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recall last post, I'm not a troller, sorry.
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8mmwapiti: I don't consider "Moly" to be a fad!
I still use and appreciate it in several of my Varmint/target Rifles.
Hold into the wind
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Maybe I just haven't been seeing them, but the barrel harmonic resonator rubber thing-a-majigs used to be a big thing. Recently, went into LGS, and saw one rifle in the whole place with one on it. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.limbsaver.com/store/images/P/Barrel-Desesonator.jpg)
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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.
That is FUNNY!  John
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Ruger Boat paddle stocks.... Thank GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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45 Win mag
9mm win mag
445 magnum and the list goes on and on.....
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I only buy things in camo with the Bone Collector emblem. Oh yeah we're in the brotherhood (fist bump). 
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30-30 accelerators... That might date me Rugers boat paddle rifle stock.... That was a happy passing Marlin firearms mostly Marlins lever action, That was a heart breaker. Curly copper pipe elk bugles. Oh, the memories  My Youth. 
happiness is elbow deep in elk guts.
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I contributed early to this thread and thought I was done, but now must make a new comment: Many posters apparently don't know what a "fad" is. It's something that becomes very popular quickly, then just as quickly fades away.
Some people did provide examples of true fads:
Pointy bras
Hula hoops
RUM's
Some people disagreed with these, because they still own/use them--a classic "example of one," which means jack-squat. Just because YOU still own something (say an Edsel) doesn't mean it was ever really popular.
There were justifications, at the time, for some of the products mentioned. That's why people who never learned about better. later solutions use:
Moly
See-Through Mounts
Foul-Out
Many things posted were NEVER popular, but were promoted heavily, so a lot of people heard about them. That doesn't mean enough people actually spent money on 'em to qualify as a fad:
Butt-Out
Cryo treatment
WSSM's
Now carry on.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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I only buy things in camo with the Bone Collector emblem. Oh yeah we're in the brotherhood (fist bump). Should really have a #9 on them as well.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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A ha! But now out for your enjoyment is the new and improved Butt Out 2!!!The new stopper tells you when you're deep enough! ![[Linked Image]](http://www.skinnymoose.com/stabley/files/2009/08/The-Butt-Out-2-From-Hunters-Specialties.jpg)
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Wow!
The first and only time I've seen a Butt-Out used, it was demonstrated by a guy involved in its promotion. And it didn't work. Wonder how the new and improved model would have done?
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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The Browning BOSS. Including a muzzle break in the design doomed it.
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Did you find yourself involuntarily tightening up your rear muscles as you watched? I think that I would have done so.
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The Leupold Alaskan scopes. Nice scopes... 2.5x, 4x, and 6x. But they lasted as a catalogued item for one year. I got mine!
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5sdad,
Come to think of it, there was a little sphincter shrinkage!
But more than that, I wanted to get out the Swiss Army knife I've used to field-dress a bunch of deer-sized animals, and do the job cleaner and quicker.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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idahoguy,
The Leupold Alaskans didn't qualify as a fad, since they never sold enough to qualify.
I have a 2-1/2x and a 4x, and they're tough scopes, but they're also:
1)Heavy for their size, due to the steel tubes.
2)Not very bright, due to single-coating.
3)Very limited in adjustment range. Combined with not many 7/8" rings, this caused problems on some rifles. I mounted one on 99 Savage and could actually watch the reticle wander in big half-circle when trying to center it. This is caused by the "pillar" of the adjustment turret being off-center on the erector tube.
4) Friction adjustments.
And none were variables! They were also competing against the original Alaskans still out there.
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John Steinbeck
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Old New England fad- The Hot Seat!
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Unlocked pickum up trucks with the winders down parked along a country back road with hunten' gear inside and on the back while the owner is out ahunten. We don't allow no thieves here y'know.
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