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Pretty wood, but dang, look at what this thing went for!! https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1019860396
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Yes it is pretty but, for that coin, I'll happily keep my push feed Featherweight and rejoice.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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Holy Crap! But you've already got the ultimate 7x57...The Ingwe Special! 
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I had a shot show special , but the wood was nowhere near that quality.
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Very attractive figure. Hope they reinforced the wrist area.
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That wood is pretty amazing.
I still can’t believe what it went for though.
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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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Rather have a 270, 280 or 7mm Rem Mag
Regards,
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not?
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i'm all for the 7x57, i got three of them, but i ain't paying no $4000 and some dollars!!!
"Russia sucks."
---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".
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It's a beauty, that's for sure. I'd never pay that kind of coin for a rifle. I'd never take it outside the house.
I'd have to sell a guitar to pay for it and that ain't happening.
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Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not? Amen.
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A man told me years ago that the definition of a good deal was "That if the buyer was happy with what he paid and the seller was happy with how much he got, it was a good deal".
Anything else wasn't any ones business.
Made sense to me.
"Aim right, squeeze light"
" Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not"
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Yes it is pretty but, for that coin, I'll happily keep my push feed Featherweight and rejoice. Yup! You and me both. PJ
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them.
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Another safe-queen that will never be hunted. My M70 XTR fwt push-feed with VXRRR 2-8 has been (2 caribou) and will be again, even with so-so accuracy (working on that).
Last edited by las; 12/01/23.
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I don't think the price is out of line, given the (apparent) build quality and the spectacular wood. If I had the money to spend and it were waved in front of me for that price, I'd be sorely tempted. No rifle (or shotgun) is too nice to hunt with, so I would hunt with it. I don't beat my guns up hunting with them but after a few years most of them would never pass for NIB. I would tend to be a bit more careful in handling this rifle in the field, and that would detract somewhat from the hunting experience.
Most of the wear and tear, dents and dings on rifles and shotguns is careless handling in and out of vehicles, gun safes, closets or whatever, that and putting them down in stupid places or under questionable circumstances.
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Very attractive figure. Hope they reinforced the wrist area. This...
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I wonder if it’s accurate?
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