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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: poulsbo on August 25, 2008, 06:53:46 PM

Title: what rifle do you not regret selling?
Post by: poulsbo on August 25, 2008, 06:53:46 PM: did anyone have a rifle that shot terrible or kick like a mule , send fliers all over the target? that you couldnt get rid of fast enough?
Title: Re: what rifle do you not regret selling?
Post by: Bscman on August 25, 2008, 09:12:51 PM: I always thought it'd be fun to buy an AK or SKS...so I bought a nice SKS and did some trigger work, recrowned, and swapped out the stock.

I just can't live with a rifle that is known for 4-6MOA on average.
I fought and fought and fought to get groups to 3" @ 100yds...and even then they were rare, more like 4.5" avg...and only with hand-loaded ammo.

Then the "cheap" ammo went up over 50% so I sold it (for a profit).

It *might* have made an okay coyote run-n-gun rifle...but it was pretty ugly, and definitly didn't meet my accuracy standards.

I got a good deal on an AK a few months later...owned it for two weeks, loathed it, and sold it for double what I paid.

I'm back to bolt and lever guns. ;)
Title: Re: what rifle do you not regret selling?
Post by: PWN Kurt on August 26, 2008, 08:02:29 PM: Ruger Mini-14.

Back before Ruger was re-introducing the factory hi-caps, the aftermarket mags were horrible. If you could find a factory hi-cap, they were $100 or more. Accuracy was horrible. It started keyholing one day and I sold it off. For a couple hundred more, a guy can get a pretty decent AR clone and an endless supply of good quality aftermarket mags.

I love Rugers, but not this rifle.
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Post by: ThePascoKid on August 26, 2008, 08:23:39 PM: had a mini-30 I traded plus some cash for a bushmaster AR varminter model never looked back I think every red blooded American should own and AR-15.
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Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 26, 2008, 10:58:23 PM: I had a Parker-Hale 6.5 Swede that shot MOToyota door @100 yards.The hotter it got the better it shot. Glad to send it packin!!
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Post by: timber tiger on August 26, 2008, 11:35:21 PM: never sold one but gave someone a dust collecting savage 99 i just think there ugly lever actions but made someones hunting season :hunter:
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Post by: Caseyd on August 27, 2008, 12:33:28 AM: Quote from: PWN Kurt on August 26, 2008, 08:02:29 PM
Ruger Mini-14.

Back before Ruger was re-introducing the factory hi-caps, the aftermarket mags were horrible. If you could find a factory hi-cap, they were $100 or more. Accuracy was horrible. It started keyholing one day and I sold it off. For a couple hundred more, a guy can get a pretty decent AR clone and an endless supply of good quality aftermarket mags.

I love Rugers, but not this rifle.

I love my mini 14 rancher addition. Thing is accurate and its fun for coyote hunting or just loading it to the max and blastin alot of targets!
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Post by: high country on August 27, 2008, 04:35:53 AM: christensen arms 300rum it was very finicky to say the least, it did shoot its pet load well though.....it also broke every scope I ever put on it aside from a 4200. I went through about 3grand in scopes and after it puked a new swaro I offed it.....good elk mountain gun.........good riddens!
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Post by: Intruder on August 27, 2008, 08:15:23 AM: Not a rifle but a shotgun. An 870 Special Field. Hated that damn thing. What erks me even more was I traded a really nice 870 Wingmaster for that POS.
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Post by: actionshooter on August 27, 2008, 05:29:56 PM: Quote from: PWN Kurt on August 26, 2008, 08:02:29 PM
Ruger Mini-14.

Back before Ruger was re-introducing the factory hi-caps, the aftermarket mags were horrible. If you could find a factory hi-cap, they were $100 or more. Accuracy was horrible. It started keyholing one day and I sold it off. For a couple hundred more, a guy can get a pretty decent AR clone and an endless supply of good quality aftermarket mags.

I love Rugers, but not this rifle.

I'll 2nd that, everyone I have seen shoots like crap.
Also I had a Winchester 70, .338 with a BOSS, what a racket
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Post by: Bofire on August 27, 2008, 07:00:42 PM: In 1977 I bought two used Weatherby Mark 5's a 7mm and a 300. Thought I was in heaven, got them cheap. Chrono said Roy was a liar, targets said, "what ya shootin at"? after a few years,
The Gun Room in Portland said, I'll give ya this Rem. Model 7 .223, and a Rem 7 .308 for them, I took it. Didn't like them either.
Carl
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Post by: andrew_12gauge on August 27, 2008, 07:01:56 PM: i had a remington 700 in .300 win mag that no matter what would not shoot a group less than 10" at 100 yards it was the most inaccurate gun i have ever shot got rid of that thing as quick as i could and replaced it with my howa .300 wsm and havent looked back
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Post by: 12Gauge on August 28, 2008, 06:44:11 AM: Yugo M48 in 8mm. This thing had bad machining and when I shoot 190 grain bullets out of it, it starts to dismantle itself. The stock eventually split. Now taken apart and sold as parts on Auction Arms.
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Post by: GoldTip on August 28, 2008, 06:58:26 AM: I had a Winchester Model 70 featherweight in 22-250 thatwould never shoot under 1.75" with handloads or factories. Trigger work, rebedding, nothing helped. Traded it for a Ruger 77 in 25-06 and that gun has killed a lot of prairie dogs to antelope and deer. It was a good trade,,,,,,,,,for me. :chuckle:
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Post by: MountainWalk on September 07, 2008, 01:28:00 AM: Well its to my regret that I havent sold it, but back in Arkansas, I have a Sendero in 7mm Ultra Mag that I just absolutley hate. I was blinded by the fluted barrel, the fancy spiderweb stock and the velocity of the chambering. But alas, it was too heavy, too flashy, too costly to shoot and I wasnt all that impressed with the 7UM. Worst 1000 bucks I have ever spent.
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Post by: jdb on September 08, 2008, 06:52:05 PM: . Worst 1000 bucks I have ever spent.
[/quote]youve obviously never been to the mustang ranch :yike:
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Post by: smdave on September 08, 2008, 07:12:41 PM: I have never sold a rifle I still have them all.

Dave