Surely there are some unspoken requirements to ridicule, such as controlled round feed or a fondness for walnut and blue steel? A lurking unjustifiable caliber obsession? A prejudice toward European steel or against it?
Surely an opportunity to segway into our own hardware and related accomplishments?
Or you can just say you want a .270.
In other words, it can't be as simple as suggesting a Tikka T3.
Those are the rules. Sheesh.
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
