Good Gun Deals This Week

Altitude sickness said:

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I made the horrible mistake of emailing this person for details. He emailed me back and said, "You obviously can't read! I wrote it in the description!" He will not get a Christmas card from me this year.

LimbNoMo said:

@Beck drinks are on me.

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What did I do?

@Beck You took the under.

Whelen said:

Other than the notorious shipping problems that have occurred with bass pro/cabelas, this seems like a decent buy.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/cz-rifles/cz-550-safari-magnum-458-lott-5018276-.cfm?gun_id=103667947

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I'm so glad I bought my .458 Lott when I did

Hedge774 said:

I made the horrible mistake of emailing this person for details. He emailed me back and said, "You obviously can't read! I wrote it in the description!" He will not get a Christmas card from me this year.

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Now imagine you have a real issue. After you have paid. It’s a situation that doesn’t rely on repeat buyers. But perhaps fooling first time buyers?

mdwest said:

A buddy of mine that I was shooting prairie dogs with last week had a cooper 17 hmr with him that he was using for shots under 150 yards.. awesome little rifle.. for $2k if it’s in similar condition to his, that’s a steal…

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@mdwest my personal 17hmr is one of the most accurate rifles I own. On a no-wind day, it is wicked accurate with minimal drop out to about 130 yards. Thereafter, it drops like a mortar and loses its lethality. At 100 yards however? When I was a better shooter 20 years ago, I would glue 80mg baby aspirin to cocktail straws and shoot them at 100 yards. I'd hit them 50% of the time.

The 17HMR is a 22-magnum rimfire that has been necked down to shoot a 17gr-20gr bullet at about 2500FPS. Zero recoil. A bit noisy for a rimfire. With an FMJ bullet, it is suitable for headshots on animals up to the size of coyote. For body shots, its wholly acceptable for fox/woodchuck/raccoon/hare.

A cooper rimfire rifle I believe is about $5000-$6000 new. Their quality is about 1/2 of a dakota. Cooper wood on the average is slightly lower than Dakota wood. Pretty high compliments of comparison.

The reason we don't talk much about Cooper rifles on this forum is two fold. 1.) They don't really make medium and large bore rifles, so they come up less in safari conversations. 2.) Their centerfire actions are built on a Rem700 style design and most people spending $5000-$15,000 on a rifle would prefer a mauser-style action at that pricepoint.

For anyone in Dallas looking for a Winchester Safari, Ray’s Hardware has all 3 @ $1699 ea. .375, .416, and .458.

I needed an excuse to go by Ray's, its been a long time.

cwickgo9 said:

I needed an excuse to go by Ray's, its been a long time.

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Me too! Way too long and not sure when I’ll make it through again next…one thing I miss about commute from north Plano to SMU during law school and then my office off 75 downtown. There were a couple cool gun shops worth a drop in on the regular.

cwickgo9 said:

I needed an excuse to go by Ray's, its been a long time.

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I just went several months ago and they had squat.

Wildwillalaska said:

Me too! Way too long and not sure when I’ll make it through again next…one thing I miss about commute from north Plano to SMU during law school and then my office off 75 downtown. There were a couple cool gun shops worth a drop in on the regular.

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Did you all ever go when Ray was there? Ray would sit in a chair up on a table so he could see everyone and everyone see him. He'd yell at you if you dallied too long or when you came in asking what you are looking for. Dude was a legend.

cwickgo9 said:

I needed an excuse to go by Ray's, its been a long time.

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If you’re going to Ray’s around lunch, it’s worth crossing the street for

Micheladas La Bajada​

Kynoch2015 said:

If you’re going to Ray’s around lunch, it’s worth crossing the street for

Micheladas La Bajada​

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The one time I visited Ray's a couple years back, I didn't see much that interested me; but I'm always up for discovering a new good Mexican restaurant, so perhaps I'll make another trip down there soon.

Obviously at a high price point, but good pricing for a Wiebe takedown (especially in .500J). Duane is in his mid-80s now and not building many more rifles. I hate that it is ported, but would be in the high 30K (perhaps higher) range to duplicate. Not for most, but a solid deal for a Wiebe collector.

You Texans are lucky to have such an array of great gun stores. I’d be in serious sh*t if I lived there.

Here’s one you don’t see every day…albeit, I’m not 100% what it is, other than the cheapest rifle you’ll see wearing Rigby’s name.

Wildwillalaska said:

Here’s one you don’t see every day…albeit, I’m not 100% what it is, other than the cheapest rifle you’ll see wearing Rigby’s name.

https://www.cabelas.com/p/102072330

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whomever pulled the wood stock off of that gun, and replaced it with black plastic one should be pistol whipped

Beck said:

whomever pulled the wood stock off of that gun, and replaced it with black plastic one should be pistol whipped

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I mean, you have to admit it looks tacti-kewl with the one piece scope rail though. Half temped to buy it to help save the thing. I just cannot tell what it is since the action looks off from what I’d expect on an older Rigby. They need more photos…even if they are so hard to look at.

Wildwillalaska said:

I mean, you have to admit it looks tacti-kewl with the one piece scope rail though. Half temped to buy it to help save the thing. I just cannot tell what it is since the action looks off from what I’d expect on an older Rigby. They need more photos…even if they are so hard to look at.

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I also thought about buying the rifle to rescue it. I would have to get rid of the muzzle break, who puts a muzzle break on a .308? Replace the stock, toss the picatinny rail. God only knows what else, but for $1000 you'll never see another Rigby for that price

Do it man! Start the Rigby Rifle Makeover thread.