Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Forced to sell....cutting back to just a few rifles.

Sometimes a man needs cash more than he needs guns. All of my rifles could go if necessary to keep my family under a good roof. I've sold a few guns from time to time when I needed cash - and there are a couple that I regret selling, but it was necessary at the time.

Sometimes I actually miss the simplicity that came with having one .22 rimfire, one hunting rifle, a shotgun and one handgun...

Regards, Guy

Wow! That is a wonderful gesture, and I really appreciate it, but I'll be OK. I'm not forced to sell as in needing to put food on the table. I have an opportunity to expand my business and need some immediate cash flow, so I'm just exploring all my options. Truth is, I have felt the desire to slim down my hunting rifles for a while now anyway, as I feel that I have too much overlap. Needing the money for business purposes just helps make the decision to do so a little easier.

As for the comments, I understand what people are saying about the .338, but I have run several balistic scenarios and the .300 WSM actually beats the .338 downrange. For example, with Federal Factory ammo, a 180gr TSX out of the .300WSM is still traveling 2000fps and has over 1600fp of energy at 500 yards. The .338 at the same distance with a 225gr TSX is moving 1700fps and only has 1500fp of energy. These numbers seem far too close to keep the .338 over the .300, especially when I can use the .300 to shoot 130gr bullets as well, making it more versitle.

I am definately going to sell the Sako 85 Finnlight .308. I want to sell it as a full set up, with the scope, and will put it in the classifieds on Sunday. Whoever gets it will get the whole set up for the price of a new Sako, by itself.

I am still leaning towards selling the .338 and have had offers for the .30-06, so I will most likely sell it as well.

Don't feel sad for me. I'm doing this out of need, but it is a fair trade off in my mind, given what I want to do. Besides, I still have all my Lever guns, my AR's and more 10/22's than I am willing to admit!

If anyone is interested in these rifles, you can PM me. I will be putting at least one, maybe more in the classifieds tomorrow. Thanks to all!

Dan

the 30-06 is so useful as well. What do you hunt that would need the 338WM? If you would ever need the 338WM then that is the one to keep. The 270 is about the 30-06 anyway. I personally would hate to sell a SS WW featherweight in 30-06 with the classic action unless it was one of the last guns or so out of the defectory I mean factory.

Dan,

best of luck to ya,


if I had any sense I'd thin the herd a bit too.


but with two boys I reckon I'm gonna keep what I have to pass along.

will have some lh bolt rifles to do away with one of these days as the boys are both righties.

I'm glad to hear it's a decision and not a hard choice.

Hope the biz does well. Happy holidays to ya.

Keep the Winchesters. Especially the 06

I see some redundancy in the ones you are keeping. What can you do with a 25-06 that you can't do with a .270?
I can understand the 22-250, but I would keep either the 30-06 or .338 for either the .270 or 25-06.

I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but I put the Sako up in the classifieds a few days back. Had a few bites, but nobody wanted to buy the whole set-up, so I put it on Gunbroker tonight.

Just an FYI... I am going to put the .338 up in the campfire classifieds this evening.

Dan

Things were less complicated then.......and less expensive.

I am passed the stage when I would take them all out one at a time and look at them, I am getting rid of guns now, don't need the money but I just don't have time to reload for all of them and I just don't need safe queens. God grant me more days in the woods, more animals to see, more time at the deer camp or on trips with my friends, more laughter and happiness, and the serenity to care less about which rifle or caliber I am hunting with.