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There are some guns that have a mystique about them. Sometimes its totally unreasonable, but sometimes its not. Guns that never fail, guns that point their selves, cartridges that never fail, etc. Some Ive called BS on, but some Ive succumbed to:
1: 45 ACP/1911s. Sure, its only 8 rounds, but it feels great and you can't explain why. That, and would Clint Eastwood look as mean or capable in Gran Torino if he had a Walther PPK instead of a 1911A1?
2: Pre-64 Model 70s. There are many more accurate rifles on average, some that bent gas better, some that are lighter, but none that have the following that a Pre-64 M70 has. I see younger guys with a plastic rifle who wonder what the big deal is about the pre-64. But when you pick one up and close your eyes, you can feel the warmth in the stock like its alive and get a flash of the places its gone and the game its taken...
3: 30-06. Doesn't shoot as flat as some, kicks too hard for many, overkill for most game in the lower 48, underkill for the guys with a bad case of magnumitis, but its never the wrong choice on a hunt.
4: Pump Shotguns. The sound of the pump will scare em away! Not really. But it should have. Ive seen what a 12 gauge will do to a person up close. Devastating.
1: 45 ACP/1911s. Sure, its only 8 rounds, but it feels great and you can't explain why. That, and would Clint Eastwood look as mean or capable in Gran Torino if he had a Walther PPK instead of a 1911A1?
2: Pre-64 Model 70s. There are many more accurate rifles on average, some that bent gas better, some that are lighter, but none that have the following that a Pre-64 M70 has. I see younger guys with a plastic rifle who wonder what the big deal is about the pre-64. But when you pick one up and close your eyes, you can feel the warmth in the stock like its alive and get a flash of the places its gone and the game its taken...
3: 30-06. Doesn't shoot as flat as some, kicks too hard for many, overkill for most game in the lower 48, underkill for the guys with a bad case of magnumitis, but its never the wrong choice on a hunt.
4: Pump Shotguns. The sound of the pump will scare em away! Not really. But it should have. Ive seen what a 12 gauge will do to a person up close. Devastating.