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Section 4: Guns/General Subject: Moving on Msg# 1186504
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Oh completely agree that it is personal. I am on the fence about getting rid of the acoutish rifle I put together as I sometimes get rid of things that I really shouldn't have. I was all about the Scout rifle at one time as you well know and I am on my third iteration of it. The one I should have held onto was the M1A Scout. That was a beautiful shooting rifle.
One thing I seem to be moving toward is the Single Action Revolvers. I've got that No. 3 .44 Russian on order. Im gonna stop poo pooing stuff I see. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I think this is a personal thing, definitely. After it being the biggest thing in my life, I think I've gotten a bit tired of military bolt action rifles. I've been collecting, shooting, and reloading for them for around forty years, but I think my interest has waned. I still like the many rifles in my collection, but I find I am no longer looking for additional rifles these days, including the ones I thought I still wanted to add. The last one I purchased was a never-issued Royal Air Force Lee-Enfield No.4Mk.2 that was built the year I was born. I couldn't't resist that one because of the build date, and also because I've always like those rifles and being essentially new made it very desirable. But that was a couple of years ago, and nothing had called my name since. Regarding your comment on scout rifles--I know you've grown more and more put off by the concept for actually quite some time now, and have poo-poo'ed them a number of time of late. And it seems that every time someone well known writes about them in a magazine or online it seems to annoy you more and more. You are not alone here on the forum. Others have expressed their dislike of scout rifles as well. But I want to say I think this is also a personal thing. I like the scout rifle concept and I own a couple rifles with forward mounted scout scopes. One is a bolt rifle and one is semi-automatic. I don't see myself getting rid of either one anytime soon. For what it's worth, eh? |
