Subpar Monkey I agree, I always learn a lot from USOG. I am more interested in his collection of old/rare and obscure weapons.

Yep me too, but I do like other brands too.

Me too, besides kicking like a donkey. I have the stainless with skeleton stock or whatever its official name is. 30.06

Hey Paul, that makes me feel great. So good to just sit and talk; share ideas and observations - things we've learned - good times. I know what you mean about Rugers but Bill Ruger worked so hard against all odds and the 77 is okay - even as a club! Yes - the Winchester Model 70 is it. Legend. Same goes for your favorite cartridges. Bye for now.

Yes! Seems we're in the same boat, Paul! I have a 1947 Winchester Model 70 supergrade in 30-06 and got curious about it's history and stumbled across this channel. Very nice!

cup a coffee looking to get a new rifle for elk hunting and yes a great way to start a saturday morning

Excellent reviews.

Thank you Kenneth!

I probably wrote this before Paul - but thank you and it is my privilege.

Hey - thank you for your kind words. The gun community worldwide seems to be a very fine group of people - of course - you're one of them. Thanks again.

Thank you for watching and commenting.

Hear! Hear! I have an FN 30-06 and a Husqvarna. 270, as well 2 pre 64s a 270 and an 06. I use and shoot them pretty much interchangeably. All are fine rifles. Absolutely NOTHING wrong with an FN product.❤

Thanks Rich

Welcome on board and thanks for the support.

Thank you Peter! Good to have you on board : )

Thanks for being here and your kind words

My privilege.

Thank you Carl!

I mean it isnt far off, the tikka action is loosely based on the mauser.

You're most welcome Dave.

Good points. Maybe 1895? I tried to get the tennis out of my hair but it just wouldn't cooperate : )

Hi Alan - In a class of its own. The Lee Enfield is a diamond.

Thank you 🙏

The Remington 700 has earned its reputation. There is a reason the military and police chose it. I would agree with you on the CZ 550. I have one in 308 WIN that I will never part with. With Handloads I get 0;33" groups using a cheap Nikon Pro Staff 3x9x40 scope. I am not a fan of the set trigger on the CZ because it's gritty, but it works.

@@DucDNA Remington is junk they put millions in danger with their crappy trigger safety design. Then they tried to cover it up, glad they went bankrupt those guns need to be melted.

You bought the right rifle : )

Thank you Corey!

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns your more than welcome

Solid - isn't it! Millions of the 700 made. Sometimes when I go hunting all I run into is 700's and the odd other rifle. Says a lot.

Thank you Daniel. I am humbled - that's a high mark. : )

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns you're the best thanks 😀

Thank you so much! I'll keep going.

I’ll agree the Ruger M77 is the best rifle . All I know it’s not as good as the Remington 700 BDL. On the Stainless Remington 300 I had the solder from the bolt brake off . And was never crazy about there safety cut into the stock.

Thanks for being on the channel. You're right - the 65 is as good as it gets. Interesting how Tikka went from a one piece bolt and handle in the 65 to a bolt body and slide in bolt handle in the T3 etc... and the T3 has sold by the trainload. Oh well...the T3 does have a very smooth action. I guess smooth is preferred; although the bolt could still be one piece. Anyway, it's all good in gun land. Good health and good shooting.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns when I found the M65 on a Pawn Shop rack, I saw it, and before handling my first thought was a Weatherby! Which really caught my interest! When clerk handed it, he replied, no its actually a Tikka, Ithaca LSA 65 on barrel. I lost interest cause I was totally ignorant of any details on it. When I was handing it back, he mistakenly said it's made by Sako really, and a clone to the Finn Bear. That got my attention although my research afterwards showed him being mostly wrong! His comparison to the Finn Bear made me think, don't let this rifle slip. I gave it a good look and work, and it was plain, this is quality! I got home and blindly started searching. I found your video IDK how and subscribed! Further research showed how rare really and prized these rifles are, regardless of trader value! I found out why, it's incredibly everything and I consider it my most prized rifle find in my 64 years! It turns out it's a 1975 model, in 90% condition obviously a hunters rifle, ironsights perfect, shoots anything I put in it well to extremely accurate! I honestly would not trade it to a 98 or 70 unless I was allowed to prove them first by plenty testing! I'm a hunter, no huge collector but I live quality! That's why I love your channel and opinions they're based on truth not trader values! Thanks very much I appreciate what you do, it's beneficial to us! I'd love to see a video on the M55 & 65, they're very little to none knowledge of them at least here in KY! Thanks David

Hi Ryan - hope you head out to the range or shooting place soon. You'll like the Model 70.

