Old Fud shoots 30-06

[FredH]

Decided to drag my old 30-06 and sight it in. Hadn't been shot since 2014 where it took a nice 6x7 Elk in Wyoming. First shots were a little loose , the stock screws weren't as tight as needed. Maybe the stock shrunk a bit in the last 11 years. Here is the old killer.



For some reason it was shooting low and I had to sight it in again. At the same time I was checking how well it tracked.

Postimage wouldn't let me make it vertical.



This one is vertical for some reason.



Recoil wasn't that bad. Never thought it was.

 

[Stearinlys]

I love these old rifles. Wood is a funny thing man. Even though it's dead it can still breathe lol. I'd agree with you on the shrinkage, my Winchester did the same thing.

 

[Deere_Man]

.3o/o6 is all the magnum a man needs.

 

[FredH]

That rifle was built on a 1943 O3A3. 2 groove barrel turned down and at the time I wanted a blind magazine because I was hunting elk in a lot of weather around zero degrees and didn't want a piece of cold metal where I carried it. This back in the 80's. Oh man don't mention magnum and especially not the word energy! They will get the pitchforks and torches after you. One thing about the bigger rounds, you don't need tipped match bullets for fragmenting to get quick kills. I got the rifle out because I may get to hunt in the Shoshone National forest in Wyoming this year and want to put together a 165 grain load that gets around 2800 fps and shoots like the 180 gr. Speer does. Probably start with IMR 4350.

 

[FLS]

Life’s short, shoot what you like. Millions of game animals were killed way before the internet and its experts were here to tell you what you’re doing wrong…

 

[FredH]

This rifle has taken Whitetails, Antelope, Elk, Mule deer, feral hogs, coyotes, Prairie dogs and groundhogs. It was my primary rifle up til 2014 and then I started fooling with other cartridges. Surprising it still shoots so well as it has well over 2000 rounds down the tube.

 

[Mish-pop]

If it shoots great and you enjoy, there is no need for apologies. Sometimes just the memories shared with a gun like that is worth hunting with it again

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

That rifle was built on a 1943 O3A3. 2 groove barrel turned down and at the time I wanted a blind magazine because I was hunting elk in a lot of weather around zero degrees and didn't want a piece of cold metal where I carried it. This back in the 80's. Oh man don't mention magnum and especially not the word energy! They will get the pitchforks and torches after you. One thing about the bigger rounds, you don't need tipped match bullets for fragmenting to get quick kills. I got the rifle out because I may get to hunt in the Shoshone National forest in Wyoming this year and want to put together a 165 grain load that gets around 2800 fps and shoots like the 180 gr. Speer does. Probably start with IMR 4350.

My 03 Springfield built in 1922. Still shoot great.

 

[mt100gr.]

Did you shoot paper plates for nostalgic reasons or just to own the '06 Fudd life? I've never not had an '06 and I've stacked way more animals with one than all the others i own combined! Just put a new to me '06 barrel on a Tikka, as a matter of fact.

 

[FredH]

Did you shoot paper plates for nostalgic reasons or just to own the '06 Fudd life? I've never not had an '06 and I've stacked way more animals with one than all the others i own combined! Just put a new to me '06 barrel on a Tikka, as a matter of fact.

Well I shoot them because bullet holes are easy to see and it is easy to center the reticle on them. Oh yeah cheap too. I got on a 7x57 kick around 2012 and it put the 30-06 on backup duty. It also works very well.

 

[FredH]

My 03 Springfield built in 1922. Still shoot great.

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Nice looking rifle! The stock on mine is Maple and chosen for it's rather straight grain pattern.

 

[FredH]

If it shoots great and you enjoy, there is no need for apologies. Sometimes just the memories shared with a gun like that is worth hunting with it again

Sometimes when I handle it I can smell elk backstrap being cooked over a fire. That rifle took 13 elk, all one shot kills.

 

[Ringbill27]

At 35 I guess I’m an old fudd then. Mines nothing old tho just a tikka.