Bygone Models

[Snowy Owl]

Who truly loves the olden, classical, bygone, earliest models of firearms, over recent models. I honestly love the earliest by a long shot, pun intended.
Era in time would be post WW1 to 1990.

Remington Model 30 - and its variants.

 

[the keepa]

Going through some of my guns that I'm looking to sell I came upon a forgotten 50's/60's rifle .
It is a like new 280 Ross barrel shortened, re-threaded and re-chambered to 7x61 Sharpe & Hart and then screwed into a GEW 98 Mauser action . The action is kinda rough but the stock is absolutely beautiful (walnut?) .
I'd like to keep it the way it is but if I can't find any reloading components (dies & brass) I might screw a different barrel on .
I'll see if I can post some pictures this weekend.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

The reason many modern day rifles work is because they don’t get worked. Synthetic stocks, good synthetic stocks, have existed since the 70’s. They aren’t new.

Remington got the ball rollin' on synthetic stocks for the masses back in '59 with the Nylon 66. I've had a few over the years & they've not failed me.

 

[Brutus]

Remington got the ball rollin' on synthetic stocks for the masses back in '59 with the Nylon 66. I've had a few over the years & they've not failed me.

That young man that retreated to Alaska took much game and once a moose with this same rimfire rifle.

Too bad he poisoned himself.

 

[guntech]

For me the nicest "by gone" rifles were the early lever action Winchesters... the 1892's and the 1886's special orders... and the single shot rifles... Winchester did itself proud back then.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

That young man that retreated to Alaska took much game and once a moose with this same rimfire rifle.

Too bad he poisoned himself.

Not sure which young man ye be referring to, but many folks in the north regions swore by the 66's for keeping meat in the larder.

 

[Brutus]

Not sure which young man ye be referring to, but many folks in the north regions swore by the 66's for keeping meat in the larder.

Childress as my brain awakens.

"Into the Wild" a true life drama in book and then Hollywood movie.

 

[IzzyTheGreat]

Childress as my brain awakens.

"Into the Wild" a true life drama in book and then Hollywood movie.

Christopher McCandless was his name.

I still need to read the book, but I quite enjoyed the movie. It's a shame what happened with that Moose though (did that actually happen as portrayed in the movie or?).

Oh and to stay on topic, here's one of my old girls I had out from the safe this weekend. Hope to use it for my first hunting season this year.

Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QkzQdXXMnU5j4zbk7

 

[SuperCub]

Here's a an early 50s 721 that now lives with me. The checkered BDL version are few in numbers.

In keeping with the classic rifle theme, I scoped it with a Leupold M8 4x in Weaver R&B.

 

[Buckmastr]

Great rifle super cub!!

 

[DGY]

I have a Browning BAR Belgium made, open sights with hooded front sight, no fancy wood but nice deep blue! It’s in 30-06! My dad got it used from a coworker long time ago, maybe some 35 years ago and hunted it for a while, it was what I thought in mint condition... anyway, I got that rifle 2 years ago and got a moose with it, and after more inspections it is not really mint, the blueing is gone at the muzzle/crown, the stock is loosing it’s finish(lacquer?), there is a few dents in the stock, but it is still a really nice gun, really well balanced and easy shoot moa with factory rounds!!

 

[Eagleye]

I am also a Blued steel and nice wood character. While I see the virtue in having at least one
stainless/synthetic rifle, I lean heavily to the "Classic" offerings, sans plastic stocks.
Hit the lottery on the one below. Dave.

 

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Here's a an early 50s 721 that now lives with me. The checkered BDL version are few in numbers.

In keeping with the classic rifle theme, I scoped it with a Leupold M8 4x in Weaver R&B.

Now that's what I'm talking about. The epitome of a classic make, model and cartridge! The 300 H&H Magnum, the first of it's kind, is the essence of the 300 magnums.......there is nothing to dislike about this fabulous combination of rifle and cartridge.

 

[hoytcanon]

Now that's what I'm talking about. The epitome of a classic make, model and cartridge! The 300 H&H Magnum, the first of it's kind, is the essence of the 300 magnums.......there is nothing to dislike about this fabulous combination of rifle and cartridge.

Agreed... the rings on the other hand....

 

[dan belisle]

Agreed... the rings on the other hand....

Well, they are pretty "classic". Pretty sure the majority of gun owners have had them at one time or another, They were cheap and they worked. - dan

 

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I am also a Blued steel and nice wood character. While I see the virtue in having at least one
stainless/synthetic rifle, I lean heavily to the "Classic" offerings, sans plastic stocks.
Hit the lottery on the one below. Dave.
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I have never witnessed such nice fiddleback on a Remington Model 700, Eagleye. What is the rifle chambered for, and what year was it manufactured?

 

[hoytcanon]

Well, they are pretty "classic". Pretty sure the majority of gun owners have had them at one time or another, They were cheap and they worked. - dan

I had many of them, but I wouldn't put them on a rifle today.

 

[chuck nelson]

Ironically, Ruger rifles are the weaver rings of rifles.

 

[guntech]

I had many of them, but I wouldn't put them on a rifle today.

Ah yes the classic Weaver rings... marked many tubes and mounted many reticles crooked... but easy for the "do it your selfers" to do it...

 

[Buckmastr]

Ironically, Ruger rifles are the weaver rings of rifles.

Biggest beef on Rugers is the mounting system.
Remember the round top m77’s that were drilled and tapped for Remington bases? Too bad that didn’t stick.