I do seem to see a love it or hate it mentality with this rifle. If anyone has one or some experiences, good or bad, I’d love to hear them.
looks great. 30-06 is my favorite caliber
it looks pretty bad ass. very sniper-esque… I like the look, and if it shoots anywhere as good as she looks well you’ll be in business and not run out of Elk in the freezer at all.
I got a remington 700 in 300wsm and slapped it in a mdt lss chassis and I love it. First harvest was a waterbuck in south TX, but I should have been running a 338 for that. It was just enough to do the job. As far as the chassis specifically, I love the modularity of it. Not on the level of an AR, but plenty to make my bolt gun fit like i want.
Edit to add evidence
I have an older Savage Axis (not II) in .308. The trigger wasn’t what I’d hoped so I got an M*Carbo trigger kit for it, which made all the difference in the world. The Axis II probably has a much better trigger.
A good gun grease (CherryBalmz or Lucas Oil, maybe more) on all the bolt’s friction points will help the action a lot.
After sighting it in with an inexpensive Vortex scope, I’ve taken only 1 shot with it while hunting. That was my first and only deer - the family’s not all that crazy about deer meat anymore, but I haven’t gone hungry either.
Nice. From what I understand this chassis was only made for savage by MDT. There is no way of buying it to drop in another rifle. So I thought that was intriguing.
I did have a look at MDT’s other offerings and they make some really cool ■■■■. Very beautiful chassis systems. But I don’t think this has that same level of modularity that yours does…
So the Axis II has the accu something trigger in it. It’s fully adjustable. And it feels amazing on just the fry fires. It breaks very light with zero creep. I think that was due to the not so great triggers in the axis 1’s.
Beef is for people that don’t know any better!
Heck yeah
Hey friend. I agree, the twist on that setup looks super cool.
I have the Vortex Strike Eagle 4-24x50 on this rifle. Euro optic has them for 299 right now. They are discontinued by vortex though, but they MSRP for 699 if I remember correctly. Pretty nice setup with an illuminated reticle.
I do not have much expertise in the world of bigger bore rifles or scopes though. I mostly know pistols and ARs with red dots. But I still feel like that’s a great deal for that scope.
That definitely does sound like a deal. I’m definitely out of my comfort zone trying to go long-range but I’ve always been interested and wanted to start trying it. I’ve always been more of a bird and squirrel hunter. And just a plinker with rifles. Never really had time or places to go more big game hunting. So even scopes are fairly new to me. I’ll check these out though…or try to. I’ve just always been fascinated with long shots people can make. And just the concentration and skills it takes. I’d like to get this down and then my next move or goal/dream, is hopefully a super long range Barrett. But thanks for letting me know about this scope. I’ll definitely check into them. Hopefully a few people will read and comment with a few more ideas even. And I’m sure several or even most will be able to help me with questions I know I’ll be coming up with. I sure do appreciate your help. And good luck with your nice gun and goals.
If you are new to longer-range hunting/shooting, at least consider 6.5 creedmoor. It really does live up to the hype. Its not the biggest or fastest, but it will do most things well and it has legs on it. You may not stop there, but it’s a really great cartridge to start at, imho. Bonus, it’s available in nearly any modern-ish platform that can run 308.
Yes, I’ll be a complete newbie with long-range. And I have been told about the 6.5. When I was looking to buy back in the beginning, I was told to get or consider both the 6.5 Creedmore or a quality. 308. It was about 50/50 actually. But some really pushed the Creedmore and some the .308.
At that time I used a store credit along with a birthday gift card along with it being the holidays and big sales. So I spoke with my son-in-law about everything. He just retired from the Army. He was a combat medic. He trained and flew/rode in a helicopter. But he even suggested the .308 however he did mention the 6.5 too. But he was leaning hard for it and said it would reach for whatever I want it to. He said if I wanted to go any longer, Barrett lol. But anyway…Iol
Well thanks for conversing with me. I’ll probably put up another post soon about scopes and ideas for mine. I’m sure the Creedmore would have been an awesome buy too. I did have numerous friends suggest it as well. I’ll set mine up and play with it. Then I may even hit up one of my buddies up about borrowing and shooting to compare.
