Interesting article on rifles

[Woodcarver]

No question one is more beautiful than the other. I have a different kind of snobbishness, in that the most I have ever paid for a firearm was $600, and I usually pay far less. I’m still a wood-and-blued-metal guy, but I search out old, neglected rifles that no one else wants, fix them up to my specs, and shrug off any dents and scratches. Here’s my own version of a “custom” 7x57, in which I have invested maybe $250.

Nicely done!

My avatar is a 94 Trapper that I gave $175 for, then whittled on it some....

Yeah, have to say, I've spent more than $600 on a peashooter. But just a little!

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Yep, that's my optimal caliber for small game (wishful thinking perhaps). I do miss my BSA Monarch, although the stock was ugly, the rest of it wasn't. How about a rifle with interchangeable barrels, e.g .308 and .243 or other calibers with similar cartridge lengths - what would that take?.

I like them ugly, brutish, industrial but functional as hell like my old Monarch. BSA should have left this one on the drawing board and stuck with the Hunter/Majestic build.

@Cervus elaphus
Any thing apart from th a horrible little 243.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

@Cervus elaphus we need to bring you up to speed.

Our friend @Bob Nelson 35Whelen has a hot hate for the 243WIN. And we like to bust his chops.

@BeeMaa
Don't you go leading another person down the wrong path by trying to expose him to that nasty little useless little cartridge. A by thing but that, even exposing him to that other favorite of yours the Blaser R8.
Bob

 

[CoElkHunter]

This...
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No one with any taste would prefer the former to the latter


Did that convey the proper snobbishness?

Nice. But I’ll bet you can’t get the bottom one in a 6.5 CR! So...?

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Nice. But I’ll bet you can’t get the bottom one in a 6.5 CR! So...?

@CoElkHunter
Don't tell me you are going down the 6.5 man bun road now.
That vaccine is having some horrible side effects on you.
Mate I can see those nightmares returning.
Bob

 

[CoElkHunter]

@CoElkHunter
Don't tell me you are going down the 6.5 man bun road now.
That vaccine is having some horrible side effects on you.
Mate I can see those nightmares returning.
Bob

Bob,
Ha! Ha! Not me as I have a .270. But it seems everybody and their sister wants one? It is one of the few cartridges you can find in stores here. I haven’t got a vaccine yet, but have had the virus. No nightmares lately with you in them.
That is all.
CEH

 

[Cervus elaphus]

@BeeMaa
Don't you go leading another person down the wrong path by trying to expose him to that nasty little useless little cartridge. A by thing but that, even exposing him to that other favorite of yours the Blaser R8.
Bob

Yes I was aware of that.

 

[Cervus elaphus]

This...
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Is no more functional hunting as this-
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No one with any taste would prefer the former to the latter


Did that convey the proper snobbishness?

Nothing snobbish about having a fine piece, I would love to have a classic double but the mortgage on my house car and caravan is still being paid off.

 

[Woodcarver]

Nice. But I’ll bet you can’t get the bottom one in a 6.5 CR! So...?

So....who would want one in that? I'd have to agree with Bob on that one. Although fine doubles are made all the way down to 22s. I'd wager for the price, you probably could get a Rigby or a H&H in 6.5 if you had the cash