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LOVES:

Benelli Shotguns

Beretta Shotguns

Win. 101

Win.70

Glock

Sig p226

Browning Citoris

Smith revolvers

t/c Encore rifles

Ruger Bisleys

REM. 760/7600

HATES
rugerP series handguns

Myron, They are probably like most rifles. You can find a good one and you can find a bad one. People complain about the triggers, but the ones I have on the 100's as well as my 88 are not too bad. If you are looking for a less than minute of angle rifle, look somewhere else. My 100's (one in 308 and one in 284) will do 1.5" groups @ 110 yards with no problem, with an occasional group around 2" if I'm not paying attention. My 88 Winchester (308) is a reliable 1.5" rifle with enough under 1" to keep me interested in leaving it alone. When I bought it 25 or 30 years ago, I had plans on converting it to a 338/08 (now a 338 Fed). I made the mistake of shooting it first and it is still a 308. All three of my Winchesters shoot much better than my last three Remington Model 700/Model 7 bolt actions did before I had them worked on and the Winchesters look better too

I haven't had any reliability problems with them at all. The 284 ammo is kind of hard to find, so I hunt ammo and cases as well as deer for this one.

You don't want to try to disassemble the Winchester 100 unless you know what you are doing. It isn't difficult to do but it helps to see someone do it first and there are many videos on you-tube showing what to watch out for. I would imagine many of the problems people speak of with this model were caused by someone trying to disassemble it without following proper procedures. It can really screw the rifle up.

I guess what makes me like them so much is the way they look and handle. They shoot great for what I want them, which is deer hunting and I wouldn't hesitate to take any of them after elk if I had the chance.

Hate - semi-automatic firearms that don't work semi-automatically out of the box. Why should I have to buy & shoot 500 rounds of expensive, hard to find ammo for "break in" when the mfr was too sloppy to make critical surfaces smooth?

Hate - centerfire rifles that have rough POS barrels. If Ruger can put good barrels on $400 Americans, there's no excuse for a $1000+ rifle with a bad barrel.

Everything else, I can deal with

Mathsr,
Thanks for the info !
1.5" would be acceptable. What I would really love to have would be the Model 100 in a .243 and in carbine length. Not too many of those made but I would guess accuracy might suffer a bit with the barrel band on that model.
Someone had one for sale here in the classifieds a while back, but they are a bit rich for my budget, and I really don't know how much I would even use it. Just wishful thinking at this point.

Myron

700's

I can't stand Winchester 88's because they remind me of Winchester 100's.

I could agree with a lot of what you say, except for Ruger Red Labels being "the Ford Pinto of o/u's" I have had one since the mid '80's and it has never let me down. For a few years it was the only shotgun I used. I shot thousands of rounds through it at skeet, trap, sporting clays and hunted birds, waterfowl and turkey with it. The gun never let me down, always worked like a charm and I can hit with it better than any gun I ever owned.

Love:

Most any good 1911, especially Lightweight Commanders in .45acp & 38 Super

Just about ANY S&W Revolver. Especially N & K frames.

Colt SAA in any caliber.

Any Ruger Single Action, especially Flattops & Bisleys's. Also old model Ruger Security Six and Redhawk revolvers.

My Glock 32 in 357sig and My Glock 20 in 10mm. I absolutely HATED Glocks when they first came out and swore I would NEVER own one!

Winchester Featherweight Model 70. My favorite is my 7x57

Remington Model 700 Classics. I collect them. Any Remington 788. Also love the KS Alaskan 700 Models

Any Winchester Lever Action Rifle.

Remington Nylon .22's and Marlin Model 60 in .22

Most any quality S/S shotgun.

Remington 870, 1100's Ithaca 37, Winchester Model 12 and 42 shotguns

AR-15's in the standard M-4 variation. M-1 Garrands. British Enfields in .303

Hate:

AK-47

FN-FAL

Ruger Mini-14's

ANY Taurus Handgun ever made!

Hi-points, Lorcins's and any cheap ass pot metal POS handgun.

Benelli Nova Shotguns

O/U Shotguns. I love the way they look, but for the life of me, I can't hit chit with an O/U.

Any bullpup type rifle.

Love FN Mausers, older Remington 700s, and Savage 99s

I love my:
Franz Sodia 348 win O/U
Winchester 21 12 ga,
Tikka 308 after shooting a .4 inch group this afternoon
Pre safety Marlins
and I never met a Ruger I didn't like

Never had a gun I actually hated, but then again I wasn't
brought up to pay money for things I didn't like.

Hate:

Short barrel AR-15/AR-10's next to me at the range.
Anything to the left of me that pelts me with brass.

Like:

Anything that slings brass out the right, to the right of me at the range.

Yeah those Savage 99's are one god awful abomination aren't they? Better give 'em all to me to prevent other's misery.

Like-
Savage Model 99
Custom Mauser 98's
Hi-Standard 22 pistols
A good Colt 1911 A-1
870
Model 12

Hate-
Winchester Model 88 and Model 100
Remington Jam-a-matics (A.K.A.) the Minnesota Machine Gun)
Raven Arms
Hi-Point
Jennings
Lorcin

Like (not love) most anything that shoots.

Would not buy a Glock. I believe they are exceptional guns, but they don't fit my hand (I couldn't hit a #2 washtub at 15 yards with a Glock)
"The Warden" however, qualified for her CCW with a borrowed 45 ACP Glock at 97%

HATE/ The one being pointed at me.
LOVE/ The one I just shot the pointer with. GW

Hate- Ithaca 88 single shot 12ga.

Since the order of the question is hate, then love.

My answer is:

Glock, Glock.


If the question was love, hate...

Different.... But the hate is still Glock.

Lol!

I love a lot of guns I see and hold, but sure hate that I can't afford them all.

Glock seems to me to be like that old saying,
"if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, take a ugly girl for a wife"
as fellas that own em sure seem to like em, but, gad all mighty, are they ugly.

Don't have much use for pistols.

I have found love for Sharps 74's, Marlin 94's in 44 Mag, Ruger revolvers and 77 MkII's & S&W J frames all of my own accord. I also love the guns that were owned by departed relatives that meant more to me than any wood & steel contraption ever could. Dad's Win 71, Ruger auto 44 and Sweet 16. My grandfather's Savage 99F and Sporterized 03 Springfield. I have hated very few guns though. Only a Henry 22 survival rifle comes to mind.