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My dad wants a new rifle.
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<blockquote data-quote="dogbuster0006" data-source="post: 2011899" data-attributes="member: 39547"><p>Is the rifle just for hunting or do you do a bit more shooting than double-checking a zero the week before season? What type of hunting stand or stalking? Is weight and barrel length going to be a factor? Will this be a rifle that's kept in the family for years to come or is it going to be around for a couple of years till he's bored with it and wants something different. I know folks at both ends of the spectrum on this. I've got a few guns I'll have forever, a couple that are tools only, no real attachment to them. If it's a rifle for a particular hunt or will be used very little spending the extra money is of no real benefit. If you are like most of the folks in my area their gun(s) sit in the safe 98% of the time, zero is checked a couple of days before the season. It's hunted with for a couple of weeks and returned to the safe. </p><p>If it'll be used off and on all year to kill pests and what not then having the "fancier" gun would be a benefit. I've got a couple in a rotation that stay in my truck or on a four-wheeler anytime I'm out and about. I use them more I see the benefit of the nicer rifle and handgun weekly. There's always a coyote, groundhog, or other varmint needing to be smacked in my area. I've got a couple of "cheap" guns that I have no attachment to they shoot good enough but are utilitarian no one bats an eye when they see them. A nicer gun always gets second looks and wants to be checked out by others. </p><p>By no means am I saying don't buy a nice rifle, fine guns get better the more time you spend with them. </p><p></p><p>In his book <em>Eastern Upland Shooting</em>, Charles A. Norris said, "Without a dog, upland shooting is a poor, drab, lonesome, and generally unsatisfactory business. Much of the joy of shooting is dependent upon the companionship of a favorite dog." So it is, too, with the shotguns we hold when we follow our dogs in the woods. We can't change the weather, but we can pick which guns we uncase for a hunt. My choice, regardless of the weather, is a Parker. If yours is a Winchester Model 21, so be it. Or a Model 12, or a Fox BE, or an Ithaca Flues. Take care of 'em, sure, but take 'em out of the case.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"><u>After all, life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun.</u></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dogbuster0006, post: 2011899, member: 39547"] Is the rifle just for hunting or do you do a bit more shooting than double-checking a zero the week before season? What type of hunting stand or stalking? Is weight and barrel length going to be a factor? Will this be a rifle that's kept in the family for years to come or is it going to be around for a couple of years till he's bored with it and wants something different. I know folks at both ends of the spectrum on this. I've got a few guns I'll have forever, a couple that are tools only, no real attachment to them. If it's a rifle for a particular hunt or will be used very little spending the extra money is of no real benefit. If you are like most of the folks in my area their gun(s) sit in the safe 98% of the time, zero is checked a couple of days before the season. It's hunted with for a couple of weeks and returned to the safe. If it'll be used off and on all year to kill pests and what not then having the "fancier" gun would be a benefit. I've got a couple in a rotation that stay in my truck or on a four-wheeler anytime I'm out and about. I use them more I see the benefit of the nicer rifle and handgun weekly. There's always a coyote, groundhog, or other varmint needing to be smacked in my area. I've got a couple of "cheap" guns that I have no attachment to they shoot good enough but are utilitarian no one bats an eye when they see them. A nicer gun always gets second looks and wants to be checked out by others. By no means am I saying don't buy a nice rifle, fine guns get better the more time you spend with them. In his book [I]Eastern Upland Shooting[/I], Charles A. Norris said, “Without a dog, upland shooting is a poor, drab, lonesome, and generally unsatisfactory business. Much of the joy of shooting is dependent upon the companionship of a favorite dog.” So it is, too, with the shotguns we hold when we follow our dogs in the woods. We can’t change the weather, but we can pick which guns we uncase for a hunt. My choice, regardless of the weather, is a Parker. If yours is a Winchester Model 21, so be it. Or a Model 12, or a Fox BE, or an Ithaca Flues. Take care of ’em, sure, but take ’em out of the case. [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][U]After all, life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun.[/U][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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