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Have you guys ever had an itch for a rifle/cartridge combo that you couldn't help but scratch regardless of how it fit into your "battery" or how redundant it is?
I have two itches right now that I really want to scratch but I have no practical use for them. They won't do anything that I can already do with what I have. Yet, I'm still not satisfied.
I should just quit looking on the computer. I've been at home sick for a week and all sorts of stupid ideas are crawling into my head.
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Yep. Everything from the .22 Hornet up through the .22-250.
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Yup Dan,
I keep thinking I need/want/need a 6.5x55.
Maybe in a Remington Classic:)
"Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else"
"Team 7MM-08"
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I need a Ruger Hawkeye in 257 Roberts.
I also need to rebarrel an M70 Featherweight into 7x57.
I know the 243 and 25-06 are both better in their own way compared to the Bob. I know the 7mm-08 is essentially a shorter and more efficient 7x57.
I JUST DON'T CARE!
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Your desire will follow your attention.If you don't need to spend the money,just put your attention on something else.If the money doesn't matter so much,just enjoy yourself.
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Yeah, I should just put my mind on something else like losing weight or inventing a longer lasting lightbulb or something.
Maybe if I picked up a Hawkeye in 257 Bob, I'll be so happy to hit the hills that I'll hike the weight off!
Last edited by Dan360; 04/11/12.
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I know what you mean about weight.The more I think about dieting the hungrier I get.
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Have you guys ever had an itch for a rifle/cartridge combo that you couldn't help but scratch regardless of how it fit into your "battery" or how redundant it is?
You mean like 4 .223s....two .223AIs....Two .222s...two .22-250s.... What does "redundant" mean...? 
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I think my 30 Newton project fits pretty solidly into this category. After all, I have a perfectly good 308 Norma which I really like and the Newton requires that I buy pricey brass and buy or make dies. How much sense does that make?
Dan, the Model 70 Fwt in 7x57 is a "must have" for any self respecting shooter so I doubt that anyone will fault you for that one. GD
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Dan, the Model 70 Fwt in 7x57 is a "must have" for any self respecting shooter so I doubt that anyone will fault you for that one. GD
Well.....duh.... Some truths are self-evident...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I've been wanting an old school Remington BDL Varmint in .222 for what seems like forever. Justification might be a little hard with a .17 Rem, a .204, three .223s and two .220 Swifts.
This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.
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My scratching days are done for a while but mine was a 30-06. No idea why, don't need one, really doesn't do anything my 308 wouldn't do for me, but I wanted one. Looked around for a long while and found an Interarms Mark X last summer for short $$.
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Well.......if I have a 9.3x62 and need a .375 Ruger, would that be redundant?
Howsabout my go to Mauser '06.......will a new to me .270 be redundant?
Nah.
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Three 7x57's, two 35 Whelen's, two 9.3x62's and a 338-06 (so really five of one, almost a half dozen of another). Nope. Oh, and three 30-06's and I have never taken one hunting. Let's not even bring up handguns.... It's a hobby right?
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Yessir, and the current affliction is a 375 Flanged or 450-400 Nitro Express in a nice English double  Gunner
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I must say, picking up my 223 has been one of the smarter rifle buys I've made. Its an itch that was scratched and now is my favorite rifle to shoot.
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Yeah, I need to fill this GIANT hole between my 25-06 and 7mm with a 260 rem and it is killing me.
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a schutzen 22 rimfire would sure b nice.
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96 mauser, 6.5 swede in a AAA mannlicher stock is the current need. I already have the rifle, putting the parts together now.
A .257 Roberts from a custom builder has been nagging at my id.
Already have a .223, 2-30/30's, 6.5 Jap, 7x57, .308, 7.7 Jap,and a 9.3x57 so I really don't need it but.....
Nothing is fool proof for a sufficiently talented fool !!
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I "needed" a 257 Roberts so I now have 3 1/2 and I "needed" a 7x57 so now I have 5.
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Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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