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May 16, 2010, 10:42:09 AM »
dang i didn't know there was a elf season
there isnt, elf's are considered unclassified wildlife like coyotes or sage rats and can be killed year round. To my way of thinking that .54 caliber maxi ball would put them down in there tracks! you dont want to have to follow a wounded elf in to the thick stuff ya know!
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can get dangerous when you get in the thick stuff and have to get on there level on your hands and knees to crawl threw it
mmmmm elf the other white meat
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Re: Guns you've regretted selling or trading.
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May 17, 2010, 02:01:07 PM »
Dang, I could kick myself. I once had a beautiful little Winchester model 1400 20 GA semi-auto shotgun. It was a bear to clean but was so nice for upland birds. I sold it to buy a Mossberg over & under. What a mistake that was. I'm sure O/U shotguns are very nice and all and this was the cheapest O/U you could buy but I just didn't like it. Wish I still had the Winchester 20 GA.
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Re: Guns you've regretted selling or trading.
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May 17, 2010, 08:02:06 PM »
2 that come too mind, first one being a Ruger 77 "200th year of american liberty" 250 SAVAGE, the other being a mint 99 savage, with the shell counter 358 win. Every time I think about the 250, I wanna puke..... Also miss my old BAR 270 Wby Mag, not that I like BAR's, mostly cause it was a blood thirsty killin machine. Lotta good memories with that rifle.
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May 17, 2010, 08:24:33 PM »
I've let a few get away that afterwards I sorta regretted but none of them were rare or irreplaceable. I've never sold a hand medown or anything like that so I really don't have any regrets about selling any of them. Rifles are just inanimate objects, like tools. I use them or replace them.
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May 17, 2010, 08:49:22 PM »
Well I have a lot, the only 870 that worked I traded my first rifle for .303 Brit Savage that I took my first deer with, should not have done both. My 1911 Union Switch and Signal I got for $150 shot the crap out of it and sold for $300 now over $1K. My custom M1A1 I built from a NM barreled action to a great shooting auto that would take any ammo. And not but lease my Valmet O/U and single that I traded for a outboard motor, I won most of my class shoots with that shotgun. And after I sold it a matching set of O/U 30-06 barrels hit the street at a good price.
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May 17, 2010, 08:52:29 PM »
Colt Tactical Elite, one of a thousand from the colt custom shop.
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Sold 3 a little more than 25 yrs and been kickin my own ass ever since. H&R 12ga, 5 shot 22 marlin, and a old ruger 22 mark11. The ruger 22 is my biggest regret. It could knock the pubic hair off a nat at 25 paces
. As of last year I finally filled the void and bought another one a Mark 111 target hunter which I really enjoy. But I still miss that old ruger and with 20/20 hindsight it will never happen again I guarantee it
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May 24, 2010, 11:19:23 AM »
I don't know and never want to know. I have separation issues when it comes to guns. Hell, I got some that don't even work anymore.
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i think they call that hoarding isn't there a show for that
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i was going to sell this so i could get another lens for my camera. It was a graduation gift from my father and after I pulled it out of the safe i realized how nice of rifle it is and I changed my mind. glad i did. its a M70 Winchester 338 Mag.
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Sweet rifle! Yeah, it would of taken about three minutes after selling that one to regret it.
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shame shame shame on you for thinkg about it...
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Have had some nice guns come and go and I am more like Monty Hall "Let's Make Deal" and really don't treasure any objects, but do got to admit the .357 S & W 686 that Mom and Dad bought for me when I turned 18 isn't going anywhere too soon... Or my Kimber.....
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Re: Guns you've regretted selling or trading.
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May 25, 2010, 01:20:09 PM »
I'm not a big Taurus fan, but I worked the trigger of a Model 66 Nickle 6" 357mag some 25 years ago that I sold to a friend about 8 years ago. It is by far the most accurate revolver that I've ever fired. I'd put it up to my Kimber comp gun any day.
Miss that revolver. If I still had it, I'd be competing for my Distinguished Revolver Medal with it.
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OK, maybe not the most accurate one I've ever fired. My Dan Wesson is damn accurate. But that thing just fit my hand quite well and was a tack driver 'in' my hand.
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