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You've got to do what makes you happy. IME if I settled for less or cut corners on a project I could never be fully happy with it, even if it shot good. The thought is always creeping that "it's nice, but not exactly what I wanted." Get what you want regardless of the price or what you have to sell or save up to get. You'll never regret it that way or look back and wonder... and in the end it's actually cheaper to buy the more expensive thing first instead of stopping for the cheaper stuff along the way and buying and losing money on it as you buy and try and buy and try. It only hurts to lay the money out, but that rifle will remain long after you forgot what you paid for it. Just my 2 cents.......

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nsaqam,
Nothing wrong with getting yourself a really pretty walnut stock for your KS. You could switch stocks based on the type of hunting on the menu and your mood. I've kicked around the same idea for a couple of my rifles.


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Originally Posted by jim62
Even though they are a fine rifles,a couple of problems with the Coopers for what you need.

1st- the m52- their long action bolt repeater is HEAVY. It was about 8lbs+ sans scope.

2nd- Due to their three lug bolts and steep cocking nothc ramps-the cocking effeort on Coopers is rough for shots from the shoulder. The bolt sure don't work like m700 from the shoulder .

3rd. To get TRULY high grade wood on any Cooper you are looking at sending them 600-$1,000 JUST for the wood upgrade on standard Classic.

I would buy the blank from a good vendor for about $500 or so and then send it to Cooper. They charge a handling fee of $100 for your wood. Most dealers discount that a bit. It is worht it as you can inspect/approve the blanks before it is milled into your stock.

For a Cooper as you are wanting -you are looking at about $2,500 +

$1,500 to $2,000 would build one HELL of a walnut stock for any m700 if it was made by a reasonable smith like Dennis Olson of Montana.


Jim 62 hit the nail right on the head on all counts! I have two coopers and both are wonderfully accurate, just a sight to behold and shoot very well. But they are heavy, bolt lift sucks compared to even my rugers with after market triggers, let alone my rem's and savages. As for accuracy, well they are not better then my other rifles mentioned. And yes, buy a nice stock blank and put it on you favorite stick and save some bucks.





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Originally Posted by JohnMoses
You misundertsand.

It shot so good that others at the range were throwing money at me, begging to buy it for 3,4,5 times what I paid... whistle

I was tempted to sell.


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Originally Posted by sambo3006
nsaqam,
Nothing wrong with getting yourself a really pretty walnut stock for your KS. You could switch stocks based on the type of hunting on the menu and your mood. I've kicked around the same idea for a couple of my rifles.


Yes, I'm leaning heavily in that direction right now.

I think the barrel contour is just about perfect on the KS, it's accurate, fast, lively, and reliable.

A sweet high grade walnut stock for the KS is sounding pretty good.


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Originally Posted by ingwe
Originally Posted by JohnMoses
You misundertsand.

It shot so good that others at the range were throwing money at me, begging to buy it for 3,4,5 times what I paid... whistle

I was tempted to sell.


Yep...and I have a goose that lays golden eggs out in a coop in the back...
Lee24 did the genetic work on it..

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also NO Coopers are too heavy and overrated. Get a NULA.


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Not me!

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Originally Posted by jimmyp
Get a NULA.


NULA won't whittle me a stock out of high grade walnut.

Got a nice light rifle with a great Kevlar stock, want a killer walnut stocked rifle.


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Get a custom stockmaker to whittle what you want on "your" choice of rifle.

They do things like that.


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That is the path I'm likely to take as I mentioned above.


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At the end of the day, do what YOU want. I think that sometimes we spend too much time soliciting the opinions of, and trying to impress, a bunch of guys on the internet. Figure out what will blow your hair back, and do that.


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The problem is that I have no experience with Cooper rifles and was looking to hear what folks who had them thought about them before I made any decisions.


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Hey, I'm not knocking that.

I'm saving my pennies right now for a Custom Classic 22LR. And I have never seen one either! grin


Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!

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The Classics sure do have eye appeal!


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Not after Cooper himself contributed to the Obama campaign for Prez.


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You might just wanna check out the level of involvement Dan Cooper has with the company today. Just a thought...


Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!

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Get Canyon Creek to do your walnut. It will have the look and feel (somewhat) of the Cooper in the rifle you already own. Get a Pelican case and package the rifle and both stocks and you are ready to go anywhere and hunt, rain or shine.

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