what do you classify as a 'premium' hunting rifle?

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something you'd be willing to take into the field, where it'll get bumped, bruised, scratched, scraped and suffer wear and tear.

is a $5K rifle so good that it's something you'd comfortable taking into the bush?

just wondering and curious. some of you know I've posted about lightweight rifles recently, so the relatively affordable Kimber 84M Montana has pushed my boundaries/horizon's as an acceptable compromise. But then I fall back and think...I could afford two Savage Lightweight Hunters for the same price. Is the fit/finish of the Kimber that much better? :ninja:
 
I classify a premium hunting rifle as a sauer, mauser, blaser, hs precision, nosler etc. and yes I would hunt with one of these $5000 plus beauties. Once you have had one of these high end hunting rifles, everything else feels like a piece of junk, and yes the fit and finish of you kimber is worth the extra money
 
I would put it this way - you can also buy 5 mossin nagats instead of a savage. In the department of "bumped, bruised, scratched, scraped and suffer wear and tear" each mossin would run circles around a savage. And you can do it 5 times one after another instead of 1 savage. Yet, you choose 1 savage instead of 5 perfectly solid amazingly durable mossins.

Same goes to 2 savage = 1 kimber. It is only a question of available cash.
 
I treat all rifles the same as in I try not to damage them but stuff happens if you want a wall hanger leave it on the wall if not just like any other tool your rifle will get wear marks. Some think this adds to the beauty.....usually pisses me off when I nick or scrape a gun but only for a few moments it still shoots and that's what we need them to do. As for premium, $$$ doesn't always mean you are getting the best. treat what ever you have like gold and you should be compleatly happy this goes for all aspects of life in my opinion. Cheers.
 
If you compared daily wage to what a nice hunting rifles cost at the turn of the century, alot of those boys were paying a months wage or more easy for a nice rifle.
 
Hunting with a rifle does not mean you will abuse it. I have a friend that just returned from a 12 day backpack dall sheep hunt. He connected on the 12th day and packed a $16,000 rifle to shoot his ram with.
 
My father is headed to N Dakota this fall for a bison hunt with a TOP grade C. Sharpes rifle. I think the BASE model is somewhere around $4,000 so this places his somewhere far in excess.

Would I take this valuable gun out hunting? Probably not without at least re-stalking it to preserve the checkered picture wood walnut and coating everything metal in a layer of paste wax and in fair weather.
 
Right in Cteve!

Happiness isnt about having the "financial" Best! If the weapon you have does everything you need, its fine. If your desires change, thats fine too. To me "premium" referrs to performance more than looks. I have shot beside guys who have had rifle combos worth more than $8-10,00". And they dont shoot any better than most of mine, which are worth much less!

If anything, there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction in taking a firearm that is worth "what you can afford" and tune the ammo/bedding/trigger etc, and have the resulting firearm shoot better than the shooter can! Thats priceless to me!
 
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if you can afford one, then do it ! sorta sad that were placing a high end rifle on the shelf like some kinda goddam china doll

I'd say use it ... unless you think your not worthy of it haha

when i was young, i alway wanted a nice english rifle ... sadly, just never had the cash for that
 
dthunter said:
Right in Cteve!

Happiness isnt about having the "financial" Best! If the weapon you have does everything you need, its fine. If your desires change, thats fine too. To me "premium" referrs to performance more than looks. I have shot beside guys who have had rifle combos worth more than $8-10,00". And they dont shoot any better than most of mine, which are worth much less!

If anything, there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction in taking a firearm that is worth "what you can afford" and tune the ammo/bedding/trigger etc, and have the resulting firearm shoot better than the shooter can! Thats priceless to me!
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kamlooky said:
Rifles are guns, not weapons......
Tell him laddies.
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Unrestricted firearm, as defined by Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39), Your Honor. And no, there is no intent either direct or indirect to use said firearm in purpose of assault or god forbid defense or any other infliction of bodily harm or physical damage to person or persons know or unknown to the defendant.

Can we go now?
 
Of coarse a hunting rifle does fall under the overall general category of a weapon, however I and most of my friends (kamlooky for one) prefer to refer to them as firearms or rifles or simply guns and reserve the term weapon for more military and police applications. I believe the modern sporting rifle deserves better than the general term weapon, which lumps it with swords, knives, baseball bats, etc................the modern sporting rifle is so much higher evolved. It is like calling people primates, technically correct but terribly gauche !!
I personally would hunt with any and all my guns regardless of cost, I would love to take my $10,000 double over and drag it about the bush in pursuit of elephants or buffs.............just can't do it this year. I too have a $5500 C. Sharps in 45-110 and fully intend to drag it out one of these falls after bison. I hunted caribou one fall with a full blown custom rifle with beautiful wood and outstanding finish and custom checkering and carving in 257 Wby. Why own them if you ain't gonna shoot 'em, and if you're gonna shoot them there might as well be something dressed in fur out front. JMHO
 
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... Ask the deer if my rifle is a weapon ..

And I tend to use cheaper rifles for bush wacking but do take my precision rig with me for sitting on clearings or hydro right of ways .. I don't train myself to shoot 1/2moa to punch holes in paper
 
Actually, what defines an object as a weapon is the intent or manner in which it is used.
If you intend to use the phone book to beat the daylights out of someone, its a weapon.
If you are ventilating popcans and paper, its a firearm.

And buy the Kimber.
 
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