Good luck with your endeavors here with your gun.
I actually just watched Chad with iraqveteren8888 do some amazing things with the 6.5 creedmore in one of their newer videos. His first shot at just under 1000 was pretty much dead center. That was after running up from closer ranges though but none the less impressive. That rounds has some serious slap even out to 5-600.
I’m not looking to get to crazy with this setup. Not much to really be done to it. I did order a MDT muzzle break though… The Savage was used and I grabbed it in 30-06 because I had borrowed one of my fathers 30-06 Remington 700s for Oregon Elk hunting that I never got to do and had been finding and stocking up on some amazingly priced local 30-06 ammo. This is my budget toe in the water bolt action and I don’t plan on taking many shots on Elk over 200 yards.
This also has the potential to be very addicting in the near future. After learning some handloading skills I’ll very likely build out a 6.5 of some kind.
I appreciate all the discussion that’s been generated so far.
That is a great price! I appreciate the heads up. I’d probably get one right now but I’m putting all of my money into building out a storage container as my home. I have it livable and I’m in it but I still have a bunch to go and items to buy for it. Seems its a neverending money taker at the moment lol. But I’ll definitely try and stay on that and hopefully get one when I have a bit of extra money. And I also just put a binary trigger in my AR10. That was actually a splurge that I should have put in this build but it was sounding like they were going to outlaw them at that time. Nice to meet you friend
Nice talking with you too.
Whew! Dollar bills gotta go fast with a binary in an AR-10! I was wanting an FRT for awhile but I’ve been looking into a binary for my 10/22 build with a Samson folding stock. Ha, about the only thing I could afford to run would be .22LR…
Did you get a Franklin Armory or a Fostech? How do you like the binary’s?
Can you optimize the loads in the 30-06 so that it is a major step-up from 308 ?
Seems like, with the extra case capacity and useful Magnum powders like Ramshot Hunter (I prefer Hunter over 2700 and Win 760/ H414), a 30-06 should be able to deliver the foot-pounds, halfway between 308 & 300 WSM.
Most of the load data shows 30-06 to be equal to 308 or a little faster.
From working with 5.56, I know you can get more foot pounds than the load data suggests.
You just have to be patient & careful & find the Balance.
Hornady probably did this with their Superformance 308, which delivers 3000 foot pounds, and 3000 feet per second with a 150 grain, basically 30-06 performance. I say probably because I haven’t measured their bullet to see if it meets their official spec.
Its a Franklin.
I had bought a bunch of ammo before all of this craziness luckily.
But because of, and these stupid prices, I haven’t gotten to play much with it. And the way things are, I almost don’t want to waste any ammo in case, well you probably understand? But there for awhile I was watching everything for even a hit of them trying to go unconstitutional. And then it kinda happened. So I wanted to get it in and back home lol.
And hey, anything with a binary has gotta be fun! Even a .22
And at least you can play vs mine and .308 prices right now hah
I wish someone from the reloading group would reply to this, but here’s my take - good or bad.
30-06 was introduced in 1906. Like other cartridges of the time, it was designed to produce x amount of pressure in the chamber when fired (~60,000 psi SAAMI). This was based on metallurgy of the early 20th century, as well as the powder technology of the time. Hence, 30-06 rifles were built to withstand that pressure, both then and now. A modern rifle chambered in 30-06 could be built to handle more pressure using newer steel, plus newer cartridges using newer powder technologies, but I don’t think anyone wants the liability of somebody accidently using one on the wrong equipment. This is why modern cartridges are developed for modern weapons (e.g., 6.5 CM, 300 PRC, .300 Win Mag, etc). A hundred years from now they can make their own bullets to replace the measly 300 PRC.
Hornady’s Superformance powder, IIRC, is a modern marvel. A while back, say 10 or 15 years ago, it wasn’t available to be purchased by the general public - it might be now (I don’t feel like looking it up).