Hi Robin - Great from day one.

As you know - superb rig and the 7mm-08 is a fantastic and strangely underappreciated. Come to think of it - the 7mm-08 is probably a better cartridge than the Creedmoor - but fortunately not many know that so the Creedmoor sells very well.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns I'm pretty excited about it. My Tikka T3 in .270 was stolen in September, out of my vehicle after a hunt. I was gutted. So this is the replacement, I always liked the M77. I gave up a free floated barrel, but this is a hunting rifle. Toughness trumps extreme accuracy IMO. And yes! I almost wish I had gone with the creed creedmore for the ammo availability, I live in a small town and 7mm-08 is expensive here. But the Creedmore is not the hunting cartridge the 7mm-08 is, not even close, and I'm not punching holes on paper with this thing :) Thanks so much, I subbed today btw 😁

So re-barreling an M77 is possible? That's really cool, because I heard that it wasn't.

Hi Dan - I forgot - sorry; The Win. 70 sort of falls into the Mauser category - at least the new and old pre-64 versions do. I realize there are differences. Anyway - those are the best actions. Thanks for the note.

Thanks Carba. My greetings to you.

Thank you Carba! Happy New Year!

Hello Lacy - I'm going to find one for review and report back; I've only seen them in stores and print so far. Sauer usually makes first class rifles - as you know. I'm looking forward to studying the 404. Thanks for asking.

Hi Greg - the 98 is timeless and no rifle since has surpassed its excellence. A fellow I knew bought a few crates of ammo many years ago and took his position at a remote range. His objective was to keep shooting his 98 in 7X57 until something went wrong. He finished shooting all the ammo and nothing had gone wrong. He waded through the brass and went home; then he returned for the endless brass.

Thanks for asking. The Mauser is very well made and the other selections are without a doubt excellent rifles; but I would buy the Winchester Model 70 every time. Everything that followed hoped to duplicate the performance, design and value of the Model 70 - in different ways. Push feed is not better than controlled round feed - but push feed will do. The Mauser - with the bolt that locks into the barrel and not the receiver is not better than the Model 70 locking into the receiver, but it will do. A removable magazine is nice, but it is not superior to a floorplate - it is just different and it will do. I have no idea how the Model 70 can still be made and one of these days it will likely be gone again. There are still countless pre-64 Model 70s in the field every year. I'm not sure other rifles and actions will survive time as well as the Model 70. In fairness - the greatest of them all remains the Mauser 98 - which the Model 70 is the finest sporter version of. All of this is my humble opinion and any one of the rifles you mention is superb...but if it is only one.... All the best to you.

Correct. The original Ruger M77 wasn't a true CRF, or Mauser extractor. Hence the plunger style ejector. Ruger returned to the CRF, and claw extractors in the M77 MK2's and now the M77 Hawkeyes. Which is why I personally prefer the Mk2's and Hawkeyes better. Although I did like that tang safety on the originals.

Thanks Shawn! I'm sure you do as well.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Lol...Thanks...I like a good rifle that's for sure. I like the engineering aspects and esthetics. Unlike you, I just don't have the rifles!...Would love a Steyr Mannlicher Model M Professional or Westley Richards...but we use the guns we have! Cheers.

So did US (designer of 1903 Springfield, 1917 Doughboy, Winchester 70 etc) and the Swedish M41, and the French, and.......pretty much the whole world agrees Mauser 98 is the best bolt action ever designed and copied it to fit their own cartridge sizes.

Every bolt action is where all other bolts was born. And the design all came from the latch on the outhouse door.

And well he should!

@@kesleycottrell1416 Are you sure the outhouse door latch wasn't a Mauser design?

@@edwardwu2749 Not the whole world. The British Empire stuck with the Lee Enfield whose advantages over the Mauser made it the best military rifle. Those advantages being the rear locking lucks which helped it handle mud and sand and gave it the fastest action which took advantage of its 10 round magazine. Expensive to produce however this was helped with the design of the no.4 which introduced peep sight, another advantage. I do not think any of the above had cock on closing like the Lee which assists with primary extraction when the weapon heats in action. The P13 and M1917 were great Mauser based military rifles and all the subject selection make good sporting rifles. All the rifles I own are collectables and the only one I now shoot is ..........wait for it...... A Zastava M70 i.e. 98 Mauser sporter in 22.250. Nice video. Cheers.

