I'm a self-confessed rifle loony, and proud of it. Somebody design a t-shirt and I'll buy one. To me, a fancier is someone who might, as in the apocryphal story, order a best quality custom rifle built without a chamber because it was meant to be admired, but never fired. An enthusiast might own several rifles and enjoy shooting them, but might be content with factory ammo. Only a rifle loony would lie awake at night trying to figure out how to get his 1" deer rifle to shoot half-inch groups, reduce the concentricity of his handloads for his elk rifle under .002", or convince his spouse why he needs a .280 to fill the gap between his .270 and .30-06. JB said it best when he said that if gunwriters were merely journalists (as opposed to rifle loonies who write well), they could condense all the hunting rifle articles ever written into something like this: buy a small rifle, a medium rifle, and a big rifle. Mount quality optics on them, adjust their triggers to suit, and then practice a lot. Use the small rifle on small game, the medium rifle on medium game, and the big rifle on big game. While this might sound completely practical and sensible to the layperson, only a true rifle loony can see through this fallacy. Here's to you, JB. Take comfort in knowing that your rifle loony brethren have got your back. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
