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I remain amazed that there can be a seven year pause in a thread and then it starts up again without missing a beat 
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Me too.
It also amazes me that anyone would pay a premium price for a 284 to hunt with, particularly if he/she was going to shoot the Winchester/Olin 150 grain factory load that has exactly the same performance specs as the much less expensive and much more common 308.
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Some folks don't like to be lumped into that category.
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The 308 is practical. The 284 is cool.You should never confuse the two. 
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"
~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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Interesting that the OP has over 1400 posts and this one was his very first post (in 2005). I see he hasn't posted anywhere on the campfire for the last six months. I wonder if he still has the rifle?
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I'm thinking that he didn't like the responses to several of his posts here as it seemed that he didn't have what he thought he had. I could well be wrong. I've been known to leap out with an opinion before I've perused all the facts.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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This is not a place to hang out if you don't have the skin thickness of a big northern salty & a somewhat twisted sense of humour LOL
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This is not a place to hang out if you don't have the skin thickness of a big northern salty & a somewhat twisted sense of humour LOL
Johno
I've got to agree with you on that, Johno. Hey, what's this - agreement on this site 
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Hey, what's this - agreement on this site Hey, it could happen. Not likely but it could happen. 
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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Probably because of the Transit of Venus across the sun, which also generated a fresh uprising of zombies- or so I'm told.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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Probably because of the Transit of Venus across the sun, which also generated a fresh uprising of zombies- or so I'm told. *************************************************** Zombies?!?!?!?!?  (YIKES!!!)
Who da THUNK it !~!~!
It's smart to hang around old guys 'cause they know lotsa stuff...
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Everyone watch their face!
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Nah George, the boltman is in total disagreement with me, he's just funnin you
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To tie it altogether, zombies pretend to agree with you just to lure you close enough to eat your face. The guys around here will be the last to have their faces eaten.
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Clearly we are both bored, I think we should run another off topic thread to 16 pages again mate, that was fun
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Johno - I just sent a check off for these three Ross MkII** military style commerical target rifles equipped with some fancy and intricate receiver sights. Man, I wonder what General Stuart would say about the thread he started seven years ago! Zombies, Ross rifles, what's next :0 ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/steve004/Untitled.jpg)
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By the way, I debated on posting these rifles on the Savage campfire... because... well, they're not Savage rifles. Then I realized this is the perfect thread for them
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Could'nt agree more, the perfect thread for it.
Some very nice additions to the collection mate, guess you will be advertising some 99s soon.
Remember to use the classified section though, you can give a heads up here but that's it LOL
This is going to fun. Locked in with flood waters, to cold to play in the shed. Bring it on
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Johno - I just sent a check off for these three Ross MkII** military style commerical target rifles equipped with some fancy and intricate receiver sights. Man, I wonder what General Stuart would say about the thread he started seven years ago! Zombies, Ross rifles, what's next :0 Those are some interesting sights. I see the top and bottom ones are made by BSA. Were they specific to the Ross, or were they adapted to the Ross from something else. Interesting also is how they combined a vernier scale with a receiver sight. The middle one is a total mystery to me. Parker-Hale?
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
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Middle one is a Westley-Richards. Ross didn't ship target rifles with sights - he had the European attitude that it would be coarse to presume what sights the target shooter would want. It is quite the matter of individual preference. The other two sights - British Parker Model G mounted on a BSA base; BSA 9-A mounted on a BSA Ross base. The eye-cup has a rotating eyepiece by BSA with six different aperatures in it.
Hang in there Johno - I sure hope those flood waters don't flush those damn zombies out :0
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