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Posted: 12/12/2014 10:08:11 PM EDT

What is the quintessential .30-06 rifle? If you could only ever own one, what would it be? (I am excluding the M1 Garand from this)

Price wise, figure $1500 or less, nothing too exotic.

I know pretty much next-to-nothing about bolt action .30-06 rifles.

Posted: 12/12/2014 10:19:29 PM EDT

[#1]

03A3 without hesitation.

Posted: 12/12/2014 10:26:14 PM EDT

[#2]

Winchester Model 70 pre-64

Posted: 12/12/2014 10:28:26 PM EDT

[#3]

They get a lot of hate here but I LOVE my Ruger M77 Hawkeye in a mannlicher (spelling?) stock. It's an absolutely beautiful gun. It's also light weight so I can carry it all damn day through the woods and much more accurate than I thought it would be. Did I mention I think it's beautiful?

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Posted: 12/12/2014 10:30:46 PM EDT

[#4]

Much as I love my Garands, this puppy can shoot.

Posted: 12/12/2014 10:34:14 PM EDT

[#5]

Mauser Model A Sporter with claw mounts and scope.

Something like this.

Posted: 12/12/2014 10:36:41 PM EDT

[#6]

I would have to say the O3 Springfield. Seeings how I already have one I think I am set.

Posted: 12/12/2014 11:19:00 PM EDT

[#7]

Pre-64 iron sighted Winchester 70 with a 3X9 Vari X III on QD, two piece mounts. Stocked in a sage green McMillan hunter profile stock. Uncle Mikes swivels and a 1903, green biothane sling.

Posted: 12/12/2014 11:20:05 PM EDT

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They get a lot of hate here but I LOVE my Ruger M77 Hawkeye in a mannlicher (spelling?) stock. It's an absolutely beautiful gun. It's also light weight so I can carry it all damn day through the woods and much more accurate than I thought it would be. Did I mention I think it's beautiful?

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That's a rifleman's rifle, right there!!!

Posted: 12/12/2014 11:28:46 PM EDT

[#9]

I'm more utilitarian that sentimental or historical, so I'd get one of these and call it a day.

Posted: 12/12/2014 11:31:08 PM EDT

[#10]

Remington 700. Never shot a bolt gun so accurate in my life!

Posted: 12/13/2014 12:09:44 AM EDT

[#11]

It's in my gun cabinet, Winchester pre 64 Model 70 Featherweight, with Redfield 70 receiver sight.

Posted: 12/13/2014 1:14:01 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/13/2014 1:14:33 AM EDT

[#13]

Colt-Sauer or Winchester.

Posted: 12/13/2014 6:36:10 AM EDT

[#14]

My most accurate 30.06 is my Remington 03A4. Made some hellacious shots with that when I lived in the mountains.

These days though, I'm real partial to the old M1 Garand.

I don't really "carry" a rifle through the mountains. I can't sneak up on water, so I just sit down and watch for someone else to run a deer out of the brush.

Posted: 12/13/2014 7:16:35 AM EDT

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Super Grade

Posted: 12/13/2014 12:44:50 PM EDT

[#16]

For just a historical mil piece, a nice 03A3. But as a hunter- my ruger 77 hawkeye stainless with a boyd's pepper laminate monte carlo stock, and a nice bushnell 3-9 with ballistic reticle with quality base and rings. Accuurate, reliable, rugged, and well within the $1500 limit.

Posted: 12/13/2014 12:56:52 PM EDT

[#17]

I have a Springfield '03, Garand and JC Higgins 30.06 w/ Mauser action that was given to me by my Uncle.

I love the '03 and Garand for their historical value, but the JC Higgins has taken a lot of deer from both him, before his passing, and me.

Posted: 12/13/2014 1:56:06 PM EDT

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They get a lot of hate here but I LOVE my Ruger M77 Hawkeye in a mannlicher (spelling?) stock. It's an absolutely beautiful gun. It's also light weight so I can carry it all damn day through the woods and much more accurate than I thought it would be. Did I mention I think it's beautiful?

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That's nice. I don't have any Mannlicher stocked bolt guns, I really need to do something about that. I really like the look of them.

Posted: 12/13/2014 2:23:45 PM EDT

[#19]

My Ruger American and new Redfield scope. Very accurate and shoots better than most other rifles I have owned in the last 40 yrs.

Posted: 12/13/2014 3:19:55 PM EDT

[#20]

Not a bolt-action but .........................

Repro Winchester 1895 rifle or carbine.

You can get a beater real-deal 1895 for $1,500 or so.

Posted: 12/13/2014 5:11:41 PM EDT

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That's nice. I don't have any Mannlicher stocked bolt guns, I really need to do something about that. I really like the look of them.

