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Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Jordan Smith #7400601 02/03/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Bolted together, this rifle might cause a couple eye herpes and heart attacks for walnut and blued lovers. But it'll be pretty.... to me Everybody loves a good faux-Urban camo!

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7401013 02/04/13 Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas RDW Campfire Outfitter RDW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas Dude, I thought those were flowers... Dave

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited RDW #7401192 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado I thought you were a flower...

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402137 02/04/13 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,106 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,106 South Carolina Love it! Is that fuggin mint green in there That thing gonna ugly 'em to death! I'm like a rose- I smell awfull purdy but pack quite a prick. “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited RDW #7402174 02/04/13 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana P prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana Might make for a tough sell when you put it in the classifieds next month

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited prairie_goat #7402234 02/04/13 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM That's funny.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited SLM #7402259 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Laughin! I think I'll keep this one for at least a couple months. Baby blue... grin

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402287 02/04/13 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM Originally Posted by Tanner Laughin! I think I'll keep this one for at least a couple months. Baby blue... grin Saved for future reference .

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited SLM #7402308 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Well let's set a few parameters here... a couple means 2 right? But honestly... I can't see this one hitting the bricks. But I've said that before.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402328 02/04/13 Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas RDW Campfire Outfitter RDW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas Raghorn has some shoes to match his rifle...they have you covered too Dave

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402329 02/04/13 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM To me a Remington standard contour @22" in an Edge is about perfect. Guessing you'll keep this one. Can't believe I just typed that. Last edited by SLM; 02/04/13.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited SLM #7402344 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado What's that Edge weigh? This stock weighed 1.5# before pad, paint, and bedding.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402359 02/04/13 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,926 NM No idea, I never weighed it. It is 7# as it sits and balances just in front of the action screw.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402362 02/04/13 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana P prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana Curious how much the pad, paint, and bedding added?

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited prairie_goat #7402378 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado I'll let you know this weekend. I'm betting it is still well under 2lbs.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402447 02/04/13 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,106 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,106 South Carolina IIRC, my Edge was about 24oz's with a 1/2" pad. “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7402521 02/04/13 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana P prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter prairie_goat Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,898 Montana Originally Posted by Tanner I'll let you know this weekend. I'm betting it is still well under 2lbs. I'd be interested to know, because whenever I've painted a stock, I've been surprised by how much weight it added. But then again, I probably go overboard on the number of coats applied.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Jordan Smith #7403150 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,717 Peoples Republic of Kanada A archie_james_c Campfire Regular archie_james_c Campfire Regular A Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,717 Peoples Republic of Kanada Young bastard knows when to ruin a good thing.... Good thing it will likely shoot lights out. Thats your last line of defense. Originally Posted by Take_a_knee If I were smart enough, which apparently I'm not

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited archie_james_c #7403194 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Dude.... I just MADE a good thing. Don't try to tell me you wouldn't run that and love every second of it.

Re: Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited Tanner #7403361 02/04/13 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,717 Peoples Republic of Kanada A archie_james_c Campfire Regular archie_james_c Campfire Regular A Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,717 Peoples Republic of Kanada Dont make me answer that question........ Originally Posted by Take_a_knee If I were smart enough, which apparently I'm not