Great Mysteries of the Sporting Arms World

chuck nelson said:
Why do the highest percentage of big bore advocates always seem to be first generation shooters/hunters?
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I find the opposite to be truer IME... young folks or noobs who can take on the world with their .223...

Many of these have just newly stepped-up from rimfire and airguns and are flexing their little baby centerfire muscles... and feeling powerful.
 
"Why are there always twenty Savages, twenty Remingtons, fifty Brownings, and one lonely Winchester M70 on the shelf?"
This also is so true and if you ask "why?....their eyes just roll back in their head and they say "thats all head-office sent them..." .

What bugs me the most is why can't the brains at Leupold make the 2.5-8X36 just a tad F&^king longer so you don't have to play musical rings&bases on your model 70? Also I hate how the standard rear base hangs over into the ejection port...RRRRRR.
 
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Rembo said:
Did Browning ever make the BLR in anything other than 308?
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I handled one in 7-08 a while back at our WSS.
A stainless take down as well.

Duncan Idaho said:
Did Savage ever make anything after the 99 that wasn't a POS?

Does anyone really take pride in their Mossberg, or is it a secret like that ### uncle the family only ever sees at funerals?

Do the designers of the Remington 710 and 770 sit around laughing every time someone buys another?
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I'm super happy with my Savage 11 in .243. :)

As for Mossbergs the vintage ones are great rifles IMHO, often Howa built.

I'd love to find an M800 one day. One came up in the EE a few years back but I didn't have the cash to spare. :(

As for Rem I doubt I'd own one other then a vintage P17/ model 30.
 
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longbranch* said:
What bugs me the most is why can't the brains at Leupold make the 2.5-8X36 just a tad F&^king longer so you don't have to play musical rings&bases on your model 70? Also I hate how the standard rear base hangs over into the ejection port...RRRRRR.
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I feel your pain and totally agree. The only way I could use my Leo scope was to use a one piece rail on my Savage 11.

Even a 1/4" more scope would have helped prevent the dreaded pinhole effect when dialing in the zoom, ugh. :mad:
 
a j cave said:
Why do so many guys get piszed whe someone uses clip instead of mag? We all know what is ment.
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This one has gotten really stupid. There are now people so brainwashed that they think the word "magazine" means removeable. I saw a guy looking for a .22 rimfire on the exchange....but one with a magazine, not a tube under the barrel.
And Savage does label their mags as "clips".
I'm no better.....I palm my forehead every time I see a rifle advertised with a "hex barrel" or "buckhorn sights", meaning any open rear sight.
 
Is a Winchester really a Winchester if it's contracted to a company in Japan, and made better than the originals?

How much of a rifle can you change, and still have the same rifle? I've changed the stock, barrel, magazine, bottom metal, bolt shroud and safety, sights, yet is it still my "grandfather's axe"?
 
longbranch* said:
What bugs me the most is why can't the brains at Leupold make the 2.5-8X36 just a tad F&^king longer so you don't have to play musical rings&bases on your model 70? Also I hate how the standard rear base hangs over into the ejection port...RRRRRR.
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Say what?

Here are three Model 70's with 2.5-8 x 36 Leupolds...and no rear base over hang.

 
Kilo Charlie said:
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I'm no better.....I palm my forehead every time I see a rifle advertised with --------"buckhorn sights", meaning any open rear sight.
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NO, NO, NO!
Buckhorn is a distinct type of open rear sight.
Some old Winchester 94s, as well as other traditional vintage rifles had them.
They have the traditional little notch in the bottom, then they spread away out and up, not unlike mature moose antlers. Apparently, the idea was to help centre the animal, the target, quickly into sight.
Jack O'Connor hated them, stating there was no advantage to them and they just hindered the view of the target area. He recommended filing the "horns" off.
 
Why do some people still buy 10/22s? They are unreliable and inaccurate. A gun shouldn't need "tweaking" just to work properly.
 
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