
It's a later-model '95 in 30-06 with original barrel, bright bore, and ultra-sharp rifling. Someone has tastefully re-done it in a workmanlike manner, blueing the metal and installing a furniture set made from bird's eye maple. The checkering is hand-cut and SHARP, and the fit to metal is unbelieveable. When I saw this '95 on the seller's rack at a firehall show, it fairly reached out and dope-slapped me. With the light-finished maple furniture, it's like stepping into a way-back machine set for the 1950s or 1960s when blonde stocks and bird's eye maple was all the rage for sporterized military boltguns and custom guns in general.
Fast forward: I had it out recently to the range after installing an ivory bead front sight blade to replace the glare-prone gold bead that it came with. Having a PILE of M2 Ball ammo, I figured to see what it could do with that venerable round. I set up clay birds on edge on the 50 yd and 100 yd berms and after making a slight windage adjustment I was able to pick off the orange discs at will, at either range, offhand. Recoil is actually quite tolerable if not comfortable, due to the weight of the rifle. On paper at 100 yds from a sandbag, I fired two five (5) shot groups, one at 1-3/8" and the other at 1-1/2". I apologize for not having a photo of the targets, but my wife is efficient at tossing stuff in the trash. She went to the range with me, and apparently the targets didn't even make the trip home; they ended up in the trash barrel we parked next to.
I'd rather look at the picture of the rifle, anyway.
Noah

