Confused! lots of customs for sale?

Thanks, Mud! You just happen to be one of my favorites! As to the selling of our past purchases, I got to thinking that even safe queens need regular maintenance so I caved-in, sold a few of the uninteresting ones and got the CA Mesa 6.5 PRC. It actually didn't hurt too bad and I now have more room in the safe and on the bench! Happy Shootin'!
 
MTGEEZER said:
Thanks, Mud! You just happen to be one of my favorites! As to the selling of our past purchases, I got to thinking that even safe queens need regular maintenance so I caved-in, sold a few of the uninteresting ones and got the CA Mesa 6.5 PRC. It actually didn't hurt too bad and I now have more room in the safe and on the bench! Happy Shootin'!
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That's refreshing to hear. Usually folks don't like my no-BS stance, and my "cold hard facts" demeanor.
 
This thread isn't really about Creedmoor bashing or shooting Elk with anything!
There has already been a zillion pages about both. I have sold and bought and traded
in the classifieds here. I think the upswing is there are more custom rifles out there so more to be on the market? And things are changing really fast much faster than 30 years ago! For the better I think.People just like trying new things.
 
Greg Hunt said:
Agreed, it's not ethical to shoot a large animal like Elk with a caliber designed for paper and humans! Elk deserve an ethical kill and hydrostatic shock is needed to do so, the 6.5 fails in this department! I live in the mountains of North Idaho and I've seen Elk shot with just about everything and every Elk shot with a light caliber rifle ran for ever and often lost to die in agony just to feed wolves and coyote's or when recovered were tuff as a shoe to eat and tasted wrong but Elk dropped with a big bore magnum died "RIGHT NOW"! and were much better tasting !
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Somewhat agree. A local shop owner caught the CM craze and
took one on a recent hunt and came across a large bull. After 3 shots to the chest at around 300 yds, he walked up to find the bull struggling to get up and finally dispatched the animal with his handgun.

Will it kill, sure, but that event ruined him, and he has returned to his 300WM.
 
del2les said:
Somewhat agree. A local shop owner caught the CM craze and
took one on a recent hunt and came across a large bull. After 3 shots to the chest at around 300 yds, he walked up to find the bull struggling to get up and finally dispatched the animal with his handgun.

Will it kill, sure, but that event ruined him, and he has returned to his 300WM.
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del2les said:
Somewhat agree. A local shop owner caught the CM craze and
took one on a recent hunt and came across a large bull. After 3 shots to the chest at around 300 yds, he walked up to find the bull struggling to get up and finally dispatched the animal with his handgun.

Will it kill, sure, but that event ruined him, and he has returned to his 300WM.
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Guns don't kill animals. Bullets do. Bullet and its speed is all that contacts the animal. A guy willl not shoot an elk at 350 with a creed but would shoot one at 550 with 6.5-284 or a PRC. The same bullet would be traveling at the same speed and perform the same way.

In the case above there is over 1500 ft lbs of energy. Bad placement or poor bullet choice. Guys should study bullet selection and shoot placement more.

A guess you should tell O'Connor that a 270 at 300 yards is not enough gun.
 
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Creedmore is the big fad. That's it. We have a 100 year old '06 (in the photo) that shoots just about as good as any expensive Cooper. We paid $180 for the gun. Best thing about it is the animals it has taken over the years. Too many to remember.
 
scdogman said:
Guns don't kill be animals. Bullets do. Bullet and its speed is all that contacts the animal. I guy willl not shoot an elk at 350 with a creed but would shoot one at 550 with 6.5-284 or a PRC. The same bullet would be traveling at the same Speed and perform the same way.

In the case above there is over 1500 ft lbs of energy. Bad placement or poor bullet choice. Guys should study bullet selection and shoot placement more.
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Yea we are well aware.

As for the OP, a lot of hunters and shooters jump on fads or the latest-greatest rifle or scope to only trade it a year or two later for the "new". Or, become bored with their new hobby and move on to something else.

We have seen this for decades at the ranges, and I have lost count of the shooters who come in on fire only to never be seen after a year or so.

Personally, I don't sell or trade my weapons, so over the decades, the collection has grown to 3 figures. Better than money in the bank at .5%. :)
 
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