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You can hunt with those. It just depends on your brain.. They are all only tools. wood stocks with dings. Its a tool. Not a show piece. Use em. Who cares.

I will say that SS Synthetic has been or feels more reliable to me in the weather though.

The sense of older was better is interesting in a group that complains about obsolete twist rates but then again a good excuse to tinker with a new barrel in a cool new caliber. If all I need is a deer hunting gun I can buy a Mossberg patriot in 7-08 for $370 put a $200 Burris’s FF2 in a set of decent rings & for less than $650 kill deer for 30 years.

Had a first time elk hunter mid20’s this year use his budget stainless Mossberg in 7mm RM with a Zeiss v4 kill his first buck 1 shot at 200 then killed a cow at 360 yards kept shooting because she was still upright 3 out of 4 not bad for someone who never pulled a trigger until 3 years ago.

Will he think less of that rifle because it doesn’t have a walnut stock & has an ugly thread protector hanging on the end? No way that will be his primary rifle for many years.

I can hunt with walnut/blued rifles. And i agree that the market currently sucks, but there are gems if you look

Gem Link from 24hr classifieds

I can see and appreciate the benefits of some of todays materials used in rifles. Being from the pre metric era, my preference is still nicely figured wood and bright blued steel.

+2 on that!! I had a $4000 ss/plastic rifle and traded it straight across for a $2000 field grade walnut blued steel Sauer 200. Happily.

Me too! I've owned some very nice ss/synthetic stocked rifles (ULA, Kimber, Barrett, MG Arms, Rifles Inc, HS Precision, full customs and more). But the rifles that stick have nice wood and blued steel.

The Sako 85 Bavarians are nice as are the Sauer 404s.

Some 2021 Suckage




Christensen Ridgeline, 300 PRC



Tried the Hornady Factory ELD-M"s and ELD-X's but was not satisfied.

H-1000 and RL-26 did not make the cut.





But with the 180 Gr. Accubonds........



Do believe it has potential!




More 2021 Suckage........

Mounted scopes yesterday



Top: Sako Finnlight, 6.5 x 55SE

Bottom: Custom Sako AV, 6.5 x 55SE

and took them to the range to see what gives........



Two shots each to get on paper @ 25 yds



4,5 & 6, then two clicks up and right then 7. That should work @100 for the AV





Ran out of time, but think the Finnlight will be a shooter also.

ya!

GWB

stainless tikkas are getting damn hard to find

SAS used to regularly have them sub 600$

SS Tikkas cost $1650 in Finland..

Pinto's has had a stainless 30-06 sitting for quite a while on their list. NIB for $750 I think.

Gunsmiths, custom or semi custom.

Pretty easy fix if you don't like what's currently offered from manufacturers.

It looks like Tikka discontinued all the stainless CTR's too. No sign of them on the website.

Dang, I am glad I was just able to grab one from EuroOptic.

Lucky sob, I only noticed because I was looking to place an order lol

Haven't put one together,since yesterday. Hint.







Just sayin'..................

Looks familiar

What kinda' scope is that? Looks sorta' promising. Hint.....................

That Analthon really gets around.

Scotty, Stick.

What’s your thoughts on the Athlon scopes vs Tract Toric UHD?

Stick, what are these sexy carbon’s ? Howa actions ?




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