Unstoppable and the best.

Hello - We filmed one on the Impulse - very fine rig - similar to the Heym SR30

I agree - superb rifles.

Hello FWF - Some bolt actions are "cock on open" - such as the Mauser 98. Others are "cock on close" - the latter actions - such a 1917 Enfields and Lee Enfields spring open when the bolt is raised. These actions take more effort to close as the cocking of the bolt firing pin spring occurs when the shooter pushes the bolt closed. Hope this makes sense. You likely have an Enfield. Please let me know if the action has a bent "dog leg" bolt handle. Thanks!

Hi Kjetil - Yes I agree - the MS in 6.5X54 MS and other cals. is an amazingly smooth action and the quality of workmanship is about as good as it gets. Thanks for the reminder.

I own 2 Mannlichers and love them. Surprised they didn't make it on this video.

Hello DRD! I agree with you. I collected Browning Safari rifles for a few years. The FN Mauser based rifles Made in Belgium - with the stepped barrels are superb and so are the Made in Finland short action rifles. I'm going to think about it but as it is I'm not aware of a better Mauser based sporter. The stock design was particularly comfortable and although of Monte Carlo design - quite elegant and understated. Sights were excellent too. Altogether brilliant rifles - and undervalued. Thanks for writing.

I’m fond of Browning rifles since it was the first rifle that I actually purchased for myself. Mine was manufactured in japan and I’ve never had a complaint about the feel or action of the rifle.

I have a Browning BAR, shoots about a 5 inch group at 100 yards, tried different ammo, scope etcetera, going on the chopping block

Hi Ed - Thank you and excellent question. The modern bolts are slick pipes running in slick pipes - they work and are accurate - but have no character. The rifles you mention have necessary complexity and feel and run right. The steel may make some difference but I think it is mostly the mechanisms.

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns thanks again!

My mistake - sorry - I'll make another video. : ) Thank you for the message.

Thanks Einhaerjar.

You're right Fernando - I'll make another video.

Hi Rick - I have to update the video : ) and your comments is perfectly timed. The video people are going to post my latest video on the Sako today : great rifle.

Thanks Pontus - for the good words and being here; yes Swedish rifles are some of my favorites. I have some Carl Gustafs and Huskys are great. Sweden is an amazing country. Sadly, recently, there is a move away from freedom. Of course, living in confinement can be quite safe - but who wants to live confined? Animals in zoos live longer too; but if they could speak - I doubt a single one of them would choose a cage in a zoo over freedom and perhaps an earlier departure from this world. BTW - I have exactly that rifle - a Carl Gustaf 300 in .308.

Your CZ in 6.5x55 is just about all one needs in a hunting rifle - you chose well. Some of the Israeli Mausers have seen much use and if the lands are eroded - blow by can happen and accuracy goes out the window. I usually have someone thread on another barrel; but your CZ solves all issues as is.

Hi MrPh30 - I didn't know about the H&H sidelock - have to to look it up - must be fantastic. Thanks!

UnitedStatesOfGuns It was made during ww2 when Germans banned them make rifles, less than a dozen made i think it was . Will look it up, more like 6-10 of them. If you get a M42 rifle for Danish Coastal protection Police you get a good rifle made by them that is sought after .

A shotgun! Now I have to find one : ) Thank you.

I believe he made a video explaining just that. The differences between the original M77 to the M77 Mk2's and M77 Hawkeye's.

Yes - I do too. Such a smooth bolt operation and I always liked the rotary magazine. I had a couple of 6.5 X 54s - fantastic cartridge and flawless operation. Later I bought a 51 and then an MCA - all were excellent but I liked the original full stock carbine best. Thanks for reminding me of these legendary rifles.

I was surprised too not to see the MS on the top 5. To me it's the number one due to the ease of bolt disassembly. But I love my Mausers, too.

I agree Charles - but at a cost - a one piece bolt including bolt handle is the ideal : as we know from Mauser. Other features may serve other purposes which can be clever and useful and even reduce production costs. Yet, one ought to not forget that all these apparently advantageous elements are at the cost of the perfection of a one piece bolt.

That is a good point and great accuracy can certainly be achieved with single piece bolts.

You're right Bruce - in a class of its own.

The best!