New M70's

[EOD Diver]

Ridge,
What's your take on the classic selects? I handled one when I was in the Cabela's WA store, and loved the slender lines. I know they make 'em in .280AI now days and at 6.2lbs with controlled round feed, it seems like they'd be a joy to carry in the high country. I had one of the older kimbers in .270 back in '05 and it was a little bit more chunky than the new 84Ls and never really shot as well as I'd hoped and had a trigger that broke like a trowel laying mortar on a cinder block.
Joe

 

[ridgewalker]

EOD Diver, I love carrying mine. I also have a Montana in .243 I use for antelope and as a walking coyote gun. The Classic Select had a little rough spot in the trigger pull when I got it, but a light stoning and it went away. Both have about a 3.5 lb trigger which seems to do fine. The thin barrels are not for taking a lot of shots, but if you do your part one should do. After 3 shots I need to let it cool off or they start to walk.

That said, I wouldn't mind having a Montana in 30-06 to carry around, but the Classic Select in .308 will probably do anything the 30-06 would do, I am just always afraid of scratching it.

I don't know why I worry about a scratch, I break open my AYA #2 and Arrieta when bird hunting to push down barbed wire fences!

 

[EOD Diver]

Ridge, like I said earlier, I really like that classic select in .280AI and at a touch over 6 pounds, I'm scared I'd start cheatin' on my M70s. That's cool you were able to stone the trigger yourself, as I felt your pain with the trigger on my old Kimber rifle. Let's hear it for 55gr BTs in the .243 for coyote. I love the caliber because I can push 'em a little more than in the 22-250 and then load a heavier Partition come deer season. I'm looking forward to those 90gr ABs coming out this summer and making 'em work in my rifle. I've got more rifles than I've got fingers, but when it comes to shotguns, I've only got one to do it all--and it truly has. Got a wood and steel BPS as my first firearm in high school and have had it ever since. She's killed a ton of ducks on the gulf coast, a slew of quail and dove in S. NM, and plenty of turkey and grouse in N. NM. Considering all the salt water and rain/snow storms she's seen, she looks pretty good. Those AyA's are absolutely beautiful, but I'm afraid that I just blew my gun fund on my GSP's knee surgery and won't be spending for a little while. I'm sad to say his ACL TPLO was about as much as a Caesar G's Magnus. He's murder on bobs, but that doesn't do me much good on the scaled and gambles we have around here. He's the kind of dog that could ruin a wet dream, but we've had him for more than 8 years now and can't leave the poor knuckle head lame.
Joe