Do you have unfounded hatred regarding certain firearms? I do
- Thread starter elker
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BeaverMeat
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- Nanaimo, B.C.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Lower Mainland
That same thing happened to me with the SKS. I bought one. Never really cared for it. Then few years latter all the suddenly I started to like it.
nothing unfounded, just dislike certain brands, makes, models, etc from personal experience with them. And this is not just from a cursory glance at a retail store, If I post about a bad experience it means I spent a significant amount of time with the item in question.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Makes so much sense!
Lots of unhappy Ruger Mk I,II and III owners out there.
Lots of them.........
Don't forget the useless ROAs either.
Pure Energy
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- A river runs through it.
Nope, there are some that I wouldn't buy, but if I was at the range and buddy says "Here try this one." I would.
- Location
- Ottawa origanally Muskoka
Rem 597. Biggest cheap POS ever. Came NIB with crooked sights, rusty bore, extractor issues, trigger became loose n' sloppy, parts fell off/ out of gun....head ache after headache. Granted it is a budget gun, but I look at it like this;
If I had bought a $300 Tellevision and the picture was all wonkey, the speakers were blown right from factory and the remote contol didn't work/ fell apart and then the store told me sorry but we can't fix/ exchange it because you are Canadian....but give it to us for 6-9 months and we'll see what we can do...I'd F#*in loose it! The better buisness beurau would force them to improve their quality and fix existing tellevisions.....but its a gun so its different?
If I had bought a $300 Tellevision and the picture was all wonkey, the speakers were blown right from factory and the remote contol didn't work/ fell apart and then the store told me sorry but we can't fix/ exchange it because you are Canadian....but give it to us for 6-9 months and we'll see what we can do...I'd F#*in loose it! The better buisness beurau would force them to improve their quality and fix existing tellevisions.....but its a gun so its different?
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- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
I think the antis could care less what we like about done guns and not others.
i will also not back down, cow tow or in any any other way compromise regarding their BS whenever I am approached or otherwise engaged by that bunch of idjits
Cat
Like Dogs, I don't hate dogs, in fact I love dogs I just hate their owners (my work, an office allows people to bring in dogs, it gets pretty annoying when you are trying to type out a report - no one has ever asked if I am allergic - I am not but it illustrates my point of disliking certain dog owners.).
To that end 700's, people who own them love them and reccomend them to new shooters ALL THE TIME! They are not a good starter rifle for the money and effort you have to put in to one to get it accurate. Not to mention all of the quality control issues that they have had as of late. To recommend a gun to a shooter that needs a rail, rings, bedding job, free float the barrel, replace the trigger, raise the cheek height and all of the rest of it - this gun is not a starter gun, it's far from a novice gun and maybe even a step above a gun that an intermediate shooter should be using as a building block for a rifle build whether it is for hunting or long range shooting. It's popular because a long time ago it won a military contract and from there the hype just piled on. I myself even bought a remington 700 in 7mm rem mag as my first rifle and hated it with a passion put about 40 rds through it and sold it. The rifle I bought after that was a savage and I love. But again I go back to the original point, 700's aren't totally bad, I just get frustrated when someone recommends it to a new shooter and says it's great gun. No... It's not.
To that end 700's, people who own them love them and reccomend them to new shooters ALL THE TIME! They are not a good starter rifle for the money and effort you have to put in to one to get it accurate. Not to mention all of the quality control issues that they have had as of late. To recommend a gun to a shooter that needs a rail, rings, bedding job, free float the barrel, replace the trigger, raise the cheek height and all of the rest of it - this gun is not a starter gun, it's far from a novice gun and maybe even a step above a gun that an intermediate shooter should be using as a building block for a rifle build whether it is for hunting or long range shooting. It's popular because a long time ago it won a military contract and from there the hype just piled on. I myself even bought a remington 700 in 7mm rem mag as my first rifle and hated it with a passion put about 40 rds through it and sold it. The rifle I bought after that was a savage and I love. But again I go back to the original point, 700's aren't totally bad, I just get frustrated when someone recommends it to a new shooter and says it's great gun. No... It's not.
steve-o1979
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
I don't really have a hate for any guns/calibers. There are plenty I have no interest in owning.
The only brand I will never own(unless it's given to me) is browning. I will completely admit that they are nice guns, and I have shot a fair amount of them, but for some reason, they just don't do anything for me.
As far as calibers go, I guess I'm what most people on here call vanilla lol. I love the 30-06... I have two. I like any caliber that you can pick up in pretty much any back road country store, and don't cost an arm and a leg.
I will never own anything "short mag"...more recoil, more money, and I really don't care how flat a bullet shoots, as long as it hits the target lol.
The only brand I will never own(unless it's given to me) is browning. I will completely admit that they are nice guns, and I have shot a fair amount of them, but for some reason, they just don't do anything for me.
As far as calibers go, I guess I'm what most people on here call vanilla lol. I love the 30-06... I have two. I like any caliber that you can pick up in pretty much any back road country store, and don't cost an arm and a leg.
I will never own anything "short mag"...more recoil, more money, and I really don't care how flat a bullet shoots, as long as it hits the target lol.
I don't care for Remington either, they'll never see my dollars again. I hate Harris bipods, damn they're ugly.
Why the hate on Savage? My 10 TR grouped .7 inches @ 100 yards, first time out. And that's with me shooting, it can do better. Remington 160 grain PSP (cheapest available ammo I could get, wont buy again cause they're all seated at diff depths and the points are all squashed).
Why the hate on Savage? My 10 TR grouped .7 inches @ 100 yards, first time out. And that's with me shooting, it can do better. Remington 160 grain PSP (cheapest available ammo I could get, wont buy again cause they're all seated at diff depths and the points are all squashed).
