I love it! I know what you mean about the old 06. I dont know why but a 3006 just caught my attention at a very young age. My first love was guns and hunting way before I was old enough to even think about cars. (Well and motorcycles I loved motorcycles from the time I learned to think in my own lol) my uncle was a gun dealer and a gunsmith and I remember going in his shop at a very young age and just being fascinated with all the different guns. My favorite one he had was a old Springfield 1903 and that gun started my love affair with 3006 long before I was old enough to even shoot it. When I turned 10 my uncle gave me my first gun an old iver Johnson 410 that I still own to this day. But I never forget about that 3006 lol I remember I had a old coffee jar my nana gave me and it had 3006 fund written on the side. I saved all my nickels and pennies for years. I hunted with that old 410 loaded with a slug until I was probably 16 then I bought a mosin nagant with my money I'd saved I couldnt afford a 3006 and I got that old mosin for 89 bucks and it looked new (i still have it too) that is what started my love for surplus arms. I eventually got my 3006 some years later I was probably 19 20. It was a single shot handy rifle. Somewhere around that time I really got into it bad. I started working on the side and training gunsmithing with my cousin who is also a gunsmith I apprenticed under him for a while I always wanted to do it for a living but never could afford the overhead to get started on my own. So now I just do it for myself i build custom rifles and do restorations on old shotguns and that sorta thing. I really enjoy it. If you would like to see some pictures of my guns iv built pm me I'd be happy to send you some pics. Oh and the 3006 I hunt with mostly now is a savage 111. I have owned half a dozen 3006s threw the years now and that savage is the one I have hung on to I really like it alot.
