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That's like saying I can't screw my wife because she's a virgin
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Shoot it.
The impressive part is the picture posting. There’s guys been here for 20 years that still haven’t figured it out. 😂 i love the 30-06 . shoot it!
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It's an object and nothing more. Sell it for a profit and buy something you'll shoot with a clear conscience.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Shoot it.
The impressive part is the picture posting. There’s guys been here for 20 years that still haven’t figured it out. 😂 I figured it out once, then they went and changed the rules!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Campfire Ranger
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Nice rifle.
It's a Remington 700, not a fuggin DaVinci. Shot the thing.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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I get your dilemma. I have had two full custom rifles - one on 35 Whelan the other a 257r on a commercial FN Mauser.
They freaked me out being so damn nice that I was worried about damaging them. In the end I decided my income and life priorities didn’t afford me the ability to have expensive rifles that I was prepared to devalue by damaging so went to more usable rifles that are still nice and interesting but not that I will not sleep if I dropped it and gouged the wood work.
If you feel you bought a rifle that is actually a collector then dont ruin it for a collector but get rid of it to someone who wants a “look at” rifle not a “shoot it” rifle and get yourself a working gun.
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Campfire Ranger
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Remington stock finishes have always been pretty tough. Can swap the wood for a synthetic cheap and easy enough if you’re really worried about buggering it up.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Why have it if you're not going to hunt with it and enjoy it??? It will be that much more of an heirloom to your posterity when you're gone. They'll know it was Dad's/Grandpa's favorite rifle.
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Campfire Ranger
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Crazy talk....... shoot it, hunt it and enjoy it, that's what it was made for. When you are sitting on stand you can admire the wood. Yep that’s what guns are made for and a beauty like this deserves to be used for its highest purpose. Hunt it
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I’ve personally never understood having a safe queen. I absolutely understand liberating them from someone else, and shooting/hunting them as they were made for.
If your original intent was to one day pass down a family heirloom, it will undoubtedly have more value if it has a little deer blood on its hands. However, if purchased as only an investment, then I’d guess I’d hang onto it in its current condition.
Great dilemma to have.
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Campfire Tracker
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It's a dressed up economy model. Wear it out and enjoy.
Living in a world of G17s and 700s, wishing for P7s and 202s
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We could hunt it for you😊
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If it is something that you would worry about hunting with because it is to pretty I would sell it and take the money and pay for a nice hunting trip. You mention passing it down. Take the person or persons you plan to pass it down to on the hunting trip with you.
It is just a tool like any other tool be it a very nice one. I've turned into an old guy and not so much interested in stuff as I am in making memories but that is just me. I would hunt the snot out of it if it was mine.
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I have a M70 Featherweight 7x57 that is pristine. I doubt I’ll hunt with it since I have another 7x57 that actually shoots better. I think it’s going down the road. Happy Trails
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