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<blockquote data-quote="fmajor" data-source="post: 765075" data-attributes="member: 20646"><p>No, i absolutely do not prefer a detachable magazine. </p><p></p><p>I was jaded at an early age reading stories written by PH Peter Hathaway Capstick about hunting dangerous African game. One of his accounts told about a hunter whose hinge-plate rifle dropped all it's contents on the ground at a critical time. Luckily, Capstick had his trusty 375 H&H and shot the charging Cape Buff (iirc - it's been *decades* since reading those stories). I realized i would never want that to happen to me - though i have no desire to hunt "dangerous" game.</p><p></p><p>I was first exposed to magazines via my issued M-16 and they were noisy, needed regular servicing/cleaning and opened a "hole" in the receiver into which all manner of dirt and grime would enter. I like clean rifles.</p><p></p><p>Contrasting the capability of my hunting/long-range rifles (of high precision) with an infantry rifle (of reasonable accuracy) made my preference for a blind magazine all more poignant for my style of hunting.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, tacti-cool is all the rage nowadays so DM stocks are more common than blind mag stocks. Admittedly, most stocks can be had without a mag cutout, but it's still easier to find one with the cutout than one without.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fmajor, post: 765075, member: 20646"] No, i absolutely do not prefer a detachable magazine. I was jaded at an early age reading stories written by PH Peter Hathaway Capstick about hunting dangerous African game. One of his accounts told about a hunter whose hinge-plate rifle dropped all it's contents on the ground at a critical time. Luckily, Capstick had his trusty 375 H&H and shot the charging Cape Buff (iirc - it's been *decades* since reading those stories). I realized i would never want that to happen to me - though i have no desire to hunt "dangerous" game. I was first exposed to magazines via my issued M-16 and they were noisy, needed regular servicing/cleaning and opened a "hole" in the receiver into which all manner of dirt and grime would enter. I like clean rifles. Contrasting the capability of my hunting/long-range rifles (of high precision) with an infantry rifle (of reasonable accuracy) made my preference for a blind magazine all more poignant for my style of hunting. Unfortunately, tacti-cool is all the rage nowadays so DM stocks are more common than blind mag stocks. Admittedly, most stocks can be had without a mag cutout, but it's still easier to find one with the cutout than one without. [/QUOTE]
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