Broke Down and Bought a 30-06

[raised by wolves]

Nice rifle. I have the 85 Bavarian Carbine in 30-06. I mounted a Z3 in Extra Low Optilocks. Picked up all my Optilocks at P&D.

FYI, the Z3, 3-10X42 and the Z5, 3-18X44 both fit in Extra-Low, One Piece.

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by raised by wolves

Nice rifle. I have the 85 Bavarian Carbine in 30-06. I mounted a Z3 in Extra Low Optilocks. Picked up all my Optilocks at P&D.

FYI, the Z3, 3-10X42 and the Z5, 3-18X44 both fit in Extra-Low, One Piece.

That is good to know. I will most likely buy the scope at P&D unless I get lucky and find a BRH on the Buy & Sell, so I can try the low rings I have now and a set of extra low from them. I am also interested to see if the longer Z5 is affected by the rear sight. I want to keep the open sight so I may end up with a Z3 for the shorter scope length.

Fordtruckin - not sure about the recoil pad as gun hasn't landed yet. My bet is it is hockey puck soft, most of the Sakos I had were like that.

[1899b]

My sig line says it all. Nice rifle you have there for sure. Welcome to the 06 club, home of the tried and true….

[glen moa]

Beauty.
If you mount the scope low will the front sight hood be in the sight. picture?

[raised by wolves]

The Sako recoil pads on any of the wood stocks is more of a plate than it is a pad. There is no sponge nor recoil absorption.

When the scopes are mounted low, and if the optic is on a low magnification, yes, the front sight is visible but it does not interfere with sight adjustment nor alignment on the target. If my scope is dialled down to 3X, I can see the top of the sight.

[claykuch]

Try a scope with lower magnification. No reason to put a big scope on a hunting rifle like this.