The sense of older was better is interesting in a group that complains about obsolete twist rates but then again a good excuse to tinker with a new barrel in a cool new caliber. If all I need is a deer hunting gun I can buy a Mossberg patriot in 7-08 for $370 put a $200 Burris’s FF2 in a set of decent rings & for less than $650 kill deer for 30 years.
Had a first time elk hunter mid20’s this year use his budget stainless Mossberg in 7mm RM with a Zeiss v4 kill his first buck 1 shot at 200 then killed a cow at 360 yards kept shooting because she was still upright 3 out of 4 not bad for someone who never pulled a trigger until 3 years ago.
Will he think less of that rifle because it doesn’t have a walnut stock & has an ugly thread protector hanging on the end? No way that will be his primary rifle for many years.
