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Over the last about 20 years I've been on here you've probably influenced people's list more than anyone. You pointed me to the montana 7wsm waters years ago so when I found one maybe 12 years back I knew to drink it up. It's still a favorite.

I've also put a lot of rounds through my faux ti 223ai you pointed me towards in maybe 2006 or so. I haven't shot out the little 21" 3 groove 8 twist pacnor yet. I wish the guy in Ohio who chambered it for about $85 was still doing the work. He was it&d or id&t or something but did good quick work at a great price.

I need to try another pacnor. Haven't used bought one since before the fire. I wonder have the 8400 wsm duplicate programmed into their new cnc lathe. I have a 270 wsm that needs fixed with a slightly bigger bored 8 twist.

Bb

I've got one or two of everything I want and plenty of money to buy more. But I'm smarter now and really want more time to hunt and shoot, not more crap piled in the corner.

A 6.5x54 Mannlicher–Schönauer.


Like this

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1020421092

I really like that one, except for not having the scope mounts

I just bought a 7-08. It's a Ruger American compact. Got it from the local Sportsmans Warehouse. I don't really have a need for it but thought it had that "cool" factor going for it. I made some brass for it from .308 brass a couple of years ago. Long before I bought the gun. I have some bullets but I need a scope and it will be shootable.

kwg

Ruger M77 Zytel "Boat Paddle" in 260 Rem. Or M77 All Weather Stainless in .280 Rem.

I'm a right-hander who shoots left-handed. I also have a nostalgic fondness for some of the classic calibers many of which were never made commercially in left-handed rifles. So I often have to wait for the rare rebarreled 70, 77 or 700 that comes in a caliber I'm interested in to pop up on an auction site. It's easy to find left-handed 6.5CM, 30-06, 7mm RM or 300 WM. It's close to impossible to find a 257 Roberts, a 300 H&H Magnum or a 35 Whelen. If I really want one, it'll probably be up to me to have one made.

Some other rare rifles are left-handed centerfire Kimbers. A left-handed Sako or Steyr with a stutzen/mannlicher stock is pretty uncommon. It's hard to find a nice Winchester 1895 in .303 British at an affordable price (one sold at RIA this past weekend for $4,700). If I do find one, it's usually in Canada. I saw a LH Husqvarna in 25-06 once that I regret not buying since I've never seen another one like it. I've only seen one of the Browning BLR's in 25-06 that were made in a special run of 150 for Kones Korner. I let a Ruger #1 in .404 Jeffery slip through my fingers which would have been fun to own. Finding a nice upland SxS shotgun in 28 or 20 gauge that I really like with a neutral cast or cast on for a LH shooter can be a challenge.

The problem is there's simply not enough money & space to buy them all so it has gotten a lot easier to pass on new purchases since I fortunately have everything I need.

Hopefully, some of you fellas can help each other out.


Some nice wish list on here for sure.

A Holland and Holland double rifle at a garage sale for $500. That unicorn has been quite elusive for me so far

There’s a montana currently on GB:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1022668461

I have wanted a M700 Ti for quite some time and ran into one (270 Win) fairly priced a bit ago at Bass Pro of all places. The only used firearm in the store.

Need a Tradewinds Trigger, made by Timney, for a Husqvarna 1640 (JC Higgins 51-L).

I'm still hanging on to both my KS, 280 and 30-06, both unfired but blued. I will probably turn them loose in the not too distant future but not right now.

I could kick myself square in the butt for passing on the Whitakers deals when they had them. So dumb...

Live and learn I guess. I'll find one eventually.

I walked into an art store yesterday and came across a rack of old rifles in the back of the store. Mostly they were Winchesters. They had 2 64's, one a rifle in 30/30 and one a carbine in 32 Special. They had a couple of 348's and some others I didn't look at. They had a Winchester pre 64 in 243 Win and a Ruger #1 international in 7mm. They had several old shotguns at least one was a Parker DHE 12 ga.

It looked like they had bought an estate. Must have been 20 to 25 firearms. Normally I would have gone over everything in detail, but just couldn't seem to get interested. I went to the Dr today....Said I was ok, but I'm not sure.

A Marlin 62 .30 Carbine.
A Remington 14 1/2 in .38-40 or .44-40.
A Parker Hale 1861 Naval Rifle .577

Guess I'm getting boring as I get older. As of now there's nothing really on my list. Not that there's not plenty of rifles that I think are really neat that I don't have, just that it doesn't mean much to me at this point. I should get rid of some that I have, but I know I got enough I don't need to add more.

Just looking forward to enjoying what I like to shoot, even more.

This!!

Remington 700 classic in 220 swift when I was a kid the neighbor had one and he always told me that the swift was "the king of coyote calibers" and that stuck with me

Mid/Late 70s 700 BDL Varmint Special.

6mm Remington.