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Put me down for a Winchester 1895 lever in 400 Whelen (or 9.3x62). All set up for dark timber hunting... large ring peep and and a sourdough front sight. I think that would be the cats azz.
Thanks, Tom
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A Spencer Carbine replica in .45 Colt. That would be fun.
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Nice clean 7x57 Mauser with looong cast bullets to lob into targets
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Krieghoff Double in 470 Nitro Express! It will happen....when I win the lottery! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Kimber 84L in french walnut and 6.5X57. Full stock, I hope.
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But what would you buy just for the hell of it? Sure, you might hunt with it, but not necessarily a "purpose" driven choice or some fang dangled cartridge that's cool for the moment. Last July, ambling slowly through OH, PA, NY, & MA to go visit a traveling Mrs. FC, I found this li'l guy @ Pete's Gun Shop in Adams, MA: I got it because I was sniffing around for a 1903A3... , so that definitely fills the, "for the hell of it" criteria. And I just LOVE that thing! It's hard to believe a 70 year old rifle with iron sites will out-shoot some of the present-day rifles I've dicked-around with. I mean, I do use those newfangled TTSX bullets in it, but it's still hella cool. Of course, now that I think about it, I think I've only ever had 3 rifles that I ever bought with a true purpose in mind, and I sold 1 of them within a few years. Of the other 2, only 1 is being used for its purpose. So EVERYTHING else has been, "for the hell of it!". FC
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M1 Carbine. Serves purposes well when I have a spray and pray flashback. It's death on beer cans, annoys liberals and doesn't mind sitting in the vault for months on end while its peers get out for regular exercise. And a 1894 Marlin with close to a century in the rear view.......
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Some kind of falling-block single shot, no doubt about it. If your eyes are up to it, get one with irons, but there are good options for vintage-style scopes too.
The more I play with the ones I have, the better I like them. No magazines to stuff or cause cartridge-length problems, just plunk one in and shoot. If you go rimfire, you don't even have to pick up the brass. Small centerfire rounds are fun too: .22 Hornet, .32/20, .357, .44s etc. New Winchester Low Walls and decent Eyetalians go for about $1109-$1200. If you're feeling prosperous, there are a couple of small domestic outfits that make nice ones too, at a price of course.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Dang Ingwe, you'll poke your eye out with that scope.. Dont know how many times I have to tell you guys...I mount scopes far back for two reasons... 1) I have thick coke bottle bottom glasses, which screw up eye relief...and... 2) JeffO told me to do it that way, and I always listen to him....
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No practical reason to own one but probably a lightweight, takedown BLR in 358 Win.
Edit: alternately, I believe it was Sauer who made an elegant, "civilian-styled" semi-auto .223 of high quality decades back. A bit heavy and pricey but as much art as machine -- I could almost justify one of those.
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I have thought about it quite a bit and can't think of one I would want that I don't have...
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My CZ 527 .223 light varmint is my third in that caliber. Got few PDs left, so I really didn't need it.JACK
"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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I have a Ruger #1A in 275 Rigby that I haven't shot or don't really need for that matter.
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I'd like a nifty little carry rifle in 25-20, but have just never had the chance.
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Sharps .45-70 and a pair of sticks.
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I've got a few./ For some reason they're all big-bores.
A Winchester 1895 in 405 Winchester A Winchester 1886 in 45-90 A double rifle in something 40 caliber or bigger A Winchester 9410 takedown And the most likely next one to happen, a Remington Sendero re-bored to 9.3x62mm
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I've got this bizarre notion to have a Zastava Mini-Mauser rebarreled to .401 Win. SL ....
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I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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