Rick Richard
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It's after hunting season. Folks are dumping their old and planning for the new. Bad time for a seller, but good time for a buyer.
Confused! lots of customs for sale?
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MudRunner2005
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Other than his stupid comments about guns and red flag laws recently, I'll take that as a compliment. Because he's rich, has a smoking hot slavic wife, and get's stuff DONE!Well imo, you are the Donald J Trump of LRH. Whenever stuff hits the fan around here people just sort of automatically blame you. Force of habit ya know
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Rick Richard
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Nice looking...6.5 Creed.
therifleman556
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he's rich, has a smoking hot slavic wife, and get's stuff DONE!
Yeah I guess you're right; you're nothing like him are you...
MudRunner2005
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Yep, he's got me beat on the money part...The rest, I'm working on.Yeah I guess you're right; you're nothing like him are you...
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A couple months back, I sold a 700 BDL in 30-06. It was the first rifle I ever bought many years ago and it was beautiful. I hunted one season with the rifle until I bought a .243 and it kinda changed the way I looked at things. I am not a fan of recoil and anything more than 15 ft.lbs, is too much in my opinion. I never felt the need to get a Magnum, Short Mag, or any other "Macho-Mag" for that matter, it's just not necessary for the quarry I pursue. Some of my rifles are "Semi-Custom" (Coopers, Custom Savage, etc.) but the "production" rifles I own are all a bit older, before automation and gimmicks crept into the industry and quality began to suffer as a result. Case in point is a 1995 Browning A-Bolt (Miroku) I own in .243. It's probably got 3000 rounds through it, has killed scores of whitetail and groundhogs and still puts 95 grain Noslers into .5 MOA. Of the 25 rifles I own, it's still the most deadly gun in my safe(s).
As far as I'm concerned, the medium-range cartridges carry the day - particularly the 6.5's. They do everything I need to do with authority and in a very tolerable way. I can certainly see why a guy could buy big and regret it. I did it too, albeit with only a 30.06, touted by many to be the best sporting cartridge ever developed. Not to take anything away from it but in my humble opinion, it's a cannon for medium sized game and overkill by any stretch of the imagination.
As far as I'm concerned, the medium-range cartridges carry the day - particularly the 6.5's. They do everything I need to do with authority and in a very tolerable way. I can certainly see why a guy could buy big and regret it. I did it too, albeit with only a 30.06, touted by many to be the best sporting cartridge ever developed. Not to take anything away from it but in my humble opinion, it's a cannon for medium sized game and overkill by any stretch of the imagination.
Just checkin!!!
Still can't figure how we got from
surplus amount of custom guns for sale,
to ethical shooting an elk with a Creed, and.....
it's still running on!!
MudRunner2005
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This time I'm staying the hell out of it, and having my own side-conversations to avoid getting in the middle of that crap.
Just checkin!!!
Still can't figure how we got from
surplus amount of custom guns for sale,
to ethical shooting an elk with a Creed, and.....
it's still running on!!
therifleman556
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I feel the same way for whitetail rifles. I started at 300 and worked my way down to 7mm-08. Next up is 243. Always looking for a round that will put them down without gutting them too. 7.62x39 softpoints from a CZ carbine work well in this regard.
You will not be disappointed. Loaded properly, a .243 hits a whitetail like a truck. Out to 250 yards, I've knocked them completely over. That CZ-527 bolt action in 7.62 X 39 seems like a nice swamp-donkey rig too. I may consider one.
therifleman556
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I foolishly sold mine while lusting after something else (that I no longer have either). I'll likely buy another but this time probably in 6.5 Grendel. Even still, the 7.62 would stack American hunting ammo into minute-of-golfball groups with a 7x Leupold.
It's nice to know I'm not the only rifle-whore around here........
Don A Parsons
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I started selling off my collect of big bores about 7 years ago,,, the last one was gone in year 4,,, then I bought one 30/06 & Two 308's,,, the Ouught-6 will be a 308 once the barrel shot out.
My plan was to own 1 gun,,, its not working out that way,,, so I changed it up to 1 cartridge across the board. Ha.
I enjoyed my 300's and 338,,, but there was no need for it in my big game category... The trick for me is getting in close.
A few other benefits of going mid size is shooting time in competition,,, general plinking,,, and predator control,,, the trick is to buy bulk supplies and shoot alot...
When 1 unit is in for a re-barrel,,, that leaves me 2 other units to blaze away with.
Its kind of a different way of doing things,,, but it makes life simple,,, each rifle gets its magic mix and I reap the rewards of good times.
There's lots of ways to find what works,,, that's what really counts.
My plan was to own 1 gun,,, its not working out that way,,, so I changed it up to 1 cartridge across the board. Ha.
I enjoyed my 300's and 338,,, but there was no need for it in my big game category... The trick for me is getting in close.
A few other benefits of going mid size is shooting time in competition,,, general plinking,,, and predator control,,, the trick is to buy bulk supplies and shoot alot...
When 1 unit is in for a re-barrel,,, that leaves me 2 other units to blaze away with.
Its kind of a different way of doing things,,, but it makes life simple,,, each rifle gets its magic mix and I reap the rewards of good times.
There's lots of ways to find what works,,, that's what really counts.
