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[ QUOTE ] I stopped at a Shiells sporting goods today and they have a sign by the Winchesters. "After 140 years in buisness Winchester has closed its USA plants. Get a Winchester while you still can." New Model 94 are priced between $799 and $999. Model 70 feather wieghts and standard...

[ QUOTE ] Buy the Bushmaster, not the Armalite, have her burn that barrel up and then I'll build her one to her liking.....LOL!!!! [/ QUOTE ] How easy is it to burn a barrel out of a Bushmaster? I've owned a XM15 for 10 years and have put a lot of ammo through it. Some of it pretty hard-...

[ QUOTE ] Same opinion here, go with the Near base. I have a set of Warne's and a set of Leupolds in a shoe box that I tried first. [/ QUOTE ] I have 2 Sako 75 rifles, a Finnlight in 30-06 and a 300 RUM. I've tried the Sako rings, the Leupolds and Warne. I like the Warne best. Leupold now...

[ QUOTE ] Who offers the most adjustment in a 1" tube? [/ QUOTE ] I was looking into this a while back, from what I could find the Zeiss conquest had the most. This was from checking out data on their web site.

[ QUOTE ] Have a Howa 1500 in 270 with Luepold quick release mounts - two piece base with Bushnell 4200 elite 6-24. The release on these is on the bases - not the medium rings. The problem is that at 200 meters it is about maxed out. I need to go to 500 for silhouette. So the answer is...

[ QUOTE ] OK.... if you are for real... where are you from? How old are ya? you realize you have about $1200 just in what you mentioned... the cost for a case of 308 match ammo is about $400 [/ QUOTE ] I have several rifles that sort of qualify as potential long range rifles. If I were...

[ QUOTE ] As I said I am not upset, I just believed that you were a member and not an outsider. I am from Alabama and a "hill billy" and I watch Nascar and I have grease under my fingernails pretty often. None of that means I am stupid, it just means I talk at a reasonable rate so people can...

[ QUOTE ] Gar, most of the guys on here are very professional about what they do and their shooting/hunting. From some of the comments, you can tell that a lot of the guys think the guy trying to be funny. It would be extremely hard to try to put something over any of the guys that frequent...

[ QUOTE ] hello. This is the first question I have posted so lets see how this works. I just bought a sako finnlight a week ago for my upcoming elk and moose hunt. Now I need help deciding what scope to get. I want something good but not willing to spend the 1500 buck for a swarovski...

[ QUOTE ] good sniffing on the troll! he asked such a simple question even a rookie like me could answer that one.i didn't see the rifle question till way later.he was probably making fun of my nfx-swaro question. [/ QUOTE ] Hey guys, I'm not excatly sure what a troll is. I assume a trouble...

[ QUOTE ] This link may help if it works. The Shooting Sports Scope Brand Page.http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/brand.html#lightforce [/ QUOTE ] Thanks a lot. Very informative. I put the home page on my favorites.

[ QUOTE ] nfx made in japan? why is australia on box? good idea to dump bsa,simmons,tasco they are junk! i just didn't say it.stick with what you can afford from like burris,nikon leopold 1-2-3 series i was going to say weaver but i had one that was great optically but returned to factory 3...

Thanks for all of the help guys! I did learn quite a bit here on long range hunting. After doing some searching and reading I have some new ideas. 1. Rifle Remington model 700 VSF cal 308. 2. Scope Leupold 3.5-10X40 Mark 4 LR/T 30mm. 3. Base and rings Badger Ordnance maximized scope rail and...

[ QUOTE ] they will either get darked or cloudy after "18" power.get mildot and hold over cuz you'll be lucky if they track hope you have good eyes,enjoy them while you still have em'.either will surely turn them cross-eyed i was going to get a "cheep" 6x24x42 tasco varmit scope for their...

[ QUOTE ] May I suggest the Daisy 881 10 pump? Don't confuse the 881 with the 880!! The 881 has the black diamond on the forend. The 880 has all brown furniture. If you are going to shoot the lead pellets, don't put them in your mouth because they can make you sick or at least upset your...