Inspire me with your hunting rifle in 308 Winchester !

jjohnwm said:
A couple years back I picked up an old Remington 660 that mimics my first purchased-by-me centerfire hunting rifle that I had back in the 1970's. It's got a nice piece of walnut with a horridly worn and weathered varnish finish, an add-on recoil pad and goofy non-QD sling swivels...just like that long-ago 660 I never should have traded away. I've mounted a more-or-less period B&L scope on it in Burris rings on a Weaver base. Never had the optics on that long-ago one but had planned on adding them, so my current one is equipped the way I wanted that old one to be. :)

It's not my most accurate .308, but it's still MOA capable with its favourite loads. About 7.5 pounds as shown in pic, it has a nice crisp light trigger, it's carefully bedded and it carries as nicely as any rifle I've ever owned, and better than most. :)
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It's not quite perfect yet; it needs to have the bottom plastic upgraded to metal. And since I now live and hunt in much colder climes, I am thinking of cutting the stock down a half-inch or so. As it is, the recoil pad was installed without cutting the original stock, resulting in a LOP of a bit over 14 inches. That was okay for my gibbon arms back in sub-tropical SW Ontario, but here in Manitoba I am usually wearing a bunch more clothes and would likely enjoy a shorter LOP. Need to find a rear sight as well, just to complete the look. :cool:
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That's a very handy little thing . In regards to the recoil pad and length of pull , I would just change the pad for a solid butt plate, that'll reduce your LOP . You will be wearing a lot more clothes when hunting in the cold , they will do the same thing as a recoil pad , and there will be a lot less fuss involved .................... Or you could sell it to me lol ..............forget the lol, I'm serious lol .
 
anglia2 said:
That's a very handy little thing . In regards to the recoil pad and length of pull , I would just change the pad for a solid butt plate, that'll reduce your LOP . You will be wearing a lot more clothes when hunting in the cold , they will do the same thing as a recoil pad , and there will be a lot less fuss involved .................... Or you could sell it to me lol ..............forget the lol, I'm serious lol .
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I considered that, especially after I dug up out of my stash of bits'n'piecces an old thin rubber butt plate which would prevent the slipping that might be an issue with hard plastic. It's almost a perfect fit as it is now, and would require very little sanding to make it perfect. Looks like it would save me almost 1/2-inch in LOP without any cutting of the wood.

But this gun is all about nostalgia to me. That tacky ventilated pad on it now is identical to the one on my old one back in the day. It'd be hard for me not to keep it.

I'll probably try it with the thin pad first, since that's fast, easy and trouble-free...but I think that I will eventually go to the trouble of cutting the stock and removing material from the ventilated pad to remount it. Hell, I might even just leave it as is indefinitely. I've been carrying it as my main coyote rifle this winter, on some very cold mornings when I was thoroughly bundled up, and the long LOP was only a very mild inconvenience. If I wear my Milwaukee heated vest on a typical short coyote hunt...maybe a couple hours...I can get away with a thinner outer layer and the LOP isn't even noticeable.

And sorry, but I'm not selling this little sweetheart anytime soon. :)
 
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I have a Brno 601 in .308 with the rear bridge, pop up peep. It’s not a lightweight or a show piece but it’s accurate, traditional, and tough as nails. My only complaint is that it has the later Monte Carlo stock and I much prefer the earlier traditional stock. Stock options are limited but McMillan will stick make a stock for a 601 or I may run across a decent take off somewhere.
 
QueensHorseman said:
I have a Brno 601 in .308 with the rear bridge, pop up peep. It’s not a lightweight or a show piece but it’s accurate, traditional, and tough as nails. My only complaint is that it has the later Monte Carlo stock and I much prefer the earlier traditional stock. Stock options are limited but McMillan will stick make a stock for a 601 or I may run across a decent take off somewhere.
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Very good gun, particularly with the pop-up peep. The MC stocks are a let down; all the visual appeal of something you pull out of dishwasher drain filter.
I would probably talk to Stewart at Wildcat Composites. He does have the ability to fit his stocks to a pretty wide range of inlets (I have Ruger in a Wildcat Mauser stock). His classic mauser stock would look dandy on a Brno 601.
 
Just finished pillars and bedding in a cheap ramline stock for my older vanguard. Didn't like the the cheap plastic monte carlo style stock. It was very accurate before, and really looking forward to testing her out with on my next days off!
 

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Just picked up a T3X Superlite from Basspro today, sale price, I think they are getting rid of them to make room for the newer models with threaded muzzles. Looks nice with stainless on camo. I'll see how it shoots later in the week.
 
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