Pat...how do your rifles get the absolute schitt beat out of them? I think you're an Ag/Fed/Control guy? But do you just drag the rifles behind you tethered with some 550? Or have a daily contest to see how far out from the truck bed you can launch them and still make it in?
That port-side missing finish on the scope, action, and rings happens from being slung near a pack and riding next to a person in the pickup. Scuffs on the stock are from pack frames, knife-sheath or pistol holster snaps, seatbelts and the like. Then there's creeping to the top of a rise so as not to skyline yourself when stalking or starting a calling sequence.
Mighty wide gap between "Pretty hunting season toys" and "Working Rifle".
