budget "scout" rifle

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Columbia FN Mauser 30-06 short rifle in VZ24 sporterized stock

had a Ruger scout rifle, sold to my friend but still like the idea of scout rifle

found the cheap short FN Columbia rifle with a very good bore and I have a spare shortened VZ24 stock so here is my budget "scout" rifle

[on_one_wheel]

That's truly a thing of beauty in a brilliant calibre.

[jwai86]

How strong would the felt recoil from 30-06 be with such a short barrel?

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That's truly a thing of beauty in a brilliant calibre.

thanks, it does fell right in hand and well balanced, maybe recoil will be sharp

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How strong would the felt recoil from 30-06 be with such a short barrel?

Don’t know yet
But standard length barrel one is ok, it’s mild I reckon
Even smoother than my friend’s sauer 101 308

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Next time try these two 30-06 together

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[Vince24]

Does your Columbian still have its crest?
I find it a nice little bonus on those rifles.

As far as sporters are concerned, I like the ones made on a 303 Lee No4 basis:
- excellent sights
- mild recoil with 150 grains projectiles and 2206H
- 10 shots mag capacity
- and still a pretty light rifle

This is mine:

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[Wapiti]

That 30-06 Mauser looks great mate. Should be a blast shooting it!
Bet it throws a huge fireball. What a fun piece of kit.

Actually, it'd make a great swag gun too wouldn't it... slip in and out of a tight space real quick...

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Does your Columbian still have its crest?
I find it a nice little bonus on those rifles.

As far as sporters are concerned, I like the ones made on a 303 Lee No4 basis:
- excellent sights
- mild recoil with 150 grains projectiles and 2206H
- 10 shots mag capacity
- and still a pretty light rifle

This is mine:

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it still has the crest, my other two Colombia short Mauser all have the crest

the No4 No5 sporter is the best besides 303 projectiles a bite expensive and hard to find

I hope I can find short version P17 for Chinese Expeditionary Force WWII

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That 30-06 Mauser looks great mate. Should be a blast shooting it!
Bet it throws a huge fireball. What a fun piece of kit.

Actually, it'd make a great swag gun too wouldn't it... slip in and out of a tight space real quick...

thanks, I will try to film it shoot at night

[Wapiti]

Years ago when we weren't potential criminals, I had a short 30-06 Tanker Garand that I bought from Peter Cue's Tarragindi gunshop. I got my M14's from him that we used for our culling jobs.
My mates wife took a pic of me sticking out of some tall dry grass in the middle of a paddock in total darkness, firing a shot, with her professional Nikon 35mm. She used an open shutter, then lit me up with a handheld flash. The resulting pic was blown up to poster-print size, has the empty case hanging in the air. The flash that rifle had was enormous. The pic is in my man-cave and is unrepeatable now.

Just an idea. Perhaps smartphones have this feature in them now, maybe not the postersized crispness of a dedicated camera for posters. Maybe?

[bladeracer]

the No4 No5 sporter is the best besides 303 projectiles a bite expensive and hard to find

Email Bruce Bertram, he was doing .303 bullets for 50 cents apiece.