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Let the junk begin. I can't see any real advantage to them. Maybe with mittens on but more clearance would be better for me.
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They are a mixed blessing. I don't use them on my hunting rifles as they are bigger and take away from the trimness and portability of a rifle. But with gloves on, I can fumble a regular bolt handle. I have though of putting one on my coyote rifle...usually working in cold weather with that one.
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They are the ugliest things I've ever seen on a "hunting" rifle! Gimmie a 700 or 70 bolt any day. And those extended box magazines....look like one of my old M-14 mags....dear Lord...
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Because they work better; more leverage, easier to grab, etc....Like detachable mags, they just work better.
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They are over-compensation for undersized things.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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That's tacti-cool in general.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Gives the rifle gayzers something to talk about
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Theyre butt fuggin ugly, just like the rest of a "tacticool" rig is. I never played with GI Joe and am not a wannabe sniper. An off -the-shelf Model 70 classic is what a hunting rifle should look like. Stainless and synthetic is acceptable, but pretentious crap is not cool.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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Anytime I wonder what the term "Fudd" truly means, all I have to do is visit this place. Pure entertainment.
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They're a lot easier to use from prone, while keeping your head down on the stock, looking through the scope, and maintaining your shooting position.
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Anytime I wonder what the term "Fudd" truly means, all I have to do is visit this place. Pure entertainment. What the fudd does it mean?
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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If you call out “something em em” like 7 em em or 5.56 em em. That’s a good clue. If you spend much time gayzing at other guys rifles, wondering about their dick size, that’s a a good clue. Marlboro, beer belly, smug self superior attitude... might be a fudd. Model 98, pre-64 win etc = pinnacle of rifle design... may as well. go get fitted for your stormy Cromer and red and black checkered Woolworth coat.
If your habit is to work the bolt upon firing the rifle - you will soon understand why a bigger handle is superior. If your habit is to NOT work the bolt upon firing the rifle, then you will never know what the bigger handle is for and will only notice that it makes the rifle fit differently in a case. That’s the black and white for the OP- but it sounded like he wasn’t actually asking
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Anytime I wonder what the term "Fudd" truly means, all I have to do is visit this place. Pure entertainment. What the fudd does it mean? Fudd?
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Theyre butt fuggin ugly, just like the rest of a "tacticool" rig is. I never played with GI Joe and am not a wannabe sniper. An off -the-shelf Model 70 classic is what a hunting rifle should look like. Stainless and synthetic is acceptable, but pretentious crap is not cool. I have not one clue who you are, but you are alright in my my book. I 110% agree with your well thought our and intelligent views.
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[quote=kingston] Fudd? Not a Fudd...that was modern equipment for that time. Those who think that is all that is ever needed, and anything newer is silly, stupid, wasteful, or pretentious, however, do fit the description. Basically, those who get upset because someone likes something they dont. I actually prefer the term "curmudgeon" to "Fudd," but the meaning is largely the same.
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They're a lot easier to use from prone, while keeping your head down on the stock, looking through the scope, and maintaining your shooting position. This. Functionally beautiful.
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Not a Fudd...that was modern equipment for that time.
Look what the photographer seems to have scribbled. It's a control number, and it's probably backwards, but dang if it doesn't look like "E. FUDD" I think we found a portrait of Elmer himself!
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Some guys just have a problem finding their knob, especially when they can't see it.
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If you call out “something em em” like 7 em em or 5.56 em em. That’s a good clue. If you spend much time gayzing at other guys rifles, wondering about their dick size, that’s a a good clue. Marlboro, beer belly, smug self superior attitude... might be a fudd. Model 98, pre-64 win etc = pinnacle of rifle design... may as well. go get fitted for your stormy Cromer and red and black checkered Woolworth coat.
If your habit is to work the bolt upon firing the rifle - you will soon understand why a bigger handle is superior. If your habit is to NOT work the bolt upon firing the rifle, then you will never know what the bigger handle is for and will only notice that it makes the rifle fit differently in a case. That’s the black and white for the OP- but it sounded like he wasn’t actually asking I have seen your Stormy Kromer... just sayin'.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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...red and black checkered Woolworth coat. Woolrich, it’s a Pennsylvania thing.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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