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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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Such a shame that cheek rest is on the wrong side.
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I have the same rifle. When you find a load it likes, let me know......
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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My only gripe about Browning's rifles is that high gloss finish. With one exception, every Browning rifle has had that high gloss finish crack along the grain of the wood. The only one that didn't was their clone of of the 1995 Winchester. they didn't use it on that model or the previous owner took it off and didn't finish the job. He definitely took it down to bare wood and it'll be one hell of a job getting it done and looking right. Currently, it hides in shame in the back of the safe.
My B78 and BLR have those cracks in the finish I mentioned. Same with a T-bolt I should never have sold.
Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them.
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I have the same rifle. When you find a load it likes, let me know...... Gonna go 760/55 bt outta the gate
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I've got one in 6mm Rem with an octagonal barrel that some nameless smith did a pretty good trigger job on. It shoots lights out.
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Judman; Good evening to you sir, I hope the day was a good one for you and yours. Thanks for sharing the photo of the new rifle, it brings back a lot of pleasant memories for me as my long time hunting partner used one in .25-06 for years. His was the one I played with most, but I also brought a trigger back to life on a .30-06 B78 and did some minor tuning. On buddy's, it'd shoot pretty well with the stock fore end on, but he wanted to see if we could make it dance and let me loose on it. What I found was that by shimming the fore end so it wasn't touching the barrel or front of the receiver it shot markedly better and more consistently with most loads. Instead of modifying the original, I made a new fore end from 3 layers of laminated Black Walnut and bedded it onto the fore end hanger so it didn't touch anything other than the hanger. I set the trigger as light as I was able to, then we found a trigger shoe in my stock, modified it to fit and to us, even though of course the scale said there was no difference, the shoe made the trigger feel just a tad lighter. Anyways, many roads to Mecca and all that Jud, but his took a bunch of coyotes and some local mulie bucks including the biggest one I've ever personally been in on, a wide old 3x4 that went an honest 30" inside. Hahaha - he actually shot that thing the day before my wife and my 5th anniversary, we didn't get the whole buck out in the first trip and my wife said the next morning, "Well I might as well go with you guys and bring my pack too, no point spending our anniversary apart!" Buddy still talks about that Jud - and it's our 39th coming up this fall so she's still putting up with my hunting antics.  Good luck with that Browning, I'm sure you'll like it. Dwayne
The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"
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I have the same rifle. When you find a load it likes, let me know...... Gonna go 760/55 bt outta the gate What charge?
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Judman; Good evening to you sir, I hope the day was a good one for you and yours. Thanks for sharing the photo of the new rifle, it brings back a lot of pleasant memories for me as my long time hunting partner used one in .25-06 for years. His was the one I played with most, but I also brought a trigger back to life on a .30-06 B78 and did some minor tuning. On buddy's, it'd shoot pretty well with the stock fore end on, but he wanted to see if we could make it dance and let me loose on it. What I found was that by shimming the fore end so it wasn't touching the barrel or front of the receiver it shot markedly better and more consistently with most loads. Instead of modifying the original, I made a new fore end from 3 layers of laminated Black Walnut and bedded it onto the fore end hanger so it didn't touch anything other than the hanger. I set the trigger as light as I was able to, then we found a trigger shoe in my stock, modified it to fit and to us, even though of course the scale said there was no difference, the shoe made the trigger feel just a tad lighter. Anyways, many roads to Mecca and all that Jud, but his took a bunch of coyotes and some local mulie bucks including the biggest one I've ever personally been in on, a wide old 3x4 that went an honest 30" inside. Hahaha - he actually shot that thing the day before my wife and my 5th anniversary, we didn't get the whole buck out in the first trip and my wife said the next morning, "Well I might as well go with you guys and bring my pack too, no point spending our anniversary apart!" Buddy still talks about that Jud - and it's our 39th coming up this fall so she's still putting up with my hunting antics. Good luck with that Browning, I'm sure you'll like it. Dwayne Good stuff Dwayne!! Hopefully mine doesn’t need any help!! Haha
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I have the same rifle. When you find a load it likes, let me know...... Gonna go 760/55 bt outta the gate What charge? Looks like 53 is max, I’ll start around there. 👍
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Got my eye on one, 30-06.
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I would love to find a Low Wall in .30-30 or .22 Hornet at a reasonable price. I had a Clerke High Wall in .22-250 in the 1970s that I wish I still had. Sold it to a cousin to finance a Ruger #1 in .22-250. When tried to buy the Clerke back, I found out it had been stolen.
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