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"Too pretty to hunt with?" #14744028 04/04/20
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY MS9x56 OP Campfire Member
OP MS9x56 Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY	Just interested how many have a gun thats too pretty to hunt? Myself I hunt all my guns and try to blood 2 each season if I can. I own some pretty ones but they fill the bag just fine. Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns.

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Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744065 04/04/20
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 38,842 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana
Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 38,842 Flyover Country	No such thing. Me

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" Teal #14744073 04/04/20
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,879 Missouri 1 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger
10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,879 Missouri	Originally Posted by teal No such thing. x2 Not in my mind either. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744093 04/04/20
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,996 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer Campfire Tracker
Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,996 Cave Creek, AZ	Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744113 04/04/20
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,158 29376 R ringworm Campfire Ranger
ringworm Campfire Ranger R Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,158 29376	Got a mkv that's pushing exhibition grade Walnut. Still take her out. No rain! TRUMP- GABBARD 2024

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Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744132 04/04/20
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 656 webster, Fl F fldoghunter Campfire Regular
fldoghunter Campfire Regular F Joined: May 2009 Posts: 656 webster, Fl	I have (had) a kimber stainless classic with pretty decent wood. I caught myself babying it and worrying about putting a scratch on it. My wife (usually not interested in guns in the least) walked by one evening and said "that one sure is pretty". I gave it to her and bought a Montana.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" fldoghunter #14744140 04/04/20
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,996 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer Campfire Tracker
Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,996 Cave Creek, AZ	Originally Posted by fldoghunter I have (had) a kimber stainless classic with pretty decent wood. I caught myself babying it and worrying about putting a scratch on it. My wife (usually not interested in guns in the least) walked by one evening and said "that one sure is pretty". I gave it to her and bought a Montana. LOL the only pretty one in my safe is the wife's! I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744389 04/04/20
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,501 Lived all over the world H hotsoup Campfire Outfitter
hotsoup Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,501 Lived all over the world	I grew up reading jack o'connor and wanted a win model 70 270 just like his #2. When Winchester started making the super grade in south Carolina I bought one. Truly a beautiful rifle, superb wood and high gloss blued metal. I killed some deer and an elk with it but was always so careful to avoid scratching the wood. A couple years ago I gave it to one of my grandsons. He's 10 now and will probably start hunting with it in a couple of years.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744420 04/04/20
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,934 R RickyBobby Campfire Regular
RickyBobby Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,934	I’ve only owned 1 rifle like that and I sent it packing and have never regretted that decision. I have some nice equipment but I’m not afraid to risk scratching it to get that perfect opportunity at a game animal. In fact, I like a gun that looks used ... it means it has served its purpose! ================================================== I'm a proud member of the BGE cult ... yes, I consider myself an EGGHEAD

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744434 04/04/20
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder T Tejano Campfire Tracker
Tejano Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder	I have a couple of shot guns worth more than my truck I hunt the heck out of them but do wince when I have to lean them on a barb wire fence. Same with the rifles but I don't own any Royal Grade H&Hs or anything too fancy but several customs. "When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli

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Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744451 04/04/20
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia V VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter
VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter V Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia	Yep, I have got rid more than a few that were too pretty for ME to hunt with but i have a buddy that has some beautiful wood/blue rifles and hunts them hard rain or shine......Hb

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744452 04/04/20
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 861 2 2500HD Campfire Regular
2500HD Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 861	If it’s got a firing pin it’s meant to be used.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" Teal #14744481 04/04/20
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,634 jeeper Campfire Regular
jeeper Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,634	Originally Posted by teal No such thing. This ^^^

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744493 04/04/20
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas J jwall Campfire Ranger
jwall Campfire Ranger J Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas	Yes but I take her anyway ! jwall- * 3100 guy* A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744499 04/04/20
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY MS9x56 OP Campfire Member
OP MS9x56 Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY	I admire my pretty ones while sitting on a deer stand for at the base of a tree waiting for the squirrels to come out and play. I have an MS but in 1921 that I wish could talk. Just imagine the stories it could tell. Every scratch reminds me of a past hunt. Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744511 04/04/20
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter
Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level	Had a beautiful Ruger #1 in .280 Rem.. IT was definitely in the "too nice to hunt with" category so I sold it an dpurchased a Ruger HAwkeye All Weather (stainless/black synthetic) in .280 Rem. Not even a tinge of regret. Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744515 04/04/20
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY MS9x56 OP Campfire Member
OP MS9x56 Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 299 Central NY	I admire my pretty ones while sitting on a deer stand for at the base of a tree waiting for the squirrels to come out and play. I have an MS but in 1921 that I wish could talk. Just imagine the stories it could tell. Every scratch reminds me of a past hunt. Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744534 04/04/20
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 150,940 Texas hanco Campfire Savant
hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 150,940 Texas	I carry mine to stand in a soft case so I don’t jack them up. I have plastic rifles for walking around.

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" hanco #14744556 04/04/20
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Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,247 Oregon	Just one in 250-3000 _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: "Too pretty to hunt with?" MS9x56 #14744588 04/04/20
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,188 Upper East Tennessee T TomM1 Campfire Tracker
TomM1 Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,188 Upper East Tennessee	Pretty guns which show signs of use and care (not abuse) have class and character. Pretty guns with no sign of use are just boring. Stuck in airports, Terrorized Sent to meetings, Hypnotized Over-exposed, Commercialized Handle me with Care... -Traveling Wilbury's

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