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Time to buy a Lightweight Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="RevJim" data-source="post: 1232179" data-attributes="member: 86754"><p>I understand about rifles like the Compass as far as money wise savings. I grew up in East Texas (deer/hogs) dirt poor, my "first" real rifle was a Harrington 7 Richardson Topper 30-30. hard kicking little devil, with a horrible trigger pull. I hated it. I then traded a saddle for an old Universal M1 carbine. I "worried"a poor yearling to death with that jamomatic. I then got one of the first Mod 94 "Classic" commerotives, a carbine, for $300...lots of money in 1968! I killed a p/u load of game with it (my average shot was only 50yds!), but it had an "oval shaped" chamber ( must of been a Friday afternnon rifle) and I could not hit an anti freeze jug at 150 steps! It was a beautiful rifle though, ha! I also lugged around a cut down ( red neck sporterized) M1917 enfield. When I got out of the Army in '73 I no longer tried to save money...I wanted two things a) pride of ownership and b) 100%reliability...followed closely by accuracy. I am just that way, and many others are also. After the Army, if 'any" weapon I had was not 100% reliable, it got jetted, ha! I admit, I've never been awakened at night by 'deer in the wire" ( sometimes hogs!) but I just could never trust "make do" anymore. Out here in the West...I could just "see" myself finally, finally getting to the top of a ridge and finding out my DM was gone, or my safety is screwed up or my trigger won't budge ( I could spend hrs on a therapists couch describing that one as my most frequent nightmare, ha) But hey, I'm now 63, lots of miles on my frame,etc. If I was a young man with a young family ( read "not much money) I would have had to try one of the newer less expensive models. I have younger family back in East Tx that use Savage rifles like any other 'tool", if it gets broke, they run down to Wally world or Academy and get another...they are more into "the whole 4whlr, corn feeders, country music, beer at night" thing than making a sweet shot further than a 100yds! ha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RevJim, post: 1232179, member: 86754"] I understand about rifles like the Compass as far as money wise savings. I grew up in East Texas (deer/hogs) dirt poor, my "first" real rifle was a Harrington 7 Richardson Topper 30-30. hard kicking little devil, with a horrible trigger pull. I hated it. I then traded a saddle for an old Universal M1 carbine. I "worried"a poor yearling to death with that jamomatic. I then got one of the first Mod 94 "Classic" commerotives, a carbine, for $300...lots of money in 1968! I killed a p/u load of game with it (my average shot was only 50yds!), but it had an "oval shaped" chamber ( must of been a Friday afternnon rifle) and I could not hit an anti freeze jug at 150 steps! It was a beautiful rifle though, ha! I also lugged around a cut down ( red neck sporterized) M1917 enfield. When I got out of the Army in '73 I no longer tried to save money...I wanted two things a) pride of ownership and b) 100%reliability...followed closely by accuracy. I am just that way, and many others are also. After the Army, if 'any" weapon I had was not 100% reliable, it got jetted, ha! I admit, I've never been awakened at night by 'deer in the wire" ( sometimes hogs!) but I just could never trust "make do" anymore. Out here in the West...I could just "see" myself finally, finally getting to the top of a ridge and finding out my DM was gone, or my safety is screwed up or my trigger won't budge ( I could spend hrs on a therapists couch describing that one as my most frequent nightmare, ha) But hey, I'm now 63, lots of miles on my frame,etc. If I was a young man with a young family ( read "not much money) I would have had to try one of the newer less expensive models. I have younger family back in East Tx that use Savage rifles like any other 'tool", if it gets broke, they run down to Wally world or Academy and get another...they are more into "the whole 4whlr, corn feeders, country music, beer at night" thing than making a sweet shot further than a 100yds! ha [/QUOTE]
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