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That's so funny... I have one of those too (in .25-20, tho, so even more embarrassing). I wonder how many '92s got their tangs broken in the 30s and 40s.I have a '92 Winchester in .44-40. It has a Model '94 tang welded on it where the original tang must have broken off at some point. It was my first '92 and although I don't bring it out too often, I still shoot it when I'm alone!
I owned a Taurus revolver for a short time. TERRIBLE DA trigger, fit and finish were ok though. I ended up selling it, wasn't for me.
What are you wanting to shoot. I have a few extra boxes I can sell. I have 2.5 boxes of Winchester Ballistic QaaaaI just sold my 6.5 creed and bought a .300 win mag. But $hit I am having a hard time finding ammo for it lol. Wrong time to invest in a new cartridge.
i have a few extra boxes I am trying to sell. What are you shooting. You can PM if you want details.I just sold my 6.5 creed and bought a .300 win mag. But $hit I am having a hard time finding ammo for it lol. Wrong time to invest in a new cartridge.
I learned a long time ago to never look down my nose at "obsolete hardware". I know I've told this story before, but 20+ years ago a buddy of mine decided to take up black powder hunting (he's a hunter's hunter). He said if he was going to do black powder, it was going to be traditional, so he bought a nice reproduction flintlock. He brought it out to my place because I lived out of town back then. The first shooting session wasn't pretty because neither of us knew what we were doing- big clouds of smoke, delayed ignition, flinching, mostly misses.I don't feel embarrassed for the guns that I own.
However...
There are times when I am out on the range or hunting and someone just has to make a disparaging comment on :
"Those old black powder guns".
In response , I usually let my shooting do my talking for me.
While I am not Daniel Boone , David Crockett or Kit Carson...I do shoot pretty good.
So while giving a demonstration of the loading and shooting process , I can put some misinformation to rest...
Andy
It's the cartridge more than the rifle itself. I love shooting it but I don't want to tell people what it's chambered inI own firearms worth from a little over $100 to a rifle worth about $2700-$2800 Pistols from $250 to $750.00 Shotguns from $250 to $700.00 and I'm not embarrassed by a one of them. I do not own firearms to impress someone. I own them because I bought or inherited them.
I find it interesting the OP mentions being embarrassed by a Savage 111 Trophy Hunter. I own one in 30-06 it was bought specifically to convert into a .35 WHelen which when done will end up being one of my pride and joys.
I think aside from a POS TEC-9 I owned for almost 3 weeks I've never owned anything to be embarrassed by and over the last 49 years of firearms ownership I have owned a LOT of different firearms.
I learned a long time ago to never look down my nose at "obsolete hardware". I know I've told this story before, but 20+ years ago a buddy of mine decided to take up black powder hunting (he's a hunter's hunter). He said if he was going to do black powder, it was going to be traditional, so he bought a nice reproduction flintlock. He brought it out to my place because I lived out of town back then. The first shooting session wasn't pretty because neither of us knew what we were doing- big clouds of smoke, delayed ignition, flinching, mostly misses.
The next time he brought it out sometime later, he had practiced and really learned how to shoot it. He was hitting pop cans at 50 yards. That's nothing to sneeze at, in my opinion. Flintlocks may be long obsolete by modern standards, but they're still as lethal as they ever were.
mine used to look like that. now it has punisher grips and a comp on it for funI've never been a "hey, that's neat" kind of gun buyer. I'm pretty deliberate. So, all of my mistakes, were thoroughly agonized over and I made them anyway.
That said, I've bought a few camo stocked rifles with the practicality in mind. Then I remembered I wear hunter orange.
I bought a Colt Series 70 Competition that comes stock with bright blue grips. I refused to take it out of the box until I could put different grips on it.
I stole this pic since I have no evidence of my actual gun ever looking this corny:
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