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[Ragman]

You won’t believe this but I went hand gun target shooting and asked one if the instructors about the Kimber M84.
He has/had a Kimber with a stainless steel fluted barrel with all the fine tunings for competition in 308 for sale.
Mine now!
Michael won a 500 yard shooting competition with it and along with a very reasonable price comes a great lot of factory and hand loaded ammo.
Monday I look like buying a 30/30!
Will forward photos soon.

Congrats...the .308 is my favourite caliber! It should serve you well and I'm looking forward to some pics.

 

[Dr Ray]

Congrats...the .308 is my favourite caliber! It should serve you well and I'm looking forward to some pics.

Putting an old scope on it - 6.5-20 Leupold that has gathered dust fir over 20 years.
Unbelievable coincidence to ask about the 84M etc.

 

[R eight]

G'day Dr Ray. Those Rigby Highlanders are very nice. 275 Rigby or 30/06 would be my pick.

My Highlander is in '06.

 

[Dr Ray]

G'day Dr Ray. Those Rigby Highlanders are very nice. 275 Rigby or 30/06 would be my pick.

My Highlander is in '06.

Very nice indeed
Congratulations

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

You won’t believe this but I went hand gun target shooting and asked one of the instructors about the Kimber M84.
He has/had a Kimber with a stainless steel fluted barrel with all the fine tunings for competition in 308 for sale.
Mine now!
Michael won a 500 yard shooting competition with it and along with a very reasonable price comes a great lot of factory and hand loaded ammo.
Monday I look like buying a 30/30!
Will forward photos soon.

@Dr Ray
You did well mate. Forget the dirty thirty and get a nice BLR in 358 or 325WSM. A lot more class than a 94 or 336.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

G'day Dr Ray. Those Rigby Highlanders are very nice. 275 Rigby or 30/06 would be my pick.

My Highlander is in '06.

@R eight
Why the thick recoil pad. Put a 35 Whelen barrel on it instead of the 06.
Bob

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Every free person on earth should have a 30-30 @Bob Nelson 35Whelen.

 

[JimP]

Every free person on earth should have a 30-30 @Bob Nelson 35Whelen.

How about a 35-30

 

[Wyatt Smith]

That would be acceptable, or a 32 Winchester.

 

[JimP]

After I posted about the 35-30 I found out that there is a wildcat called the 35/30-30 and found it quite interesting

 

[Dr Ray]

After I posted about the 35-30 I found out that there is a wildcat called the 35/30-30 and found it quite interesting

I’ve never heard of that one
That would be a great little scrub cartridge

 

[Cam Moon]

Or one of each?

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Every free person on earth should have a 30-30 @Bob Nelson 35Whelen.

@wyatt Smith
Yes the thutty thutty is a great little round. I would have liked to get a Remington 788 in 30-30 when I could have. Stupid me.
After taking a big chunck out of my trigger finger with a 94 I sort of shyed away from levers. Stuffed up a good weekend pig hunting. You only make that mistake once. Wouldn't have happened if I took my old SMLE 303.
For its size the little 30-30 hits above its weight but they stopped making the best ever round for it the eejuts. The old 150gn Winchester Silver tip was great on pigs.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

That would be acceptable, or a 32 Winchester.

@Wyatt Smith and @JimP
I still have a lovely little 92 in 25-20 and sold my 92 in 32-20 to one of my best mate. They are great little fun guns that work well on appropriate sized game.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

After I posted about the 35-30 I found out that there is a wildcat called the 35/30-30 and found it quite interesting

@JimP
A bit like a rimmed 35 Remington.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I’ve never heard of that one
That would be a great little scrub cartridge

@Dr Ray
A mate of mine has a lovely scope sighted marlin 336 in 35 Remington for sale.
Bob

 

[Dr Ray]

@wyatt Smith
Yes the thutty thutty is a great little round. I would have liked to get a Remington 788 in 30-30 when I could have. Stupid me.
After taking a big chunck out of my trigger finger with a 94 I sort of shyed away from levers. Stuffed up a good weekend pig hunting. You only make that mistake once. Wouldn't have happened if I took my old SMLE 303.
For its size the little 30-30 hits above its weight but they stopped making the best ever round for it the eejuts. The old 150gn Winchester Silver tip was great on pigs.
Bob

I crunched /pinched my forefinger in the lever action of a martini Henry
I liked the silver tips in my 30/06s way,way back.

 

[CBH Australia]

@R eight
Why the thick recoil pad. Put a 35 Whelen barrel on it instead of the 06.
Bob

Because it's a Classic Rifle.

It would be like putting Rattle can on a Blaser, eergh,


@R eight please excuse Uncle Bob,
He has this thing about .25 & .35
We really started to worry when he adopted the .35Whelen as a hyphenated surname.

He's not off his meds or anything he just wears his heart on his sleeve. You will get used to it.

 

[Dr Ray]

Because it's a Classic Rifle.

It would be like putting Rattle can on a Blaser, eergh,


@R eight please excuse Uncle Bob,
He has this thing about .25 & .35
We really started to worry when he adopted the .35Whelen as a hyphenated surname.

He's not off his meds or anything he just wears his heart on his sleeve. You will get used to it.

Lol

 

[R eight]

@R eight
Why the thick recoil pad. Put a 35 Whelen barrel on it instead of the 06.
Bob

Thanks for the advise Bob. Maybe one day when I'm old and frail I'll get a thick recoil pad fitted to my 416 Rigby.