Could hardly believe my ears

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....
 
I went through basic with the M1(30-06)and shot expert ,went through AIT with the Mia
and shot sharpshooter! I hit targets at 360 meter with iron sights,and I had to give up
one rifle . I still have the Savage 99 in .308 ,but still concider it a 30-06 short!

Bob
 
Same story here, walked in wanted at least a 300WM for first hunting rifle, salesmen highly recommended 30-06 for less kick, cheaper and readily available ammo, sure glad I took his advice.



Kind of depressing not one Alberta team made it, gone are those glory days. Even sadder is routing for an American team over Canadian.
^ Wait 'til they've won before posting... no balls.
 
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....

Buy him a super nice .30-06 for his birthday, if he is still out hunting.
 
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.

X2!

And with so many choices of Premium ammo avaliable for it, readily avalible factory economy rounds, and any handloader knows what the '06 can do, it will be top 3 for a long time to come.:wave:
 
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.


+1 that s so true.

im trying sometimes to give advices but some buyers especially newbies dont want to listen and some are asking advices here, and then come to get something specific they dont need nor will use it but again what a customer want ...
 
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