Quote Originally Posted by chuckindenver View Post
couple points....you know, iv never looked at CS Ferrises book lol...Nick is a great guy and good friend, almost asked him to give me a signed copy of it when i saw him a couple weeks ago, like i have of the RIA book he put out, im told he has pictures of a few of my rifles, and parts in that book as well, i say...if it helps the collectors...im all for it.
most of the info i have is based on my observations and expericance with rebuilding and working on them...when need be, i do some searching for the answer, the Remington collectors website is a great place to read...all the book out are wonderful, but take them with a grain of salt, they were writtin by men just like us, looking for answers on the things we enjoy, and they do make some mistakes, and thats ok, i praise these people that have taken the time to put out great books with awesome info and pictures for all of us to argue over.
now...heres my take on the whole 30-06 to .308 conversion???why... your not gaining anything..your loosing more. ammo cost more, the balistics are pretty darn close. and youll have more feeding issues then its worth... i love the .308 and have a few rifles in that cal. Remington 700,s H&K,s and M1Aicon...couple are my favorite shooters..
on the bigger cal, for hunting? hmmm, the 30-06 will kill anything on this planet, with the right bullet, and a well place shot.. the big plus with 30-06.. you can get factory ammo in any hardwear store, Kmart Walmart ect...
now...im all about taking a already ground on, sporterized 17, and building a beast.... im duing a 577Trex build with a 17 action as i type.. the 17 action is very strong,,,however, you can make a prettier hunting rifle with a 1903, K98icon or a Remington 700...dont grind it up....leave it as it is, shoot it, enjoy it,,, youll find the 1917 is a learned love, though big and clunky, shooting them grows on you...i learned to love the 17...kinda like that crazy women you dated in Highschool, they kinda grow on you...and then your hooked lol.
like i always say... if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is..
I only mentioned the 308 conversion because target shooters over this side of the world liked the actions because they where strong, stronger than the lee enfield that was being converted at the time and there where a few around which made them cheap. All sorts of buggery was done on them, some are restorable some are not. I agree in terms of ballistic with you chuck that you gain very little if anything in changing from 30-06 to 308. I think the 30-06 has more of a record and higher standing than the 308but that was what the rules state that only 7.62 or 303 or 5.56 are allowed for target shooting.
I had a pristine eddystone in original configuration that I shot for awhile and fell in love with but as the family grew and the needs outweighed the wants it went. I noe have a nearly all matching apart from the stock(remington marked) and a strangely marked bolt handle(weird number) it is all eddystone and still has the red paint band around the fore-end and looks like it was done yesterday. The barrel is like new, haven't gauged it yet but when I get some gauges it will be done for prosterties sakes, but has some cord wear on one of the lands at the muzzle.
Shot it last wekend and at 100 metres with a handload of 48.5 grains of AR2208 or Varget in the states, behind a 155gn HBC HPBT match projectile(made here in Australiaicon) i got a group of 38, 44 and 40mm groups. Can't be happier !!!
Cheers
Ned