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I have never seen a chrome moly rifle in mississippi more than a year out of the store that wasn't peppered with rust spots. If we all could hunt only Mississippi, you'd have a point. Read the part about stainless working in Mississippi or Montana. It is obvious that a stainless/plastic gun is not used because it looks good, so if looks don't count, who cares about rust spots or scratched stocks?
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I have never seen a chrome moly rifle in mississippi more than a year out of the store that wasn't peppered with rust spots. If we all could hunt only Mississippi, you'd have a point. Read the part about stainless working in Mississippi or Montana. It is obvious that a stainless/plastic gun is not used because it looks good, so if looks don't count, who cares about rust spots or scratched stocks? Who says a stainless/plastic rifle can't look good! I disagree........................................ ![[Linked Image]](http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l529/elkhunter49/d67eb82f-1fb4-42c3-9d7c-5793da5bfa0a_zpsk29ktnix.jpg)
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I mean who on here owns just one rifle? That's pretty boring......  So you have a SS to beat the hell out of on those wicked brutal trips into the deer blinds and save the CM for gawking at the range, right? Hardly.... I had a Goens blue/walnut custom that got so wet from freezing rain that it formed a layer of ice over the entire rifle...hunted a few days like that. I'd toss it in the truck till it thawed, then wipe it down at night. It did fine. OTOH I have watched SS rifles in Alaska bloom rust day after day doing nothing more than sitting in a rifle rack. My 375 H&H pre 64 M70 in Brown stock and CM Krieger did better in daily drenching on salt water and rain,because I cleaned it at night. Of course they will rust if you don't treat them, and SS rifles do better...but blued steel will handle more abuse than you'd think if you give them some TLC.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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An old Sako or Browning Safari in 30-06. The new stuff w/ all the synthetic stocks doesn't get me going at all, though a Kimber 84 Classic Select in 7-08 would be pretty nice. That having been said: Sako-
Have you handled a Cooper or a Patriot/Liberty?
If you have and can live with the stock ergos, then I reckon they're a plausible route.
But if you want to choose a perfect-for-you weight, barrel contour, length, stock style, LOP, color etc., you can build a rifle off of an OEM action for less than the price of a new Cooper - and it'll have a mucho better stock (McMillan for example) and be uniquely yours - exactly to your specs.
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If not new Melvin, used Melvin. There's a nice NULA tuned CLR in the classified in .270. I'm getting an itch ..... buy it so I don't get myself into trouble 
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I shoot rifles LH ... fortunately!
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CLR or early Forbes 24b sent to Melvin for a tune up and /or rebarrel. I did the CLR with great results. Just sent him the Forbes for a 280ackley in #2 Douglas.
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Do you have a picture of either of those Brownings? I thought all the Brownings for short rounds were Sakos, but I found some listed as small-rings, including a .220 and a .250. I'm wondering if they're Huskys. http://customshopinc.com/product-category/rifles/browning/Before clicking that link be sure to don your drool bucket.
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