tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
the 30-06 is no longer useful and is dangerour. im running a smelting operation. pm for the address to send your unuseful 30-06 to for free disposle.
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I know this guy who has an absolute minimum of guns. My father. He has a Cooey single shot 20ga, a Remington BA repeater (DK what), and a 1963 Win94 .30-30.
With these three firearms, he kept meat on the table for a wife and 5 children. He only ever hunted, no general shooting for fun, no time for that. He still hunts with only these three guns. I feel bad for him, but he seems to be happy in his delusion that a man only needs these three and no more.
I, myself, am not so poor. Three .30-06, one .308, one .243, six .303BR of various models, four SKS, one Nagant 91/30, one K-98 8mm Mauser, three 12ga pumps, six .22lr of various models, one 20ga Single shot, one .410 single shot, and three P-14's, two of which have been improved.
And I am still looking for good deals....
Yesterday, I stopped by to drool around in the Bass Pro on the north side of Toronto. I was lounging around at the gun counter admiring the expensive binoculars when I became conscious of a complete Newbie at the counter getting advice from the fellow behind the counter. The Newbie wanted to get a good, all around hunting rifle for deer, Moose, and Black Bear, from what I could pick up. The fellow behind the counter recommended a 30-06. He mentioned some of the short Mags, etc, but said that the 30-06 would do the job just fine and in a pinch, could take any game in North America. He also told the fellow he could get ammo just about anywhere, whereas that may not always be the case for some of the newer fancy stuff. I just about passed out. I could hardly believe my ears. I had to hold on to the counter to steady myself as I took a look over at the fellow. He was actually talking sense. He was dadgummed right, of course, and it sure was refreshing to hear that there is still the occasional fellow behind the gun counter who still knows what a 30-06 can do.

What is forgotten here is that the person behind the counter at a gun store is there to sell guns. It is nice to see someone like Kirk is talking about, but, he may not be a good seller of guns.
Waaaay back, when the Remington 600 came out, a mother brought her far from rugged looking twelve year old son along, to buy him his first rifle. She had seen the Model 600 and thought it would be a cute gun for her son and she wanted it in 308 calibre. I might add that this was even before the time of ear muffs for protection from noise. Virtually no one used any type of ear protection when shooting.
The salesman, an honest person who also knew firearms, tried to explain to her how the 600 in 308 would be mighty rough for a boys first gun. She was insistant that she wanted a 600. Salesman then said that a 35 Remington would be a far better calibre for him, being much easier to shoot. The woman said she would think about this, and left.
She went straight across the street to another hardware store and came out with a Remington Model 600, in 308 calibre.
Rule number one for selling firearms. Sell them what the customer wants. Doesn't matter if it is a 375 H & H for a first time shooter wanting to hunt deer, or someone wanting a 222 to hunt moose with.
The customer will never come back angry at the store, if he was sold the firearm he asked for. And selling guns has always been a tough racket.



























