adding another 204 to the herd

Kevan said:
Amusing.... I'd be willing to bet that I've owned more A-bolts than you and more than enough X-bolt to make me appreciate anything else.
I've yet to have an issue with any of my 'plas-tikkas and no they are not my ultimate hunting rifle.
Theres no need for personal insults, I still have several Brownings, they are far from being a favorite rifle that's all.....
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You know me?

I do hear alot of folks who seem to own half a dozen of every brand of rifle out there at one time or another in order to back up their opinions, and then tell me there's no need for insults?

In that case: seen sakoboy's sis the other weekend at her place of employment. meh.
 
I'd like to know why Browning stopped making a 204. The Stainless Stalker I picked up was a SHOT show special run and I don't know anyone else in Canada that has one. It is a excellent little 6lb coyote calling rifle and I still use it over my Sako if I'm going out on the snowmobile or if I have to walk any distance to a stand. For a 22" pencil barrel it will easily hit a coyote out to 350yds+. My Tikkas were both Stainless laminates and they were both maybe just a touch more accurate than this Browning but they were also a good 2lbs heavier. My Sako is alot heavier but it balances and fits me so good that I really don't notice the extra wieght.
 
I think the Browning barrels are made from melted salmon tins....The Composite stocks, from melted javex bottles...On a still day, you can smell the fishy smell and chlorine.Ill take a Sako, or an old school Tikka.
 
Deerdr said:
I think the Browning barrels are made from melted salmon tins....The Composite stocks, from melted javex bottles...On a still day, you can smell the fishy smell and chlorine.Ill take a Sako, or an old school Tikka.
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Here goes the Doc again with his salmon tins?! From a guy whose A-5 is a Japanese version, not Belgian you sure do a lot of squawking about Japanese guns?! Before you get too high and mighty there Doc let me remind you that you shoot a 788! f:P:
 
Deerdr said:
I think the Browning barrels are made from melted salmon tins....The Composite stocks, from melted javex bottles...On a still day, you can smell the fishy smell and chlorine.Ill take a Sako, or an old school Tikka.
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Sako... :D

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Boy, we derailed this thread quick, interesting pictures of the sako, curious what caused it's demise, as for the OP, hopefully he found a 204 in a brand/model that works well for him.
 
You keep this up Doc and the missus will take yer puter away agin.
Make ya stand in the korner with the pointy hat on.
You know Henry will giggle at yah thru the vinders.............aye?

Deerdr said:
I think the Browning barrels are made from melted salmon tins....The Composite stocks, from melted javex bottles...On a still day, you can smell the fishy smell and chlorine.Ill take a Sako, or an old school Tikka.
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bearkilr said:
Sako... :D

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OMG!!!!! Glad it wasn't me!! I saw that happen one time at a trap shoot with an 870 Trap. Fellow made some bad reloads and blew the gun to smithereens. Did some superficial damage to his left arm with it and a piece of the gun blew a hole in the sleeve of a coat of the guy on the next station to his right. That looks like an an overload or barrel blockage in that pic, to me anyways.
 
kamlooky said:
You keep this up Doc and the missus will take yer puter away agin.
Make ya stand in the korner with the pointy hat on.
You know Henry will giggle at yah thru the vinders.............aye?
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Thats it Looky, let 'em have it with both barrels!! It's one thing to pick on a couple old thick skinned shooters like you and I but when he starts on a CGN general membership rampage? Well the next step is a call to his missus!
 
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the spank said:
OMG!!!!! Glad it wasn't me!! I saw that happen one time at a trap shoot with an 870 Trap. Fellow made some bad reloads and blew the gun to smithereens. Did some superficial damage to his left arm with it and a piece of the gun blew a hole in the sleeve of a coat of the guy on the next station to his right. That looks like an an overload or barrel blockage in that pic, to me anyways.
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Some stainless Sako's had issues with the heat treat done to the barrels and there were instances of "banana peeling" , especially in cold conditions.
 
I like my tikka. It has been dragged through the bush in -35 checking snares and shooting coyotes 4 times a week every winter and I have yet to break anything on it.
 
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