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Is the 6.5 creedmoor the new 30/30?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2323112" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Rifle attraction & handling</p><p></p><p>Today upon delivering a rifle to be re-barreled to a 6.5 CM at McGowen, I saw another customer's re-barreled Savage 99 in <strong>.30-.30</strong>. The folks at McGowen did a spectacular job with the re-barrel. They duplicated the original barrel contour and re-blued everything with an even, deep matte blue. Not a ripple or tool mark. The rifle had what looked like a 22 inch light contour barrel having a .5 diameter at the muzzle and was gracefully contoured with perfect wood to metal fit. It would handle and carry great and probably weigh about 7 pounds or less. The original or duplicated open sights were installed in carefully cut dove-tails. A real jewel.</p><p></p><p>In comparison my Ruger M77 MKII, 6.5 CM will weigh 10 pounds or more, have a protruding asymmetrical bolt handle, a jagged picatinny rail, lumpy laminated stock with high comb, palm swell, asymmetric camber, fat fore-end, big top heavy scope, free float barrel, heavy 26 inch #5 contour barrel and not be as nifty looking or easy to carry. Not for hunting.</p><p></p><p>The point being - the <strong>.30-.30</strong> will be around for a real long time provided these 99's or similar rifles exist.</p><p></p><p>The rifle's owner, a nice looking man of my generation, answered in the affirmative when I asked him if he planned to shoot deers with his rifle.</p><p></p><p>Edit, 10/29: Gary Gilmore's execution by Utah Firing Squad - The five executioners were equipped with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-30" target="_blank">.30-30</a>-caliber rifles and off-the-shelf <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company" target="_blank">Winchester</a> 150-grain (9.7 g) SilverTip ammunition. More use of the .30-.30 by LE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2323112, member: 115658"] Rifle attraction & handling Today upon delivering a rifle to be re-barreled to a 6.5 CM at McGowen, I saw another customer's re-barreled Savage 99 in [B].30-.30[/B]. The folks at McGowen did a spectacular job with the re-barrel. They duplicated the original barrel contour and re-blued everything with an even, deep matte blue. Not a ripple or tool mark. The rifle had what looked like a 22 inch light contour barrel having a .5 diameter at the muzzle and was gracefully contoured with perfect wood to metal fit. It would handle and carry great and probably weigh about 7 pounds or less. The original or duplicated open sights were installed in carefully cut dove-tails. A real jewel. In comparison my Ruger M77 MKII, 6.5 CM will weigh 10 pounds or more, have a protruding asymmetrical bolt handle, a jagged picatinny rail, lumpy laminated stock with high comb, palm swell, asymmetric camber, fat fore-end, big top heavy scope, free float barrel, heavy 26 inch #5 contour barrel and not be as nifty looking or easy to carry. Not for hunting. The point being - the [B].30-.30[/B] will be around for a real long time provided these 99's or similar rifles exist. The rifle's owner, a nice looking man of my generation, answered in the affirmative when I asked him if he planned to shoot deers with his rifle. Edit, 10/29: Gary Gilmore's execution by Utah Firing Squad - The five executioners were equipped with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-30'].30-30[/URL]-caliber rifles and off-the-shelf [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company']Winchester[/URL] 150-grain (9.7 g) SilverTip ammunition. More use of the .30-.30 by LE. [/QUOTE]
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