Thanks for the kind words on my old 1911. Now to get us back on the rifle track, I give you a classic example of the pawnshop 30-06:
It cost me $600 OTD with a Leupold 3-9 (not the one on it in the pic).
Build Sheet
Barreled action: Ruger M-77 Mk II in 30-06
Stock: Bell & Carlson, not sure which model, with a hillbilly Krylon paint job that's starting to wear off along the forend
Scope: Leupold 3-9 with CDS, standard reticle
Work: Glass bedded, free floated, maybe a trigger job
Metal Finish: Whatever comes from Ruger, but I'll paint it dark gray before I hunt with it
Sling: Cheap Latigo copy
Weight: 8.5 pounds, which is OK because I don't like a rifle that's too light. I might switch to fixed 4x for hunting, which will drop the weight by about six ounces.
Every time I uncase it, I feel like I should grow a mullet and use it to jacklight deer out of a Camaro. But it shoots MOA to 200 yards with cheap Federal factory ammo so I'm growing irrationally fond of it--so much so that its near-twin in 338 WM should be here in a few days.
I might just be set for hunting rifles now.
Okie John