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I have 5 Browning 71s right now. 4 of them have the same serial number "sequence" and are NIB. The other is mint but gets rounds down the tube. 
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I'm Irish...
Of course I know how to patch drywall
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i have two identical steyr sbs tactical 20" 308's. one is handpainted woodland camo with a zeiss 4.4-14x44 and the other is in prohunter grey stock with a Leupold 2.5-8x36.
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I thought everybody had two of everything. Well, mine are not exact copies. I usually do one in blued/wood for nice days and one in stainless/synthetic for bad weather. I guess I may not be "normal", but I'm looney enough for the campfire.
"An open message for all Democrats; "Look you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable."
Isaiah 41:24 (HCSB)
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I now have 4 .338-06 rifles. . . . does that count?
If you want to anger a conservative, 'Lie to him'; if you want to anger a liberal, 'Tell him the truth'!
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I always assumed that all serious hunters had an exact duplicate rifle as a backup. Same rifle, scope, ammo, etc.
Less is foolish; more is frivolous.
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I have an FN M98 .270 AI with a thumbhole stock, and Redfield 2x-7x, and an FN 7x57 with fiberglass, thumbhole, Mannlicher, and a 2 1/2x Weaver. does that count?
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A guy I hunted with for many years had a pair of BSA Majestics in 30-06.
He bought them at the same time in the 60's and they had consecutive serial numbers. He scoped one and left the irons on the second.
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I always assumed that all serious hunters had an exact duplicate rifle as a backup. Same rifle, scope, ammo, etc.
Less is foolish; more is frivolous. Amen.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Bob!!! WTF!!!!! Are you telling me that two matched pairs of P-64 Mod. 70s, in good synthetics, good "peep" sights and Talley QDs with Leupies are FRIVOLOUS????? Have you gone LIBERAL on us?! Geez, I see NO "frivolity" in owning/using 2-4 PAIRS of carefully tuned, scoped matched rifles, especially in .338WM and .280Rem. as EVERYONE KNOWS these are THE BEST for serious hunting in North America! Bob, old son, I am WORRIED about ya, boy, perhaps a visit to BC next year will get your head back where it should be, eh!
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Have you ever bought a duplicate rifle, same model and caliber? I have a rifle that I like so much that I am thinking of buying another in the same exact caliber. I guess they would be my twins. Two Steyr Forresters Safe Bolts, one each in .260/6.5x55 ![[Linked Image]](http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s33/orangeokie/Guns/pix441435437.jpg) The 6.5x55 is in blue.
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I had at one time 3 M70 Classic FWT rifles in .30-06. One blued in the original wood, one blued in a McMillan FWT stock and one that was just a SS barreled action. Bought a Hunters Edge off the classifieds and dropped the SS barreled action in it and sold the rest off.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/WFR11B/SmithWesson/RemJun07023.jpg) Only one of these remains. Have had many duplicates over the years but sold almost all of them.
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(2) H&R Handi (2) Encores in 35 Whelen. One I use, the other three are loaners/backup during Miss. primitive season when my New England friends come down to hunt.
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Bob!!! WTF!!!!! Are you telling me that two matched pairs of P-64 Mod. 70s, in good synthetics, good "peep" sights and Talley QDs with Leupies are FRIVOLOUS????? Have you gone LIBERAL on us?! Geez, I see NO "frivolity" in owning/using 2-4 PAIRS of carefully tuned, scoped matched rifles, especially in .338WM and .280Rem. as EVERYONE KNOWS these are THE BEST for serious hunting in North America! Bob, old son, I am WORRIED about ya, boy, perhaps a visit to BC next year will get your head back where it should be, eh! Kutenay I was agreeing with DD on the matched pair idea.... If a guy wants to be frivilous,well thats OK. I have three 270's right now. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Though we have a handful of different calibers; all the kids and I have in BG rifles are pre 64 M70s of some type. Find what you like and stick with it..... I guess we're pretty boring.
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Your boring is pretty slick Randy. Great rigs you have setup. I'd take one in 270 and one in 9.3x62 and call it good.
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I've never set out to buy a duplicate rifle but I've ended up with quite a few. Of the dupes I've got, few of them will get the same results with the same ammo. They each need a accuracy work up for them alone.
An example: I have 2 22-250's. Same model, same trigger pull, etc. One prefers the 52gr SMK, the other likes the 53gr SMK. And each likes a slightly different dose of H380 to do its best work.
Aim for the exit hole.
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Have you ever bought a duplicate rifle, same model and caliber? I have a rifle that I like so much that I am thinking of buying another in the same exact caliber... You have to know when it is time to quit shopping.
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
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