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I hunted with a guy who slathered everything up with petroleum jelly if he thought it would rain. I kid you not. Packed into the barrel channel and action mortise, and a healthy rub down on the wood. Funny thing was one year I gave him a big jar of it for Christmas, as a continuation of my running jab at him for doing that. His wife saw it, took it a completely wrong way and put me on her sh*t list for a long time thereafter.

LOL, Damn, let no good deed go unpunished.

gnoahhh

That's TOOO funny.

Jerry

Not winning the lottery so that I can buy a 94 Winchester with studs, a fluted barrel (including the muzzle brake), See-thru mounts, and a huge Vortex tactical scope.

And wouldn't.

Whining SOB's on my deer lease.

Which one?
The current one illustrates my knee after "between a dock and a hard gunnel during a squall". Didn't break it, but it hurt. Thank God for old tires.

Hearing guys say "Horna-DAY" instead of "Horna-DEE." WTF?

When someone asks, "What's a really good cheap scope"?

Cab, kinda like jumbo shrimp.....an oxymoron!

Things I don't like "coz" are people who dislike stuff based on a narrow minded world view, instead of disliking stuff due to having researched, discussed, tried for themselves.

I didn't say it was necessarily reasonable.

I used to hate millimeter anything, especially the 9X19 and 7 mag, the 7 mag mostly because everyone else had one and bragged on it; oh, and the .243. I have softened up over time and eventually tried them. I had to admit, I now see their point and like them as well.

I love high power rifle scopes, but still hate 50+mm objective lenses.

Like Jim in Idaho said, the overpowering volume of the rock music before, during, and after what's supposed to be a hunting video.

Damn, didn't know what it was, but did know it looked painful ;]

However, I think every man ought to have at least a few things they just don't like. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying we all have these biases. Some of us try to cloak them in thin veils of alleged rationality. Some of us let these things rule them.

Me? 270 WIN. I just can't stand it. It's a relatively benign bias. There are plenty of chamberings this side or that of 270 that I can go my whole life hating it and not have it get in my way. I can throw all my irrationalities on it and leave myself open to a myriad of other possibilities. Besides, it helps to prop up my equally irrational love of the 30-06. I do all my hunting on the east side of the Mississippi, so I'll probably never need to launch one at anything at any distance where a 270 WIN would really matter. If I do, I can pick up a 280 Remington.

1. People shootin' at me.
2. Remington RF ammo
3. CRS syndrome. It makes people forget to take a spare battery with them.

All terrain vehicle for hunting or otherwise on public land.My #1 pet peeve.I predate these machines and before that road hunting was considered lazy.

Altho I differ on the 270........I can understand your feelings 'CAUSE' (not coz) I have similar UNbased and IRrational feelings about MORE than 1 cartridge that many absolutely love.

I probably will not own a 257 Roberts 'cause' people say "the Bob"--YUK ! I don't think Mr. Roberts would appreciate the sentiment.

There are other older cartridges that some are nostalgic about (I understand that) but have been surpassed and left in the dust.

There are ALSO a few newer cartridges I HAVE NO intentions of even trying....because shooting a few grains less powder and a little less recoil means NOTHING to me.

Irrational - probably, but 'just cause'.

Jerry

I shoot a 300 Winchester Magnum....not a 300 Winnie.

Oh, Pooh.