Brand loyalty

It will be a cold cold day in hell before I ever put a Remington in my safe.

Most other brands I'm pretty open minded about.

Kind of like no matter who happens to play the Leafs thta night, thats the team I'm cheering for!:D
 
I purchase the product that I feel will perform the best for me.and my uses.I am not particularly brand sensitive,for example,I shoot Citori shotguns,but I won't own an a-bolt,I would own a Vanguard,but not a Mark V.
 
One thing that surprises me is that with all of the people who dislikes Remington because of their lousy quality as of late, they are still the biggest firearms manufacturer around.
 
I have little brand loyaty, but I have strong brand preferences. (If that make's sense?)

Bolt action rifles:
Virtually anything German / Swiss / Austrian / Finnish etc.
Would be very unlikley to include a Remington, Winchester, Savage, Ruger, Howa, TC, Marlin, Weatherby, Kimber etc. I just don't like the 'feel', some older Remy's are the exception.

Pump Action shotguns:
I have a Remington 870, and it's the gunsafe nail. It is the trail gun mainly, but I also have a cantilever barrel, and a 30" duck / goose barrel and camo stock for the rare occasions I get a chance to hunt waterfowl. Still regret this purchase, I think I should have gone Browning BPS.

Over and Under shot guns:
Belgium Brownings or Beretta / Perrazzi. Nothing else really comes close IMHO.

Auto Pistols:
As per bolt action rifles, anything teutonic is fine. I could be tempted to buy a S&W custom shop 1911, but I doubt I would when comparing it to a Sig Arms 1911.

If there was a 'one brand' only ruling, I think I would go Browning, nice pistols, fair lever guns, fair autoloaders, excellent shotguns (older versions) auto / o/u & pump, bolt action rifles okay. The best 'all round brand', but they produce no 'bests'. Whatever type of firearm you think of, there is a better 'brand' there somewhere.

As for favourites, I have a preference for Sako and Beretta, but still no brand loyalty unfortunately.

Candocad.
 
Every Amy i have slept with has rocked my world actually...

But aside from that its a short list, 5.11 TDU's, Savage bolt actions, Italian shotguns, tim hortons double doubles, Fenix lights and goex black powder.
 
My favorite gun style is a Sako L 61 Hunter (with cheek-rest, open sites inicluded, but were not deal breakers, but that's how they usually came)... After those rifles were changed to the Model 75, they were never the same. Although I'm sure their rifles were/are still accurate.

I just can't fall head over heels for the American style stock on any rifle as there is no cheek-rest. But it seems like everone else has.

I don't mind stainless barrels, and comp stocks, but it would be better if they built the comp stocks a little nicer, or made a Macmillian available for each model they sell. Or, higher a Macmillian stock designer tho help them get over their challenges. A few extra $ for this type of factory offerrring would be worth it.

Having said that, Browning is one of the best astetically designed rifles, but a slightly heavier barrel would be my preference, and need I add, a cheekrest. Love the tang safety over any other design.

Overall the companies need to take the left hand market more seriously and offer the same models they offer to the right hand market. I sure with minor tweaking a CAD design software program can produce the schematics for left hand rifle production as readily as it can for right handed rifles. It's not as challenging as it may have been 50 years ago so there are no excuses.

Remington's don't turn my crank...

Savages are Ok but look cheap, real cheap... Some shoot well enough and some don't.
Savage, for everyone's sake ought to bring out their lever rifles again, I liked their design and those who hav ewoned them say that they were/are decent shooters.

Winchesters have stayed fairly true to their older designs, which are fairly familiar to a lot of shooters.

Howa... Not too familiar with them.

Ruger centerfire rifles, not too familiar with them... But the grey/balck laminate with grey stainless barrel looked best.
 
Interesting question. I just bought a second A bolt in a different caliber because I really like the way the gun handles and I know I don't have enough practice time available to really get comfortable with a second centerfire big game rifle. Having said that, I am very happy with my old Remington 788 222, my Ruger 22, my TC Omega and my Savage HMR 17. Those are the only other rifles I have that I actually use much and they work great. Would I like to have more Brownings? Sure, but I can't even begin to come up with a good reason to replace what I've got.

On the flip side, I've got a boatload of Bushnell scopes but I'm not putting Bushnell on my new A bolt. They've been good to me be not good enough to stop my eyes from wandering.

Call it serial monogamy:)
 
This hobby wouldn't be nearly as much fun if nobody was biased.
Some brands as a whole I've just never wanted any part of, such as Browning and Savage; I've shot a few of both, and nothing was wrong with them, but I just don't want one. Other brands I mostly dislike with a few exceptions even though I've never shot one that I know of, such as Marlin (1895 in .45-70 being the exception).
But it's kind of hard to say a certain brand is great and everything else isn't, unless you've owned several examples of each.
 
Safe contains, 3 Remington, 2 Browning, 2 Winchester, 1 Marlin, 1 Thompson Centre, 1 Savage, 1 Mossberg, 1 Ruger, and 1 Enfield. So no real brand loyalty although my a-bolt is my favorite centrefire.
 
My loyalty only allows me a place to start my research.

For example. If I have a firearm I like and trust, i.e. a marlin lever actoin, and I am looking for a new firearm that is similar. Then that is where I will start my research. If I turn up a bunch of reviews saying, "DONT buy a marlin 45/70" and thats the calibre I am looking for, then its time to move on.
 
ohdot said:
My Safe is pretty much Weatherby Mark V's and 1 Shotgun They have served me well and my next rifle would more than likely be another Weatherby!
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x2 ,Four weatherby Mark V deluxes in my Safe.However I think that my next gun wont be a weatherby.Going to up Grade the optics first,then probabley buy a new cooper M56 in a 7mm.
 
Four weatherby Mark V deluxes in my Safe.However I think that my next gun wont be a weatherby.Going to up Grade the optics first,then probabley buy a new cooper M56 in a 7mm.
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If you like the Weatherby Mark V so much,why buy a Cooper instead of another one?:D
 
stubblejumper said:
If you like the Weatherby Mark V so much,why buy a Cooper instead of another one?:D
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Change it up abit !I guess? I've got all the weatherby cartridges that I wanted which are the 240 wby, 270wby & 300wby.My 4th weatherby rifle is actully a semi -auto, mark XXII(.22lr) that was built in Italy during the early70's
I guess another weatherby cartridge that i'll end up getting is a 338-378 Wby Mag,but thats on hold for abit:).I had a custom RMR in a 257 Wby mag,but sold that to a friend.

Dad and I have actully sold alot of our great rifles,over the last few years.We had a Martini and Hagn Rifle,in a 270Wby,aswell as a couple SxS Blaser double barrel rifles we sold.We currently got a Kimber montana on the chopping block aswell.

Dad already bought his rifle for the new year, two days ago.he grabbed that Krico 30-06 off of AOF.it's got a single set trigger and the rifle is shooting 1\2" @ 100 yards.hopefully thats the truth.

It's hard to Find Factory Rifles that chamber a 7mm STW,which is a cartridge that me and my cousin have been itching to Try.So a cooper custom classic in a 7mm STW might be the Ticket.I know that WBY chamber's a 7mm STW in a mark V ,however I wont buy a weatherby rifle that's not chambered in a weatherby cartridge!! nothing wrong with that,however it's just not for me.:wave:
 
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