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Ok Fellas,

Just thought I'd share this before everybody goes moose hunting.

Last year I installed a gun boot on my four wheeler that a friend lent me. He swore by it and said that they are a must have. After getting back to camp one night through the middle of the hunt, I decided to clean my gun. Upon cleaning it, I noticed that the finish on the tip of my forend had rubbed of and actually went right into the wood of the gun. The gun boot did this and wrecked the finish of the forearm on what was a minty grade 4 belgium BAR. I have finally gotten over this incident (kinda-sorta) and wanted evrybody to know.

I bought a brand new gun boot this year that comes with a soft case that you can take out of the gun boot. I think it will work well.

So - inspect your gun boot liners for wear and tear as I would hate for you guys to have the same thing happen!

Good luck and happy hunting.

Steve
 
Stick a pair of socks in the tip of the hard case. They will protect the tip, and you will have extra socks with you!
 
Another thing to look out for in regards to short barreled carbines etc.to make sure the gun case matches the rifle and that the scope is not carrying the weight of the rifle.Like Easterner says stuff some socks or whatever in the bottom to keep the scope from resting on the curve of the boot.A friend was wondering why he couldnt keep his 742 carbine on target and this was the culprit.No problems since.
 
I got the gun racks with the rubber straps that go over. I forgot the brand name. Works great but the rubber strap has worn the bluing on my rifle. Its a stevens so I'm not to worried but its still a piss off. One word about the liner in the case. When you need to get your gun out fast the liner always comes out with the gun. Extra velcro helps keep it in the boot
 
sharp shooter said:
Ok Fellas,

Just thought I'd share this before everybody goes moose hunting.

Last year I installed a gun boot on my four wheeler that a friend lent me. He swore by it and said that they are a must have. After getting back to camp one night through the middle of the hunt, I decided to clean my gun. Upon cleaning it, I noticed that the finish on the tip of my forend had rubbed of and actually went right into the wood of the gun. The gun boot did this and wrecked the finish of the forearm on what was a minty grade 4 belgium BAR. I have finally gotten over this incident (kinda-sorta) and wanted evrybody to know.

I bought a brand new gun boot this year that comes with a soft case that you can take out of the gun boot. I think it will work well.

So - inspect your gun boot liners for wear and tear as I would hate for you guys to have the same thing happen!

Good luck and happy hunting.

Steve
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So if I understand correctly, you put the gun in the gun boot without first putting it in a case? Uh... what did you expect would happen after rattling around inside while riding?
 
I just noticed with my new gun boot with removable liner that the liner doesn't go to the top of the boot. So any gun that isn't positioned properly can rub against the plastic.

I never noticed it before with my T/C Encore but with my SxS .410 it was happening. I think the different gun shapes make a difference.
 
No problems marcoman.

Tazzy,
Good point. I think from what I can recall, the boot does appear to be geared towards scoped rifle guns. I am now going to check the fit of my other guns (shotguns and other rifles) in the boot prior taking them for a ride.
 
Gun boots are great for the Savage package firearms for two reasons. One is because they are inexpensive and you won’t feel bad if you damage the firearm. Two they are accurate and well-built firearms. Now I would not put a nice wood American model in there.
 
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