Heya folks. I recently got my PAL and am supposed to go on my first moose hunt in Gaspésie later this year.
So I've been looking for a rifle.
I went ot the two gun stores in Montréal I can easily get to (Dante's and Sail/Baron downtown) to play with everything I could put my hands on before making any decisions. All my magazine reading and forum lurking/discussing has lead me to develop a fetish for the Remington 700 CDL and the Winchester Model 70, simply because stuff like Sakos and such are a hard thing to justify this early in my journey.
Sail/Baron has nothing in 30-06 or .308. Honest to the gods. I was there to-day. They had one rifle in .270, if I remember correctly and a wallful of .300 WSMs. I commented on the weirdness, and the guy behind the counter agreed. They also had no Model 70s, and apparently don't expect any to show up this year due to massive US sales. I don't know if that's true or not, but I *do* know that Dante's didn't have one either.
My plan is to pick up something second-hand, as I've only managed to scratch together just over a grand so far, and that has to cover gun, sope and the beginnings of the clothes and such I need.
I saw there was a Winny 70 in .308 for sale here at a very good price with a scope on, but since nobody in town's got one in stock, I have no idea how the gun feels. I'm also not certain that a .308 would do well on my first moose hunt: I'm just not yet skilled enough to say that my shot placement will be good enough for a kill rather than a wound -- though after a summer of practise, I might be singing a different song.
I know the Remmy 700 CDL was exactly as cool as I was expecting. I also tried out some Tikkas and Savages, as well as a camo synthetic-stocked 700 that I hated.
But Sail/Baron being out of any sort of non-magnum moose calibre, plus me not finding much in the way of affordable (for me) 30-06s equals a bit of frustration.
Anyone else had this much trouble spending money before?
So I've been looking for a rifle.
I went ot the two gun stores in Montréal I can easily get to (Dante's and Sail/Baron downtown) to play with everything I could put my hands on before making any decisions. All my magazine reading and forum lurking/discussing has lead me to develop a fetish for the Remington 700 CDL and the Winchester Model 70, simply because stuff like Sakos and such are a hard thing to justify this early in my journey.
Sail/Baron has nothing in 30-06 or .308. Honest to the gods. I was there to-day. They had one rifle in .270, if I remember correctly and a wallful of .300 WSMs. I commented on the weirdness, and the guy behind the counter agreed. They also had no Model 70s, and apparently don't expect any to show up this year due to massive US sales. I don't know if that's true or not, but I *do* know that Dante's didn't have one either.
My plan is to pick up something second-hand, as I've only managed to scratch together just over a grand so far, and that has to cover gun, sope and the beginnings of the clothes and such I need.
I saw there was a Winny 70 in .308 for sale here at a very good price with a scope on, but since nobody in town's got one in stock, I have no idea how the gun feels. I'm also not certain that a .308 would do well on my first moose hunt: I'm just not yet skilled enough to say that my shot placement will be good enough for a kill rather than a wound -- though after a summer of practise, I might be singing a different song.
I know the Remmy 700 CDL was exactly as cool as I was expecting. I also tried out some Tikkas and Savages, as well as a camo synthetic-stocked 700 that I hated.
But Sail/Baron being out of any sort of non-magnum moose calibre, plus me not finding much in the way of affordable (for me) 30-06s equals a bit of frustration.
Anyone else had this much trouble spending money before?
