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Nope. Shoule be about the same price. The thing is that you already have a 7mm. If it shoots good, and probably does, you already know what you've got. After you've spent a ton of money rebarreling it, you have no guarantee the new barrel will shoot as good as the factory barrel.

Take your money and buy some inexpensive reloading equipment. The 7mm Mag will do anything you can do with a 308.

I saw a guy get his tool box and tools repossed at our maintenance garage. He had more than 25k in tools, and pretty much all he dose is oil changes and brake jobs. I"m no mechanic, but I could do that with little more than a 4 way wrench and a pair of pliers. As far as the teacher whining, I heard it no stop the entire time I went to school. I'm sure you did as well. If anyone sat through that, decided to become a teacher, and now whines, they probably rode the short bus. I don't mind paying fees (provided I know what they are for), but I'll stage a revolt before I sell one damned thing for a fundraiser!!! I once asked a teacher what the money was being raised for when solicited for one particular fundraiser, and she actually had no idea. If it's so important, perhaps the teachers should spend part of the summer selling this various cr@p. Or better yet, get the teachers' union to lobby for better classroom funding rather than for less work and more money.

You just answered your own question.

Different cases, different rim diameters. You'd need a new bolt, new magazine, and new barrel. Best to trade rifles.

David, Are you planning to be at the next Hendersonville show? I believe it's August 25, 26.

Silly laws the TWRA foists upon us. I like to shoot squirrels with a 22 Hornet, or 218 Bee. Neither of which are any great advantage to a 22 or 17 magnum, but it's illegal. Makes no sense, but illegal indeed.

I actually like my mini. I'm an odd sort of fellow though. Heck, you could always get one of each.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/roseanne-barr-is-presidential-hopeful-1697375.story There are better options than Obama or Romney. Not sure this it it, however.

Funny how the very people who preach tolerence rarely have any for views that oppose theirs.

I'm not a fan of most teachers, but the last thing they need is the distraction of cell phones. If there is an emergency, all the teachers will have cell phones, as well as the school's landline. If you think your child will keep it turned off as he's supposed to, you have way more faith in him than I do mine. I'd suggest you take this opportunity to teach him about obeying rules. If it's that big a deal to you, consider homeschooling him.

I'm not condoning what he did, but you know it was fun! A few years back, I was working on highway 70 in Lebanon. One weekend at the intersection of 70 & 109, someone managed to start a Cat rear dump, and ran over a bunch of cars in a body shop parking lot. To my knowledge, they never were caught. They sure did a lot of damage.

It is a quality gun, and will appreciate in value as time goes on. It isn't, however, a rare gun, and won't appreciate at a rate any faster than other common quality guns. If you bought it to use, use it. That is why they were made after all.

Yes. Racking the slide cocks the hammer on the Savage. You are correct on your assessment as far as I can tell. I feel there are safer carry guns than the Savage. Here is my 1917. The 1915 Savage was hammerless, and more rare than the 1907 or 1917. I haven't scored one....yet.

Thanks. I picked up a 1917 Savage a while back. I'll have to get a pic of it before long.

I stand corrected. It appears it does have a floating firing pin. I suppose MacGyver is correct about it being safe to carry hammer down. It has been quite some time since I tore mine apart to clean it. I had in my mind that the firing pin was attached to the hammer via some sort of linkage. My memory isn't what it used to be. Sorry for the bad info. The gun shoots great. You'd like one. http://www.vintagepi...7/exploded.html Mine may just have a weak spring, but the safety doesn't seem very positively engaged. It would be easy to inadvertantly jar it into the fire position. If you're looking for a good retro carry gun, I'd suggest you take a look at a 51 Remington. They feel great in the hand, and couldn't be thinner.

With the hammer down, the best I can tell the firing pin rests on the primer. It has a manual safety that when engaged is easily disengaged. There are no further safety features that I'm aware of, i.e. grip safety, rebounding hammer, double action trigger, etc.

I noticed last night that the gunbuster sign on the front door of our local theater has been recently removed! Way to go, Lafayette Cinema. Admission is also $5 for adults, and $3 for kids.

No reproductions that I'm aware of. Get an original and carry it if you want. The way they are designed makes me feel they aren't really safe to carry with one in the chamber, however. An original is common, and not all that expensive. You won't be the only guy packing one.

I'm pretty sure name calling isn't looked upon very highly on this forum. You wouldn't talk this way to someone face to face. Grow up.

Those are good quality commercial mauser action rifles, made in Yugoslovia. I wish we could still import them. I've yet to shoot one that wasn't amazingly accurate. Good buy!!!

Absolutely! I will not support the Republican party until they present a decent candidate, and not "some guy who isn't Obama".

I have an LCP, and for what it is, I love it. I was so excited when I heard the announcement of the LC9. I saw one at the gun store, and laid it back in the case. Why the h3ll did they put a safety on it??!!? An upsized version of the LCP that would chamber 9mm Luger would have been great. Why change anything else about it?

A true conservative wouldn't vote for Romney. This " a vote for anybody but my guy is a vote for evil satan" is truly getting old. You could also say that anyone who doesn't vote for Obama is a vote for Romney. Does that make you feel better?

I'd suggest buying a mil surp m1. I feel they'll hold their value better than a newer production one. There's also something inspiring about holding a piece of history and wondering where all it has been. I have a couple, a well used Winchester, and a pretty nice Inland. They both shoot and function great. The way they are built, I can't see much that could be wrong with one you wouldn't notice with a cursory glance, i.e. broken wood, missing parts, pitted bore, etc.