ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
ORIGINAL: eldeguello
Mine is the Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine. The one I have now is in 7X57mm caliber.
That gun, and in that caliber, is as near a perfect hunting set-up as can be shot by man. It's bolt, it's swing and handling, it's caliber and the inherent low recoil and the ability to load it from 120 grain pils to 180's (depending on your twist) makes it a real pleasure to own, load, and shoot.
I will be helping my dad present a very similar one (in 6.5 X 54) to my cousin. It was our grandad's, he was a gunsmith, and my cousin never got in the line when guns were distributed after my grandpa's death. Though i always had my eyes on it it will be even more special to give it away to a blood relative who will cherish as I would have.
Ya can't own everything and in the end it is really just stuff ... it's the memories behind the stuff that gives it import.
Yes, the 6.5X54mm chambering would make it a real classic! You are fortunate to have one of those originals.