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Moly. Yes some still use it but it was touted as the thing for all. Now not so much.
Any other fads? Lets hear of them.
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Short Magnums ( except the .300)
SAUMs
" Compact" magnums�.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Remington Accelerators...  .. Although some of you whipper snappers probably never got to shoot any..
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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My diploma is a DD214
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Remington's Model 700 EtronX Buck Roger's specials.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Some came and went, and then came back again. I have an old 2.5x Noske scope that from what I've been able to figure out was made in the 1940's. The elevation dial supposedly goes out to 800 yards with 150-grain .270 Winchester loads. Bushnell brought out a similar deal, but with different dials you could use for various cartridges, in the late 1970's. Both of those disappeared, but guess what....
I shot a bunch of .30-06 Remington Accelerators back in the day, a lot on running jackrabbits from a Remington 760. Also shot quite a few prairie dogs with a .220 Swift ETronix 700, and after a few shots you COULD tell it had a quicker lock time. Think I still have a box of the ammo in my collection, but the rifle was a loaner.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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Rem 700 TI 
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Argyle socks and 22LR ammo.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Guess I didn't get the memo, as I'm not planning to give up my SAUM-chambered Model 7 anytime soon. I also run moly in it...... (grin)
One fad I don't quite get is putting all these expensive weather-resistant coatings on factory guns, when their bores are still made of CM steel.
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I don't get fast twist 22's either and I really don't get fluted barrels.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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I only buy things in camo with the Bone Collector emblem.
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The blue Barnes XLC.......
The 30 TC although it never really got started so might not qualify.
The 308 Marlin Express.
Gerry.
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A "fad" that has come but has not gone yet. Is the Berger hunting bullet fad. It is yet to be seen as to if it fades down to a dull roar (or whisper) or not. My prediction is that in a few years the popularity will fade.
No need to tell me how wrong I am time will tell the story. And I have been wrong before.
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I sent a few Accelerators down a barrel back in the day... One fad that never quite arrived: caseless ammo. There was quite a bit of hype at one time, IIRC.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
make it a hole to remember.
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Mullets and the 7 em-em mag are still the rage here in Kentucky. Time marches on, but everything remains the same. Fads don't exist....
Just last week I saw a gun rack in the back window of a truck...with a 700 BDL....see thru's....and a Simms barrel thingy. Honest to God....fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view. The truck had been camo painted as well.
It makes me smile to call this place home.
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Fads hhhmm lets see... 30-378, 300rum, 7stw, 376 steyr, 458 lott, 416ruger
Rifles hawkeye alaskan (ugly ass rifle)
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Walnut and polished blued steel.
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I've never understood why trounds didn't change the world as we know it...
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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30-378s Rock 
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