Pics of Phil's Lon Paul 30-06 (more added)

03 May 2009, 09:10

458Win

I'll try getting some here if I can remember how to Photobucket and drag them on but there should be at least one in the upcoming Successful Hunter and I plan on carrying it this season so will have more photos coming out.

It is VERY NICE !!

Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship
Phil Shoemaker
Alaska Master guide
FAA Master pilot
NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com

03 May 2009, 19:45

.366torque

Phil I'll send you a PM. I can post them for you.

03 May 2009, 20:50

dirklawyer

Phil, is this the rifle you had plated with black chrome?

04 May 2009, 01:15

buckeyeshooter

It sounds very nice, would loveto see the photos!

04 May 2009, 09:46

458Win

I'm planning on sending 366 photos tonight so he can post them.
Lon completed the rifle and chose the wood and accouterments , Danny Peterson did the stainless bbl with integral quarter rib, swivel and front sight base, Jerry Fisher the rounded bottom metal and Doug Turnbull colored the bolt shroud and grip cap.
It is a pretty righteous rifle and a lot better than this old sourdough ever thought he would own.

04 May 2009, 15:22

.366torque

04 May 2009, 15:22

.366torque

Fantastic!!!

04 May 2009, 18:06

buckeyeshooter

great looking shooters!

04 May 2009, 18:45

ROSCOE

Love the Mannicher!

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04 May 2009, 18:58

DMB

quote:
Originally posted by ROSCOE:
Love the Mannicher!

04 May 2009, 19:36

DWright

Beautiful Phil. Absolutely beautiful!
Congratulations.

04 May 2009, 21:31

gumboot458

..... Darn it ,,, I trolled thru as soon as the pics were up and have been checking the reply s ..

The top rifle is really , really nice .....

BUT ,, What is the Enfield ???????????????????????

INFO NEEDED ......

05 May 2009, 05:36

.366torque

GB458, it's a 9.3x62, also by Lon Paul.

06 May 2009, 07:19

458Win

The Enfield was an old pawn shop find that was a 30-06 with a roll-over cheek piece. Danny Peterson re-bored it to 9.3x62 and Lon reshaped the stock and added a cross bolt. My standard load is 286gr Partitions and with it's 22" bbl, and only 7 1/2 pounds, it is lithe, lively and lethal.

06 May 2009, 15:15

gumboot458

They are both very nice ....I just have a soft spot for enfields .....Thank you ......

06 May 2009, 21:49

grizz007

Phil, those a very nice looking shooters!

08 May 2009, 22:16

.366torque

09 May 2009, 19:03

DMB

That's a magnificent rifle....
One I'd sure be proud to own.

366, Great photos too....

Don

09 May 2009, 22:52

458Win

What is hard to show is just how slim and rounded the rifle is ( thanks in large part to the Jerry Fisher rounded bottom metal) and how comfortable it is to pick up and carry.

11 May 2009, 05:46

Huntr7X57

Phil,
What length is the barrel? That is a fantastic looking '06, congrats!

Are you planning on using your 200gr. Partition/MRP load out of it?

11 May 2009, 07:04

.366torque

quote:
Originally posted by DMB:
That's a magnificent rifle....
One I'd sure be proud to own.

366, Great photos too....

Don

Thank you for thinking that, but, I'm no where near Circle Hot Springs. I wish!! If I was you'd see my big S**t eating grin while holding it!

13 May 2009, 00:07

458Win

The bbl is 22" - the same as the mannlicher stocked Enfield 9.3. My original plan was to use 220 partitions and old Hornady solids, as well as to give the 240 Woodleigh softs an honest try on brown bears. But the 200 Partitions are such a great all around bullets I imagine I'll shoot plenty of the them.
I have had the rifle now for a bit over six months and carried it for Mich whitetails and Ariz elk and - along with my son - we have fired over 500 rounds thru it. I suppose that when I wear the bbl out it might make a pretty handy 35 whelen - and then 9.3.

06 July 2009, 03:33

Don Boyd

Mr. Shoemaker, My word! Your writings over the years have given me many hours of enjoyment. Looking at these two rifles just frosts the cake.

07 July 2009, 06:14

458Win

After so many years of carrying the 06 - bedded by me in one of a variety of synthetic stocks and covered in rustoleum paint -I feel a bit strange carrying it - but I'm doing my best.

this fall Ole Ugly may even get to set on the bench as Lon is also building me a 416 Rigby on an Enfield action. If that happens it will be a small miracle and says a lot for Lon's work as my 458 has become an extension of me when guiding bear hunters.
I'll naturally post photos and have a feature in Rifle.

07 July 2009, 12:35

gumboot458

quote:
Originally posted by 458Win:
The bbl is 22"
I have had the rifle now for a bit over six months and carried it for Mich whitetails and Ariz elk and - along with my son - we have fired over 500 rounds thru it. I suppose that when I wear the bbl out it might make a pretty handy 35 whelen - and then 9.3.

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Most defiantly a Homesteader at heart ...

My instant thot when you said you had put 500 rounds thru it so far was ( he,s gonna shoot that perfect barrel out ) . So glad to read you will rebore

07 July 2009, 14:53

DMB

Phil's the only reason I subscribe to Successful Hunter Magazine....

Phil, just curious, where were you hunting Whitetails in Michigan?

Txs,

Don

10 July 2009, 08:29

458Win

A few mile south of Ontanagan in the UP is where I usually go with my buddy from St Calir. I've hunted his land down there too and it has at least as many, and bigger, deer but it's fun being in the UP and away from most of the crowds.
It's still might crowded by alaskan standards.

10 July 2009, 15:25

DMB

Phil,

Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it.
I too hunt Deer in the UP, for the same resons you do. There's an air of mystique, of a life that existed 150 years ago in the UP that isn't present down in the lower peninsula where I live. I hunt north of Rapid River, which is just east of Escanabe, and Gladstone, home of Marble's Knives.
You're right on about having larger Deer down here than in the UP. But, I'm hugely attracted to the UP, so my son and I hunt up there.
However, my son is into hunting BIG time, and especially hunting for MONSTER Bucks. Last year he went to Indiana and shot this free ranging Buck on a farm of a friend of his. I think that Indiana has much larger bucks than we have anywhere in Michigan, based on the numbers of them that he's seen down there.
His whole live is about big game hunting, and he's good at it. When he was about 12 years old, and from then on, all he ever wanted for Birthday and Christmas gifts were books on Deer hunting.