madmoose
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Looking for a few opinions from my fellow gun enthusiasts.
I have my grandfathers 30-06. Its an old mauser action bedded in a very custom carved wood stock. Work was done in Germany when he was stationed over there in mid/late 50s.
The rifle itself has been to Alaska harvesting caribou and black bear, from the early 60s. ( i have the rug and the horns and pictures). Deer and elk in many states. Some i have pictures including rifle. My dad inherited it when he passed. Shot a few animals with it. I killed my first elk with it. Its a pretty gun ( stock wise, one of a kind) action and barrel, blued worn from many many years of saddle scabbards and shooting and such.
My question is... eventhough it still shoots fairly well. The barrel rifling almost looks to be on the verge of a shotgun bore, and the trigger has enough creep that you could make a sandwich and eat it from the point of engagement to bang.
I am horribly on the fence of touching it as is, im not scared to hunt with it. But i dont. I have guns that are lighter, no creep, and shoot amazingliy. But i would definitely take this afield more if the trigger was done, and i think about long term, handing it down to my boys when time comes. So i think about the barrel... i would be game for rebarreling it and cerakoting then glass bed it back in its stock.....
I get a little excited to breathe a little new life back into it, and in turn make it more of a reliable shooter, now and into my kids future. But in turn it makes a pit in my stomach thinking about altering it...
Opinions? Thoughts, theories?
Sorry the long read. Appreciate your time.
I have my grandfathers 30-06. Its an old mauser action bedded in a very custom carved wood stock. Work was done in Germany when he was stationed over there in mid/late 50s.
The rifle itself has been to Alaska harvesting caribou and black bear, from the early 60s. ( i have the rug and the horns and pictures). Deer and elk in many states. Some i have pictures including rifle. My dad inherited it when he passed. Shot a few animals with it. I killed my first elk with it. Its a pretty gun ( stock wise, one of a kind) action and barrel, blued worn from many many years of saddle scabbards and shooting and such.
My question is... eventhough it still shoots fairly well. The barrel rifling almost looks to be on the verge of a shotgun bore, and the trigger has enough creep that you could make a sandwich and eat it from the point of engagement to bang.
I am horribly on the fence of touching it as is, im not scared to hunt with it. But i dont. I have guns that are lighter, no creep, and shoot amazingliy. But i would definitely take this afield more if the trigger was done, and i think about long term, handing it down to my boys when time comes. So i think about the barrel... i would be game for rebarreling it and cerakoting then glass bed it back in its stock.....
I get a little excited to breathe a little new life back into it, and in turn make it more of a reliable shooter, now and into my kids future. But in turn it makes a pit in my stomach thinking about altering it...
Opinions? Thoughts, theories?
Sorry the long read. Appreciate your time.