Old School Rifles that are Still a Favorite for Hunters

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 11/24/2017 | K Alberts

[litehaus]

“Although it is not a ‘hunting rifle’ the Swedish Mauser in 6.5 x 55 is a great rifle.”

Yepper, can say that 3 times over..including a very short one done special for the youngens....

[themidnightskulker]

I took my first three deer with a model 760 #4752. Chambered in .300 Savage. A gift from my Grandfather for painting his house one year.Great little brush gun.
Currently sitting in my blind at sunset looking at My swedeish Mauser model 38 minted in 1903.
My son is sitting about a mile away with his Winchester model 70.

[myerson]

M99 Savage in .250-3000

[hillarys cankles]

Bought a Remington 1917 30-06. I absolutely love that rifle. Bought it at a CA gun show when you could still buy a gun and walk out the same day.

[umgud]

My fav 5 would be something in;
375 H&H
30’06
223/556
17HMR
22lr

Have everything but the 17HMR

[glasseye]

I bought the m38 at a gun show 20 years ago, it looked unused, just perfect...really, not a scratch or ding.
Unfortunately you cannot hunt with a rifle long term and expect it to look unused but it is still 98%.
Used that rifle for my first CMP shoot.

[Elderberry]

Unfortunately you cannot hunt with a rifle long term and expect it to look unused but it is still 98%.

I cannot comprehend that statement.

Obviously we are are on different wavelengths.

All my firearms are tools, not collector items. They all look used. As they are.

That's why I purchased them. To be used. As is all the other tools I have acquired over my life.

[MileHi]

My 1943 M38 “Calvary” rifle is one of my favorites. I had no idea what a 6.5x55 was (sounded hard to get) but a friend and I thought they might be a good truck gun for $89.00 so we ordered a couple from shotgun news. When they arrived they were so pristine the dealer almost wouldn’t give them over. Amazingly well made, and that 6.5 is hard on mule deer with mild recoil.

[ThunderSleeps]

Had a Savage 99D chambered in 308 Winchester. (7.62mm NATO) Let it go a few years back. Kind of wish I had kept it. It was a good, reliable rifle.

[Elderberry]

During my years of hunting, my choice of caliber for my prime deer gun has made about a loop. I started with 6mm(.243) for many years. Then I jumped up to 8mm when I picked up my first Mauser, a 98. I then dropped to 30 cal when I rebarreled my Mauser to .308. Then I dropped to 7mm when I was given a 95 Mauser. Rebarreled the 98 again, also to 7mm. Rebarreled the 95 with a Madsen machine gun bbl. That 95 is the most accurate gun I own. When I do my part it'll punch tight cloverleaf one-holers. Again and again. Then I finally dropped down again to 6.5. I rebarreled my Rem700 .243 to 6.5x47 Lapua. And then, with my son, we built my first AR in 6.5Grendel.

If only I had started with 6.5, it sure would have saved me a whole lot of chamber hopping.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I used to have one of them years ago. I found the lock time of the enfield compared to a Remington 700 was very slow.

[RW_Whacko]

“Although it is not a ‘hunting rifle’ the Swedish Mauser in 6.5 x 55 is a great rifle.”

Neither is the SKS I just picked up but I like it and it can share ammo with my AK.

[Elderberry]

Compare it to my 45 cal flintlock and you'd say its lock time is as fast as

[Noumenon]

Still have a scoped Enfield No1 MKIII 2A. Shoots way better than it has a right to.

[Lurker]

Love me my Ishapore. That thing rings steel at 400 yards over the original iron sights. Action is a smooth as a prom queens thighs. They knew how to build them. I should have bought ten of them when they were $100 bucks a copy.

Mine looks real purty, too. Drill stock cleaned up mighty nice. Bet it’d still pass a Sgt. Major’s inspection today.

Take care my friend.

B

[glasseye]

I try to treat my firearms like cameras, not shovels.
That being said I have a ‘mountain rifle’, which is a Ruger 77 in 300 Win Mag that I have carried at least a couple of thousand miles in the plateau country of western Colorado.
That rifle looks like it was left in the bed of a truck for a few years.
A scary gun at <8LBS(with scope) it is wonderful to carry but will shred you on the bench.
I only bench shoot it to sight it in, sub MOA after 25 years in the field.
Too bad about the boating accident...

[chasio649]

Springfield ‘03....Still laying them low.

[Elderberry]

Yes, I try to treat my firearms the same way I treat my Canon D30 and D50, as well as most all of my tools.

I don't have a 300 Win Mag, but I've shot my son's Rem 700. He recently mounted it into an AI stock and it don't bite at all now, not that I really noticed its bite with the factory stock.

I enjoy shooting with him. I especially like shooting his SCAR-H. I know. Its only a .308, but its a fun gun to shoot.

But we haven't shot rifles in a while. Been blasting handguns instead.

[glasseye]

It is really fun to shoot dedicated bench rifle.
I have a Remington 700 in 338 Lapua and a Tikka Sporster in 308 that i used when I was in competition.
The 338 weighed 24 LBS and the 308 was 19 Lbs with scope.
A proper bench rifle is a joy to shoot.
Competition shooting makes you a better hunter.

[wjcsux]

I have a model 99 Savage that I inherited from my grandfather. According to the s/n, it was made in 1947 and is chambered in .300 Savage. I have taken several deer with it. It is a wonderful rifle that I will give to one of my sons.