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Down to my lowly 270 and 243 with a 223 for schits and giggles..
I turned in my looney card so I won't embarrass the fine 24 HR members here. Also got vaccinated against Creedfever, though I have a spare 6x42 and Talleys sitting in the box. I think I'll hang them on the tree as ghosts of Christmas past....
Merry Creedmas...
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A lot of us need do the same. I have a Matched pair of old Browning Safari rifles (small ring Mauser) in 308 and 243. Long ago I decided these two would do anything that I am likely to do, but one 223 would make a nice kicker. I have three to choose from.
That way I could sell about twenty center fire rifles and simplify my life. Why not? Well, it seems guns are a bit soft right now. Wait until the next socialist is elected.
Jack
"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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Your "purge" will remain safe until the virus changes its genetic structure and again you will be afflicted with night sweats and lost sleep.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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ha ha ha I'm with Jack!
I could probably get down to my .308 Adirondack and a .22LR but I can't figure out which of my other guns to get rid of... they are all good shooters, better lookers, or have good stories. And I've been good at inventing "roles" for them all to play...
such is life...
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Also got vaccinated against Creedfever. Sensible.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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Down to my lowly 270 and 243 with a 223 for schits and giggles..
I turned in my looney card so I won't embarrass the fine 24 HR members here. Also got vaccinated against Creedfever, though I have a spare 6x42 and Talleys sitting in the box. I think I'll hang them on the tree as ghosts of Christmas past....
Merry Creedmas... Congratulations!!! I am still downsizing to a sensible battery too. I will have to turn in my loony card as well. I am down to my 204, 221, 223, and a 6.5 Creedmoor. I have embraced the fact that I am a varmint hunter. I caught the Creedfever... but I don't regret it.
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That's a perfect battery for here in MT... but I've given up on the idea of perfection as it relates to anything rifle. Were I to pare down it would still be a pair of 308's and a 22lr.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Now earn some Huntin' Loony credits by taking those rifles hunting for a new critter or an old critter in a new place!
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What is "sensible" in terms of battery size and make up. I'd love to decrease the number who live in my safe but can't determine who goes first...
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
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Just as well ditch the 243 while you're at it. 223 covers the light bullet loads, as well as 75-80s for decent long range fun. The 270 loaded down or with 6.8 bullets covers the heavy 243 end, with 145 eld-xs, 170 Bergers, or swaged down 162 amaxs to cover the really long range stuff, plus good old 130-150 grain hunting bullets for general use..
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16 bore I feel bad for you... With all the cash your purge generated what kind of rubber dogshit did your old lady spend it on? Purge=Perversion? MB
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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I too made the purge several years ago. Giving away rifles to my children or selling rifles to purchase one to fit their needs. I'm down with to a custom 7mm RM, custom 7mm-08 and a .223. Very happy and the children are too.
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I'm down to bare minimum with a .300 Holland, a.300 Winchester, 2x 30-06s,a .308, .300 Savage, .260, 2506, .243, .222, 17 Rem, 17 hmr and a dozen or so .22RFs...
Looking seriously to fill the gaps...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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I'm down to bare minimum with a .300 Holland, a.300 Winchester, 2x 30-06s,a .308, .300 Savage, .260, 2506, .243, .222, 17 Rem, 17 hmr and a dozen or so .22RFs...
Looking seriously to fill the gaps... Particularly between the .243, the 25-06, and the .260...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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When reality rears it's ugly head, the Savage and the 25-06 still get out some, but I'm doing it mostly with rimfires and the .222 these days.
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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Here's my Big Stick style reply since Rick may restrict me to one post a day now:
Jt- rifles are soft as schit
'Whoop- there's got to be a cure. I'll start a go fund me page
Duct- I called an audible and it was easy.
Theo- like a flu shot, only free'er
Brad- still like your 270 Montana best
Pointer- yes sir!
OSU - it gets easier after the first one
Goat - you couldn't pay me to hand load and the 243 is referred to as "The Hot Momma Rifle" (hint)
Mag Bob- I'm helping put my attorneys kids through college (hint)
rdd- glad I could join the club
Good talk, not hard to decipher those that shoot and those that don't.
Laffin (added for effect)
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Since I'm now laying rifles in the corners of the house because the safe is full. I should probably do the same. I have sensible rifles that make sense for the most part and don't really want to get rid of them though.
I could dump the .35 Rem 760 since I have a .35 Whelen 7600. And maybe the M70 Extreme Weather that I've never carried, but that one makes the most sense to keep! My Mauser is my favorite and not going any where. I'd probably keep that over all the others.
Camp is where you make it.
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'bore,
is it "cipher" or "decipher"????
Film at 11
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD
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it ain't real til he names one of the remaining rifles "The Precious"...
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243 - Hot Momma Rifle
270 - Chicken Licken
223- Tikkalicious
Licking windows and laffin......
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