Another thing I'll give Boxer is he made me look at rifles differently. I was very much into the romance and nostalgia of classic rifles like Savage 99's and Winchester 94's . Classic bolt guns wearing walnut too. Now I see rifles as more of a tool and place functionality above all. Heck, my latest purchase is a Ruger All Weather. Before reading Boxer's posts I'd have never put that much money into something that didn't wear walnut. But wood goes in the fireplace and gunstocks are synthetic.