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They get a lot of hate here but I LOVE my Ruger M77 Hawkeye in a mannlicher (spelling?) stock. It's an absolutely beautiful gun. It's also light weight so I can carry it all damn day through the woods and much more accurate than I thought it would be. Did I mention I think it's beautiful?

http://<a href=http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e36/mitchellcj58/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd3c87e7f.jpg</a>" />

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That's nice. I don't have any Mannlicher stocked bolt guns, I really need to do something about that. I really like the look of them.

DO EEEEEET!
They make a matching 10/22 that I'm hoping to get for xmas too

Posted: 12/13/2014 6:55:50 PM EDT

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goes great until the scope gets broken, unless you have iron sights installed..........

Posted: 12/13/2014 11:10:44 PM EDT

[#23]

Model 70.

Posted: 12/14/2014 12:24:24 AM EDT

[#24]

More than likely a 700BDL.

Posted: 12/14/2014 2:14:02 AM EDT

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My vote also!

Posted: 12/14/2014 2:26:11 PM EDT

[#26]

My 1932 Sedgley carbine, light and easy to carry, if you can see it you can hit it with open sights. Plus it's very classic looking

Posted: 12/14/2014 3:40:27 PM EDT

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What he said.

Posted: 12/14/2014 5:17:01 PM EDT

[#28]

+1 for the Winchester 95, still a great rifle and the first gun that chambered the '06

Posted: 12/14/2014 5:41:25 PM EDT

[#29]

I'd take Carlos Hathcock's

A Winchester model 70, preferably Safari style or Super Grade. Maybe a Ruger 77 Guide Gun

Posted: 12/14/2014 5:57:19 PM EDT

[#30]

Winchester model 70. Pre 64

Posted: 12/14/2014 6:11:30 PM EDT

[#31]

Hard to beat any vintage Sako or even a new Tikka for a bolt gun.

Posted: 12/14/2014 6:20:39 PM EDT

[#32]

Older Remington 700.

Posted: 12/15/2014 9:57:35 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/15/2014 10:13:53 AM EDT

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I'd choose a P-17 for a classic, or a Tikka T3 for a modern gun.

Posted: 12/15/2014 1:49:02 PM EDT

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03A3 without hesitation.

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+100 This

Posted: 12/15/2014 7:27:17 PM EDT

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Hard to beat any vintage Sako or even a new Tikka for a bolt gun.

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Agree!
Have mine in the safe. TIKKA T3 30.06 (LH) W/Leupold VXIII 3X9

Posted: 12/16/2014 2:54:09 PM EDT

[#37]

my favorite is my mid 90's Remington ADL with a 3-9x40 scope i have shot a lot of deer, woodchucks, and antelope with it.

Posted: 12/21/2014 10:55:22 AM EDT

[#38]

A Remington 700CDL with a Leupold 3-12x40 = Perfection!

Posted: 12/21/2014 12:10:51 PM EDT

[#39]

M1 Garand or Winchester 1895 lever gun.

Posted: 12/21/2014 12:40:06 PM EDT

[#40]

When I was 14 I hunted with a friend I met though my grandparents who was 76 at the time, when I turned 18 he gave me a sporterized 03a3 with laymen sighs. So that would have to be it. I have 03a3s 1903s but some guns mean more that just physical value.

Posted: 12/21/2014 1:58:45 PM EDT

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Maybe not the best for some uses but once again FPNI

Posted: 12/21/2014 2:29:56 PM EDT

[#42]

Either a Winchester 1895SRC or a Springfield '03

Posted: 12/21/2014 5:50:43 PM EDT

[#43]

M1 Garand

Posted: 12/21/2014 10:51:02 PM EDT

[#44]

Excluding the Garand mine is a 1948 FN Mauser.

Posted: 12/21/2014 11:00:58 PM EDT

[#45]

Weatherby Vanguard

bolt action that is built like a tank and will eat any kind of .30-06 load, plus they're decent shooters out of the box

but you can't go wrong with the Winchester Model 70 both pre and post 64

or a Mennonite Machine gun (Remington 760 and 7600)

Posted: 12/23/2014 1:05:13 PM EDT

[#46]

03a3 or 03a4,
RLTW

Posted: 12/23/2014 1:22:19 PM EDT

[#47]

I already have it...

HK SLB2000

Posted: 12/23/2014 4:28:30 PM EDT

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I already have it...

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HK SLB2000

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Posted: 12/23/2014 5:55:29 PM EDT

[#49]

I have to say that one gun I really miss is my Ruger 77 that I had back in the mid 80`s. Beautiful wood and bluing and shot like no other. Wish I still had it but my stupid teen self traded it in on a matte blue synthetic stock Win 70 when they first came out cuz it looked tacticool. Someone invent a time machine so I can go back and kick my own ass... among other things that I would change too...lol!

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