They no longer build beautiful hunting guns like they used to.

[69ChevelleLSX]

I’ll have to get mine out I found some 300 savage. Can’t remember what kind of shape it’s in. I remember it had a little cartridge counter and was a early 1900’s

 

[Armybrat]

Even basic Browning Safari bolt actions from the 1960s and Winchester .22 levers of the 1980s outclass current common offerings...

 

[gdr_11]

My two personal favorites that I let slip through my fingers many years ago:

Weatherby .300

Remington 700 Deluxe

Stock images since I did not save any (no digital cameras in those days)

 

[Drricktx1]

I've always loved the looks of a beautiful wood grained stock and I own several. After spending a year in Nam carrying an M16 I said I'd never carry a black rifle again. However, after while I bought an AR 5.56 and love it. But I still like a pretty wood stock.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I've always loved the looks of a beautiful wood grained stock and I own several. After spending a year in Nam carrying an M16 I said I'd never carry a black rifle again. However, after while I bought an AR 5.56 and love it. But I still like a pretty wood stock.

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[Sam Colt]

I've always loved the looks of a beautiful wood grained stock and I own several. After spending a year in Nam carrying an M16 I said I'd never carry a black rifle again. However, after while I bought an AR 5.56 and love it. But I still like a pretty wood stock.

 

[ShadyOaksGunRange]

There seems to always be generational slander (older was better), but there are many exceptions:
Winchester's Model 70 Supergrade is a fine new production bolt gun.
The CZ Premier line offerings are very finely crafted production guns.
And of your pocket is deep enough there are the Browning Citori's and Rizzini's

All this being said, I will say that besides for Korth's and latest Colt Pythons, your pre 1990 revolvers are WAY nicer than the new Revolver offerings in terms of Fit, Finish & Workmanship. I returned a S&W Model 29 Presentation gun because the workmanship looked like workchildship.

 

[BillDFW12]

Husky looks fantastic

 

[cycleguy2300]

I have two old Husqvarnas. One an m96(ish) action and the other a M98. Working rifles, but still they had great lines.... I'll post pics later.

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[pronstar]

Went to lunch with deemus in Highland Park the other day.

Stopped in at the Beretta Gallery…they’re absolutely still making beautiful rifles and shotguns


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[pronstar]

Went to lunch with deemus in Highland Park the other day.

Stopped in at the Beretta Gallery…they’re absolutely still making beautiful rifles and shotguns


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[Pistol Pete]

Plastic guns, electric cars, what you gonna do? My guns are pretty much Walnut and blue steel, my pickup has a Hemi, They'll both stay that way. I'm old so I don't worry about the electric car scam the left has going.

 

[no2gates]

Went to lunch with deemus in Highland Park the other day.

Stopped in at the Beretta Gallery…they’re absolutely still making beautiful rifles and shotguns


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And the prices to match the beauty !

 

[Axxe55]

Plastic guns, electric cars, what you gonna do? My guns are pretty much Walnut and blue steel, my pickup has a Hemi, They'll both stay that way. I'm old so I don't worry about the electric car scam the left has going.

Nothing wrong with newer technology. But the basis of most everything is based off older technological advancements.

Electric cars were very popular and out-numbered gasoline cars in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Cheaper production costs of gasoline and the electric starter were the beginning of the decline of electric cars in the early 1900's.

Polymer guns are just part of the technological advancement of guns. That pretty much started back in the late 1950's. Lighter weight, and cheaper to manufacture.

What needs to be appreciated is where it came from, to understand where it is at today.

 

[pronstar]

Nothing wrong with newer technology. But the basis of most everything is based off older technological advancements.

Electric cars were very popular and out-numbered gasoline cars in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Cheaper production costs of gasoline and the electric starter were the beginning of the decline of electric cars in the early 1900's.

Polymer guns are just part of the technological advancement of guns. That pretty much started back in the late 1950's. Lighter weight, and cheaper to manufacture.

What needs to be appreciated is where it came from, to understand where it is at today.

This is a great perspective.
We’re building upon the shoulders of giants.

Too many folks today see modern tech and don’t appreciate how we got here.


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[A1Oni]

The following 3 long guns are the most attractive models I've ever seen. My granddad owned 2 of them: Savage Model 99 in .300 Savage with straight uncheckered stock and a Husqvarna Model 3000 Crown Grade with Monte Carlo stock in .308.

There isn't any lever-action rifle sleeker and more elegant than the American Savage Model 99 series. It's production is sorely missed. The Swedish Husqvarna 3000 Crown Grade bolt-action rifle is pure majesty to behold. Those European gun makers were master artists just like Da Vinci and Van Gogh. Mauser 98 action, long rotary control-feed extractor claw, jeweled bolt, fancy hand-rubbed walnut Monto Carlo stock, hand checkering, white spacers, metal butt plate, hinged floor plate, smooth, polished round-ball-knob, tapered and curved bolt handle. My grandfather's Husky had a darker wood finish and was in safe-queen condition when he passed away. The venerable Browning Superposed over/under shotgun is sheer elegance from the old-world craftsmen of Belgium.

I would almost trade my soul for any of these guns in minty shape. They are hard to find, sold out a lot or prohibitively expensive. This awesome threesome are the ultimate envy of American hunters and gun collectors.

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the funny thing is that your elcheapo walmart savage in .270 whatever will probably shoot better than any 5000 dollar top of the line hunting rifle of yesteryear, but as the old sayin' goes technology marches on, though TBH I prefer the AR15 as my hunting gun of choice.

 

[Rhino]

Pretty guns are for safes, and matches. That's not what the 2nd Amendment was about, though, so I think that's what's driving a significant segment of the gun-owning population towards more durable, field-ready, operationally-minded weaponry. Imagine those three guns in the OP being issued to some Marine today!

 

[Armybrat]

Pretty guns are for safes, and matches. That's not what the 2nd Amendment was about, though, so I think that's what's driving a significant segment of the gun-owning population towards more durable, field-ready, operationally-minded weaponry. Imagine those three guns in the OP being issued to some Marine today!

The pretty Browning Safari .30-06 I posted above was no safe queen. It has a long & productive harvest history from extensive hunting trips to Alaska & Montana in the 1960s & 1970s.
plenty of dents & nicks tell those stories from the field.

 

[kbaxter60]

We knew exactly what you meant.

But it is still going to be a fun time in OOC!

 

[seeker_two]

The pretty Browning Safari .30-06 I posted above was no safe queen. It has a long & productive harvest history from extensive hunting trips to Alaska & Montana in the 1960s & 1970s.
plenty of dents & nicks tell those stories from the field.
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....and I don't imagine that a .30-06 round from it is any less effective than from a M1 Garand or BAR.....