Well, I don't see many in the woods either, but I tote one almost every year and make meat with it pretty much every year, I think that keeps me out of the poser class, but I might be a bit of an elitist. cool

The rifles carry well and come to the shoulder easily, at least for me. Also in spite of what you may hear most are plenty accurate for most hunting, especially the ones made in the last 20 years or so. Some are exceptional, hopefully DF will post his .277 O'Connor targets.

I don't know about the guy with a recoil pad, maybe he was shooting a 300 magnum or bigger? I've only used 7x57, .243, .257 Bob, .223 and .22 Hornet, no recoil problems there.



And besides, there is a lot of cool factor:

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"Jimmy, some of it's magic,
Some of it's tragic,
But I had a good life all the way."
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