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Not sure of about a soul but the post below describes it best IMHO. twofish BSA and Blacktailer, and Ray of Cartalk, nailed it. By itself, a rifle or car is just a machine, but the interaction with those who built it and later used it make it more, as this gives it a connection to human experience.
*Master of random precision*
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But rifles can't tell stories. Never have been able to tell stories, never will be able to tell stories.
People can tell stories and any perceived 'soul' that a rifle may have is in the man that has used it. Could not have said it better. Rifles do not have souls. They can only stir emotions in the user and admirers when they perform as designed and are used with skill.
Nut
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
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I 44 -
To me the SOUL of any rifle is ACCURACY!!
The following things are important to me,
Fit and feel,
Not too heavy,
Absolute dependability,
It helps to be appealing to the eye, 'encores' need not to apply.
Above all tho is accuracy.
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
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Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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I believe it is the original fit and finish, the grade of wood, the polish of the metal, and the associated wear tells the story of the hands through which it passed before us, not many new rifles have the soul of the older ones, and I'm a firm believer that classic rifles from the 1870s through the 1960s have the most soul of any rifle out there.
The new fads of tactical firearms and matte black finishes doesn't appeal to me, give me a well made classic rifle with beautiful blue and well figured walnut and I'm satisfied to have a rifle with a soul
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To me the SOUL of any rifle is ACCURACY!!
I stand by my answer. What is a rifle that's not accurate ? SOLD. RE- bedded. RE- scoped. RE- barreled. Any or all of those options to get ACCURACY. Any inaccurate rifle does NOT occupy precious space. Who said, "Only accurate rifles are interesting" ?
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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the 'soul' of a rifle is in the mind of the user. nothing more.
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
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My rifles don't have any soul.
They can't dance or jump very high, either.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
make it a hole to remember.
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toad is right. But it's not all accuracy. My Dad's old rifles aren't the accuracy (actually, precision) equivalent of some of my newer rifles, but they've got soul. And they will kill deer reliably, today, should I take them out. Maybe I will this winter...look for a coyote with them.
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