Incoming OntarioHunter with his springfield
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Very nice buck. Interesting idea using the tip off rings. Can the gun be loaded without a stripper clip? What caliber is that Steyr?
Yes it can be loaded manually without the stripper clip I just like using them plus it's faster and easier. The straight pull bolt is also another feature I like, makes for quicker reload and faster follow up shots if needed. It's chambered in 8mmx56R. Pretty hard to find rounds so I have reload everything. It's possible to make your own rounds by re-necking down a 300!
Only did that post above to put in a photo of my 1903 and with luck tic off some guy's I don't get along with. That original question ask's a question about "modern setting's". My own question about modern settings would be, when it come's to ability to kill, what has changed?
The 6.5x55 swede is a great caliber. My father in-law carries one and it's a great shooting rifle.
Don, does it have a 3-position safety? Hard to tell from the photo.There is a thing about rifles I think most don't seem to get. It ain't the rifle or the cartridge that get's the job done, it's the shooter. My elk rifle is a custom 1903 built in 1945 by Paul Jaeger. Amazing but it still kills as dead today as any rifle or cartridge if I do my part right! Hard to believe but I understand even black powder rifles will work today! Rumor has it even a bow will get the job done. Just depends on the user!
when l say modern settings l mean there is a difference between using milsurp because that's what you have and using one because you want to. when l think of milsurp rifles l think of ''minuet of man'' accuraccy not moa, l'm sure that modern hunting bullets and even factory ammo are light years ahead of where they were when many of these guns were manufactured.
I have a P17 butchered junker from my late wife's grandpa's homestead in Sask that I should do something with or send to the scrap heap. It's. 303 British. Any ideas on caliber change? What's involved in stepping it up to magnum?@shrapnel - the BAR seems like a little much gun for bunnies.
I've got a custom 1917 P14 Winchester in 338WM that's a heavy rifle to pack, but a good shooter. Love that rifle. Little much for bunnies too.
I think you'd want to test the heat treating to make sure it can happen, but other than that, all you need is the appropriate bolt face and ejector to make it happen. It may work with the 303, as you could turn it into a 30 Super pretty easy - same rim IIRC.
