Originally Posted by battue
...So lets say all of a sudden you have to live off a rifle on a daily basis or you have to guide for a living...You do have to have a dependable rifle that will take the mud, rain and snow as part of its check off sheet. You shoot mainly plus sized animals and not 1in squares. You only have one or two rifles and they must work when you call on them...

Proven factory offering that will sprint or slog to the finish, or unknown test dummy that has no longterm down and dirty track record?...


1--Pre '64 M70, .30-06

2--Sako 75 .260 Rem.

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