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8 hours ago, KahrMan said:
Can we make this at least a once a week thing and make it permanent?
Both of those - dogs and bourbon - are FAR better than people!
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11 hours ago, Omega said:
Does he have any left?
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Opened up for partial trades.
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Or at least a halfway sensible day
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I've been looking for a new rifle lately. Been talking to a friend of mine who owns a gun store about it.
I texted him the other day and asked if he ever took any trades. He replied "It depends on what it is."
I sent him a text back that just said "Wife
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Now I think this is where I shot myself in the foot: He asked "Can she cook?" I of course replied "Sure enough, but she nags."
Dang it! I never did get a good rifle that day. I thought if Bearclaw could do it on Jeremiah Johnson I could do it too. Oh well.
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32 minutes ago, leroy said:
Rebarrel your Ruger with an extra good barrel. Pick out a custom you like. Ya get what ya want that way...
leroy...
Yeah, but, but, why do that and miss the opportunity to stress myself out trying to make decisions...
Yessir, in all seriousness, that option has been on my mind. It might very well come to that.
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1 hour ago, Jamie Jackson said:
My mother grew a mimosa tree. Always. No matter where we lived. Said she like their looks. I think it was specifically for the incredible durability and flexibility of the switches she would make me go and break off.
She had a remarkable grip for a small woman and no matter how hard and fast I ran in a circle as she gripped my wrist, she never lost her rhythm.
I cut down every mimosa tree I run across still to this day
I loved her...but she had that Southern woman "don't mess with me" thing going on...
Strange......I feel the same way about cherry trees. Must be a coincidence....right?
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Which b14 did you get?
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Good to know. I'll wipe Savage off my list. I guess there's a good reason that, on some of the more snobbish forums, I'm seeing Savage referred to as "Salvage."
I don't intend to ever get into any of the long range competition, and I like things to be muti-purpose, hence the need for an all around rifle.
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Rob, since this is about a general purpose rifle, I'm surprised you haven't recommended the Savage 110 Hog Hunter. Seems like there was a picture on here a while back with you holding one of those.
My son has one now but I haven't tried it out yet.
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I forgot to mention Browning. I did have an A Bolt many years ago. Loved it but taded it off for something or other.
Don't know much about the X bolt.
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Question: I know the Ruger American Gen II is supposed to be smoother. I have always heard of feeding problems with the Gen 1. Are the Gen II rifles reliable?
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Dang dude! Where you been? Haven't seen you on here in a while.
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On 3/13/2024 at 1:17 AM, Prod951 said:
What's your price range? Do you care about the action because you could just get a savage axis. I've own pretty much all the major bolt actions my current PRS is rig is a KRG Whisky 3 and Bergara primer. I've got about 5k in that gun but my wife savage axis 2 is just as accurate the action may suck but she loves it. If price and weight is the only thing you care about get a Ruger America they don't always feed. Also the Ruger America don't have a lot of after market support like the R700/Savage. If you happen to find a bottom release savage action 110 I have a new stock I would give you came off a 110 XP.
The Ruger American gen 1 is definitely off the table. I have heard that they are quite accurate, but, like you said, I've also heard about the feeding problems. The jury is still out on the Gen II.
I do care about the action. The smoothness is important to me, but most actions can be smoothed up. Most important of course is reliability in feeding and extraction, followed by accuracy.
To answer your question, I haven't really settled on a budget yet, but I can't go overboard since I'm kind of "gunned out" this year already.
It'd be nice to have an accurized barreled action with the smoothness of a Krag Jorgensen and the reliability I've always had from a Ruger M77 action.
I might have to open up a little bit and start looking at the Tikkas and some others.
And I might just revisit my options with the Ruger M77. I don't often hear "Ruger M77" and "utmost accuracy" in the same sentence, but you never know.
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Very nice!
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Well I don't know if I know you, but HOWDY
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Right now I'm running a Ruger Gunsite Scout in .308. It has the 16" barrel on it with a Leupold Scout scope. If it had the 18" barrel I probably wouldn't be looking around because I love the Ruger M77 action. I'm thinking about finding a .308 bolt gun in a longer barrel length that still uses the AICS pattern magazines. Something reasonable. .308 is not exactly a barrel burner, so I want a little more barrel length for the sake of velocity. I love the scout in the woods, but I'd like to be able to do a little longer range target shooting at some point, although any rifle will have to do double duty for target shooting and primarily for hunting.
I've been looking at the Bergara rifles, but a lot of them are too heavy for lugging around in the woods all day, or too expensive, or both. I've been eying the new Remington 700 Magpul Enhanced, but I don't know if Remington's quality has climbed back up out of the gutter or not. I've also been checking out the Savage 110 Tactical. And, somebody recommended the Ruger American Gen II, but I have yet to handle one.
I wish there was such a thing as a highly accurate rifle with a medium contour fluted barrel with backup iron sights on it (cause I'm old fashioned), but dreams don't often come true.
I'm sticking with .308, or maybe .30-06, because I don't want to have to go through the trouble and expense of re-tooling everything for a different caliber. Otherwise I would LOVE to go back to a .270.
Any suggestions?
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On 3/5/2024 at 2:23 PM, itw69fxst said:
Wow, aint that shiny and purty - GLWS
Yeah I'm probably going to feel like a doofus if I go through with this.
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Reliable Effective 9mm Carry Ammo?
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Exactly right on handgun calibers being a compromise for defense. But it's what we have because it's difficult to carry a full size rifle or shotgun in a holster. So we do our best. Hard to go wrong with the brands mentioned. My boys and I run Critical Duty 135+P, Federal HST 124+P and Gold Dot 124+P. There's other good choices too. I don't know if there really is a "best" one.