"Old Rifles"

[zacattack]

Rocking the pre-64 model 70 in .30-06 flavor, it’s over 70 years old and still putting em down.

 

[JP100]

I’m willing to bet the biggest advances in rifle technology is the automation and tolerances in the cnc machining.

Those are advancements in manufacturing and production of rifles....which make rifles cheaper...and better for the value. But dont change the basic technology of how a rifle works

 

[summs]

Favorite rifle is the ole Remington 760 pump in 3006 from 1962. I cut the barrel to 18", rear peep, handles like a dream. Sub moa at 100 yards??? Never shot if off a bench, all I need is to hit a pie pie plates at 50 yards and smoothly follow a running deer.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I definitely have a soft spot for old rifles. Come to think of it, I have a soft spot for a lot of old stuff, vehicles, bamboo fly rods, furniture, and the list goes on and on. I only have one pre-64 model 70, a circa 1955 .243, but I also have a circa 1954 model 94 in 30-30, a circa 1893 model 1873 in 32wcf, a circa 1899 model 1894 in 30wcf, and over a dozen other small calibers that were all produced in the late 1800's to early 1900's. My favorite though is my great-grandfathers Marlin Model 18, .22 short pump action rifle that my great-great-grandfather gave him (new), when he was 9 years old, back in the late 1800's. As for the rifles I've hunted with, I've had the 30wcf on one hunt for mountain goat and sitka blacktail deer, but I've only been able to kill a couple deer with it, and my great-grandfather's .22 that I've killed a fair amount of small game with.

 

[3325]

None of my rifles are all that old, but I shoot older “types.” By that I mean wood stocks, leather military slings, fixed power scopes, and classic calibers. Absolutely no bipods. That’s an anathema.

 

[Shraggs]

1934 Winchester 94 in 32 ws. Very accurate and great trigger. The red dot dud not alter rifle. Great 200 yd deer gun.

No pic, but have my grand fathers Winchester model 1902 in 22 shirt or longs. Single shot still a capable small game gun.

 

[long hunter]

Your rifle is like theone I started deer hunting with at 10 years old, minus the red dot. Thanks for the memories.

 

[Coldtrail]

My line up that I plan to stick with until the end:

*Winchester model 88, .308 (gift from old hunting partner before he passed away)
*Interarms Mauser 98 30.06 fixed 4x (bought with my own cash @ 13yo)
*Marlin 336 .35 rem w/peep(gift from good friend)

Occasionally shop for a "modern" rifle, but always lose the itch since these will do anything I ask of them.

 

[Hamartian_]

Mossberg 44US is definitely my favorite 22 to shoot. Haven't taken it plinking in a while but ought to again

 

[Basher]

They’re not mine yet (and honestly I hope they’re not for many more years to come), but I’ll eventually inherit a sweet shooting little Mossberg 46M(b) and a Husqvarna Mauser .30-06 (no idea what specific model though). I intend to take them both out in the field. Like a good car, guns are happiest when being used!

 

[Keptwalkin]

Think anything from the 50s to 70s can run with modern rifles and still has a high level of craftsmanship. Not sure about prewar stuff… my buddy has an old 06 that’s been putting down deer for over 50 years and is smooth as silk…

 

[Hmon127]

My grandfathers 300 Savage, Model 99. Just acquired a Remington 760 30. 06 looking to use this year.

 

[AK Troutbum]

My son and a 124 year old model 94, with a couple of Kodiak does from a few years back.

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[MichaelC]

Wife’s grandpa gave me a brand new never fired 1952 FN commercial barreled action in 3006. Had it sitting in the garage for 70 years. Fortunately it was in Bakersfield Ca, low humidity and not a spot of rust.
I bedded it into a stock and been futzing with loads for it and getting around .7 with Barns and eldx.

 

[HighUintas]

Just finished recently, so it's only old looking. But the topic is "old rifles"

 

[WKB]

Killed my first deer with a vintage 1950 Mauser FN in 270 as a boy.
I have a ton of vintage lever guns, to include 2 Winchester 1895s in 30'06 and 405 Win that I intend to kill with this fall. My newest lever gun is a pre-safety Marlin 1894 in 44 Magnum made in 1978.
Killed a boar and a Corsican ram this summer with my new (to me) Winchester M71 in 348 Win with a William FP peep sight and 200 Grain factory rounds.

My brother recently purchased and has been using a vintage Savage 110L in 270 made in 1960. He is wrong handed and this is the first proper lefty gun he has used.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I had an interesting conversation the other day at the local pawn shop. They had a good collection of rifles and I made a comment. Evidently a liability issue has come up and that is why the stores won't handle used weapons. I thought it was strange that all the used guns of the 90s and before had gone away. I don't think much of the new ones.

 

[Fishmaster196]

Those in the know, enlighten me on why the pre 64 model 70 is held in such high regard please.

Because it became known either through marketing or just pure luck as the “Rifleman’s Rifle” .
I personally think that they are a beautiful piece of American machinery made by craftsmen that hand fitted a lot of the parts together.

 

[kevlar88]

There really is something special about old rust blued and hand checkered walnut rifles, especially when you still get to put them to work.

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[RifleDisciple]

I like walnut and blued steel. My hunting guns are that way. I own 1 and have 2 on indefinite loan from my uncle and my dad. All 3 are 1970-1980's vintage from when they were teens. A remington 700, a winchester 70 push feed, and a German 3 lug push feed. They weigh more than polymer stocks, but the recoil is less because of it. I think they have more character than the plastic and stainless options. My only real gripe is the lack of barrel threading, and tapered profiles making aftermarket threading more difficult. But for now I'm alright with earpro and older guns.

I did try out grandpa's old sporterized mauser in 264WinMag, but I never warmed up to the loose bolt track and heavy trigger. Also the extractor was opened up too far and it would drop brass on the follower. Too bad.