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That is a great deer shot with a lovely gun, nice work on both! Looks like my bench, a bit too clean though... Well, since you twisted my arm, here's the rifle and the deer. And yes, I know my bench is a mess. I cleaned it once then I couldn't find anything.
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TenX, great buck, great rifle story...thanks for sharing it!
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[quote=sbrmike][quote=ruffedgrouse]
I totally agree with you. You spend a lot of time looking at that gun while hunting. I would like to see some nicely grained or even better yet figured walnut with deep rich blued metal than look at a piece of asphalt and flat black metal. Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns. I also do like to see a well used gun; they have been there and done that. If it is a rainy November in PA Bear Season, they get a nice coat of wax or as a minimum, a good spraying down with Lemon Pledge. An then take care of them at the end of the day.
That's the problem--too much time looking at the gun and not at where you should be looking. I bought two Model 70 Classic Stainless rifles about 20 years ago, a 7 Mag and a 300 Win, and since then I've kept my pre-64's in the safe except very occasionally. Now I hunt all day, never worry about or look at the gun, and know that it looks the same after 20 years use as it did when new.
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[quote=sbrmike][quote=ruffedgrouse]
I totally agree with you. You spend a lot of time looking at that gun while hunting. I would like to see some nicely grained or even better yet figured walnut with deep rich blued metal than look at a piece of asphalt and flat black metal. Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns. I also do like to see a well used gun; they have been there and done that. If it is a rainy November in PA Bear Season, they get a nice coat of wax or as a minimum, a good spraying down with Lemon Pledge. An then take care of them at the end of the day.
That's the problem--too much time looking at the gun and not at where you should be looking. I bought two Model 70 Classic Stainless rifles about 20 years ago, a 7 Mag and a 300 Win, and since then I've kept my pre-64's in the safe except very occasionally. Now I hunt all day, never worry about or look at the gun, and know that it looks the same after 20 years use as it did when new.
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If you own it, do what you want with it. I shoot all of mine and hunt with most of them.
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