Ever drop big bucks on a rifle and just not bond with it?

[Kevin Peacocke]

Get some grade 9 wood. You might fall in love....View attachment 459356View attachment 459357

That is magnificent. I have made some negative comments about Blaser R8's on the forum, without real reason. I regret that and apologise to all the Blaser owners, it was unfounded. These rifles are not only clever, but cool, and dress up superbly.

 

[wesheltonj]

Had a Glock for week, does that count?

 

[Hogpatrol]

I am so stubborn I just could not admit since last year what I am admitting now. I dropped $5k on a custom bolt .375H&H and I just think it is OK. I bought a 550 in same caliber as a back-up, and I like it just as much if not better.

I am not one to waste money so it just makes me sick. I ordered a set of CZ 34mm rings yesterday to move the Zeiss over and confirm if I really do like it better. The CZ has only worn a left over 1-4 VXR Patrol so far and it would get the job done just fine even with that glass. I hope to have rings this week and shoot the 550 with the Zeiss 1-8 next weekend.

Sick I tell ya! I do not know why it is such an emotional thing other than waiting 6 months for a rifle build and spending more on it than any rifle I have ever owned. I should be able to just say "win some lose some" but it sure is hard.

Anyone else had this happen to them?

There's someone out there who will love it. Maybe even here.

 

[bowjijohn]

Every single one!

just as well that our wives feel the same way about us

else we’d be down the shute with our rifles

 

[Newboomer]

Every single one!

just as well that our wives feel the same way about us

else we’d be down the shute with our rifles

Many times over the years. Some bought on impulse because I wanted it at the time, some for a specific purpose. They served their purpose at the time and moved on. I have a Win 70 7RM in my safe right now that I hunted with for some time until I started shooting my MRC 06. The 7 is now a safe queen and will probably stay there until it sells or I trade it for something else. Shoots fine but the love is gone.

 

[fourfive8]

Had to think awhile but yes I remember one. Back in my serious BPCR days, ordered a Shiloh Sharps in 45-70. Very nice rifle, excellent fit and finish with high grade walnut- shot well enough. A few months later I ordered a C Sharps in 45-110 to do my Quigley anachronism. Plain, straight grain walnut with nothing fancy. Head to head, with most all ammo, the C Sharps 45-110 consistently outshot the Shiloh Sharps 45-70 by a good margin which went against all the common rhetoric of the time and was somewhat counterintuitive. I think I paid about 1000 more for the Shiloh than its C Sharps cousin from across the road there in Big Timber MT.

Never bonded with the nicer Shiloh, so it went down the road long before the C Sharps. The C Sharps was scary accurate. I suppose it had a chamber/throat cut to my style of reloads and bullets along with a Badger barrel. Badger barrels in those C Sharps had a reputation for outstanding accuracy. Pic below of 5 shot 50 yard target is testament to the accuracy of that C Sharps 45-110 fitted with globe front and aperture tang rear sight. This may be the finest group I ever shot with an iron sighted rifle of any kind... even had a witness While the Shiloh always shot good, it never achieved anything close to this. I designed a couple of 45 cal molds for these rifles through Mountain Molds and this was shot with a bullet out of one of those molds- IIRC a 480 gr grease groove with standard ogive nose and of fairly soft 11 BHN lead alloy.

 

[SFRanger7GP]

Unfortunately, it has happened to me more than once. In the past few years I have moved a lot of firearms and plan to just hold onto the ones that have earned an emotional attachment.

Safe shooting

 

[Art Lambart II]

@TOBY458 has a cure for this problem, he just sell the rifle and buys something else, then he sell that as well.

 

[NDWoods]

I see I am not alone. This is good therapy.

My big mistake I cant seem to get past is the action. I did not talk about the mount for the build and it has a rather tall built in rail on top that pretty much makes the irons useless and keeps the scope higher than necessary.

 

[Hogpatrol]

I see I am not alone. This is good therapy.

My big mistake I cant seem to get past is the action. I did not talk about the mount for the build and it has a rather tall built in rail on top that pretty much makes the irons useless and keeps the scope higher than necessary.

Can you divulge the action? There aren't many with integral rails.

 

[NDWoods]

Defiance CRF

 

[Ravensview]

Only ever had one custom rifle of my own a Shiloh sharps in 45/70, still like a newly wed with it and it’s been 15 plus years with it, shoots great, has a pleasurable line, is sturdy enough for the Northern Latitudes, gives me warm fuzzys to this day.

 

[C.W. Richter]

What 375 did you drop 5K on?

 

[Justbryan]

Get some grade 9 wood. You might fall in love....View attachment 459356View attachment 459357

Beautiful. Lots of cash to buy this kind of love.

 

[Ray B]

I had a similar situation with a 375H&H. It was restocked with a geat piece of Oregon Black Walnut, but the stockmaker made it to HIS specifications not mine- then was upset when I wasn't pleased. the main issue was that I wanted 0 cast on/off and it has a definite turn at the grip, going to 1/4 - 1/2" at the butt. and instead of a full foreend it is barely round It shoots okay but using it just reminds me of how upset it gets me. It is a pre-war M70 so is actually quite nice- too bad it isn't the stockmakers.

 

[Traveler1]

Had a Glock for week, does that count?

It does in my book. I kept mine a little longer, and never bought another polymer frame handgun

Never happen to me on a rifle, but on numerous auto shotguns. I have tried almost ever inertia style auto on the block and I just don't like them. I went back to my Rem 1187 and Baikal MP153. If you don't like it now, you won't ever like and it will end up taken up space. Walk around with one of them at a gun show and see if you get an offer or trade it for multiple rifles. I unloaded all mine that way included the Glock.

 

[Inline6]

Sometimes, no how pretty a woman or gun is, it's time to just move on...

TRUTH!

 

[rjacobherman]

I have a McMillan Prodigy that was top of the line 10 years ago but no has been replaced by much lighter guns. Makes a great loaner though. Any misses cannot be blamed on the gun

 

[Philip Glass]

I am so stubborn I just could not admit since last year what I am admitting now. I dropped $5k on a custom bolt .375H&H and I just think it is OK. I bought a 550 in same caliber as a back-up, and I like it just as much if not better.

I am not one to waste money so it just makes me sick. I ordered a set of CZ 34mm rings yesterday to move the Zeiss over and confirm if I really do like it better. The CZ has only worn a left over 1-4 VXR Patrol so far and it would get the job done just fine even with that glass. I hope to have rings this week and shoot the 550 with the Zeiss 1-8 next weekend.

Sick I tell ya! I do not know why it is such an emotional thing other than waiting 6 months for a rifle build and spending more on it than any rifle I have ever owned. I should be able to just say "win some lose some" but it sure is hard.

Anyone else had this happen to them?

Yea I bought a proof research rifle that would not group for me. Thousands spent on ammo and even went to a professional shooting school with it. Finally found one load it would shoot ok. $5000 for ok I agree is nonsense.
I guess it happens. It was for the best as it may have helped me wind up in the Blaser club!
Philip

 

[Philip Glass]

I am commitment phobic and have a real problem. I want to play the field and I fall out of love quickly. I recently bought a Blaser R8 in 6.5 CM, 300 WM, and 375 H&H. Put Swarovski scopes on them all. We have been dating but no magic yet.

I don't seem to be able to commit to the Blaser R8. I bought them new cases and still nothing. Maybe if I get a Grade 7+ wood for my R8 then I will love them or maybe we will just get divorced.

Maybe need to hunt with that group a bit and see if the magic doesn’t strike you!
I must say the R8 does make me sad. This is because I have little use for any other rifle.
Philip