted the gun but only used it ten years. Just before Kennedy was killed he mail-ordered two military surplus Springfield 03A3 rifles from an ad in the Amercan Rifleman. Then he and a gunsmith coworker sporterized them in the fab shop at Hungry Horse hydro dam. I got his first attempt two years later when I was legally old enough to start hunting. He had cut the 760's stock down too far for Mom and its scope cut her. She refused to shoot it again so my older brother used it when he started hunting. Dad brought it up for me in 1997 and I hunted moose with it a few times. Like him, I prefer bolt action. The 760 now temporarily wears synthetic. I'm still looking for a good quality stock from that period to restore it (i.e. no stamped checkering). The Bausch & Lomb quick detach scope setup is an interesting design but I don't care for it. Scope sits too high and I have to peek under a bracing rod to use iron sights when scope is removed. My grandson is just starting to shoot now. If he is interested in it, I'll change to a different base and conventional quick detach rings. Or maybe my son-in-law would like to hunt with it ... and get rid of his piece of shit 308 Ruger scout rifle (which recently inherited my Springfield's old and battered Weaver 3x). What a dopey gun. The guy is 6'4" and about 230 lbs and thinks he has to have a lightweight quick acquire rifle to sit in a stand. Anyway, Ruger stuck that stumpy muzzle jumper in a laminated stock so kind of defeated the lightweight concept. Jeff Cooper's silliness. Yep, maybe I'll give them the 760 for Christmas. Dad would be okay with that.
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Great story!
Nice when guns can be passed down for generations. I find it very hard to believe that many modern crap guns even survive that long...

 

[Sako Finnbear]

My 30-06's and my 7x57's frequently have a wrestling match to see which one is my favorite caliber.

Haha! Sometimes life gives you difficult choices...