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What is the rifle you passed by that you regret not buying
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Will.284
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Amen brother, my wife is my best friend and hunting/shooting partner
Lefty7mmstw
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I wouldn't regret it. We have a pair of 300rum and a pair of 300win rifles in the house. The 300win rifles see daylight a whole lot more than the rums. You are only tossing 10% less payload to the same speed with the win with 75 to 80% of the powder burn. I actually grab my 7rum the most lately, with my Browning 300win and my 7stw getting field time too.
big johnson
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In 42 years of marriage my wife has never questioned me on any gun purchase. A few years ago she went to a sewing expo with her best friend and when she got home she ask me if I would help her unload the car. There was 3 big boxes in the car , she told me she had got a good deal on a new sewing machine and they knocked $2000 dollars off . when we got in the house she showed me the receipt ($10,000.00). I gave her a hug and a kiss and told her ,great deal honey your going to enjoy it and she has.
comfisherman
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Remember back in the day you could buy buckets of ruger boat paddle stocks for about the polymers cost at both auctions and gun shows. Remember buying a pile of them about 20 years ago, only wanted a 1022 skeleton for a buddy who wanted one and a 77/22 stock. Still is a bit appalling what they eventually sold for on ebay, at peak insanity I sold several on the auction sites for the price of a well optioned mcmillan....
As a side note, I've had a few rifles I'd wished I'd built before the builders passed or the donors became out of reach. Goofiest was probably the 458 and 500 b &m super shorts. I shoulda had a pair made 10 years ago when the donors were aplenty and the conversions were reasonable.
My first, though not really a regret, I had a chance to buy an immaculate (relatively speaking) M1 Grand from a guy that inherited it from his Dad. It was his Dad's service rifle and had one gouge in the stock. The son knew exactly where the scratch came from and the rifle had all sorts of stories. His Dad made sure to tell him what he was inheriting. The guy was asking $500. I told him I would not buy it from him for that and that he really needs to think twice about selling or at least get serious about an asking price.
I've passed up a couple of 338's that I wish I hadn't. 13-18 lb. 338 is a dream to shoot and I really want one.
I've passed up a couple of 338's that I wish I hadn't. 13-18 lb. 338 is a dream to shoot and I really want one.
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Savage Model 340 in 30-30 Winchester
M1A1ABRAMS
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I have one in the triple deuce. And left a nice one go in 30-30. Because I had a Marlin. lolSavage Model 340 in 30-30 Winchester
Will.284
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Couple years ago I suggested my wife get a new sewing machine I figured 2500$ 12,000 $ later walk new machine and she has enjoyed it immensely
I passed on a superb Ruger #1 in 22-250. I wish I had not, as I really like them, and I can kick myself for not "going for it."
8x68s
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Any Browning B78... I have some and had some and was an idiot to pass on ANY! Bought my first (30-06) in the late 80's for $450 and had it rechambered to 300 H&H. It has gone back and forth between me and my brother over the years. The last time, I was having a fit of sentimentality when I found a pristeen '06 and enticed my brother with it to get the H&H back, LOL.
The one that "got away" was the 25-06... I had two of them in the 90's and sold them both off during hard economic times. Never been able to find another. If I could, my life would be complete...
Example, custom 330HNH wildcat, 300H&H necked up to 338 caliber, Lilja 26" med-hvy octagon... it is the blackened case in the middle between a 375 and 300 H&H... About as much recoil I can handle without detaching my retinas.
The one that "got away" was the 25-06... I had two of them in the 90's and sold them both off during hard economic times. Never been able to find another. If I could, my life would be complete...
Example, custom 330HNH wildcat, 300H&H necked up to 338 caliber, Lilja 26" med-hvy octagon... it is the blackened case in the middle between a 375 and 300 H&H... About as much recoil I can handle without detaching my retinas.
Had one in .22-250 the rifling was smoothing out . I didn't thinkAny Browning B78... I have some and had some and was an idiot to pass on ANY! Bought my first (30-06) in the late 80's for $450 and had it rechambered to 300 H&H. It has gone back and forth between me and my brother over the years. The last time, I was having a fit of sentimentality when I found a pristeen '06 and enticed my brother with it to get the H&H back, LOL.
The one that "got away" was the 25-06... I had two of them in the 90's and sold them both off during hard economic times. Never been able to find another. If I could, my life would be complete...
Example, custom 330HNH wildcat, 300H&H necked up to 338 caliber, Lilja 26" med-hvy octagon... it is the blackened case in the middle between a 375 and 300 H&H... About as much recoil I can handle without detaching my retinas.
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about reboring . I always wanted a .250 Savage and that would
have been the perfect platform .
Buddy had a Kenny Jarrett 7mm RM and I could have got it for $800 when he was in a bad way for money. Been kicking myself for years....
