Rifles on your "want" list?
- Thread starter Guy Miner
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lefty315
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Like most on this forum I really don't need anything, but since you asked......
I've had the itch for some time now to have a 6.5x55. There's something about the metrics that appeal to me and I also have 5 boxes of ammo that need to be shot. I know, I could just get rid of the ammo but what the hell. I could even be persuaded to get rid of my CZ 550 in 7x57 to aquire one
What I've really thought about for several years though is having a custom rifle built that would be my go to rifle for virtually every big game hunt the rest of my life. There wouldn't be any composite, Kevlar or stainless anything on this gun. It would be beautiful walnut with sharp checkering. In a relatively standard caliber, maybe 30-06 or something off that case.
No matter how fancy it was it would get hunted with in all weather conditions every year. I don't abuse my guns but sometimes they get scars. It just adds to the character and tells a good story.
I would hunt with that gun for the rest of my life or until I couldn't hunt anymore. Only then would it get passed down to either someone in my family or another family with a solid hunting tradition. The rule would stand that this rifle gets hunted with every year. No exceptions!
If the rules were not followed and this rifle became a safe queen then I would haunt the owner to the point they would wet their pants once a day in public until they passed the rifle on to someone who would use it for its intended purpose!!! MAKING MEMORIES IN THE FIELD
I've had the itch for some time now to have a 6.5x55. There's something about the metrics that appeal to me and I also have 5 boxes of ammo that need to be shot. I know, I could just get rid of the ammo but what the hell. I could even be persuaded to get rid of my CZ 550 in 7x57 to aquire one
What I've really thought about for several years though is having a custom rifle built that would be my go to rifle for virtually every big game hunt the rest of my life. There wouldn't be any composite, Kevlar or stainless anything on this gun. It would be beautiful walnut with sharp checkering. In a relatively standard caliber, maybe 30-06 or something off that case.
No matter how fancy it was it would get hunted with in all weather conditions every year. I don't abuse my guns but sometimes they get scars. It just adds to the character and tells a good story.
I would hunt with that gun for the rest of my life or until I couldn't hunt anymore. Only then would it get passed down to either someone in my family or another family with a solid hunting tradition. The rule would stand that this rifle gets hunted with every year. No exceptions!
If the rules were not followed and this rifle became a safe queen then I would haunt the owner to the point they would wet their pants once a day in public until they passed the rifle on to someone who would use it for its intended purpose!!! MAKING MEMORIES IN THE FIELD
Lefty, I like your idea of a ideal hard hunting rifle and doubly like your idea of haunting the tar out of a person that doesn't hunt a rifle properly! Laughed my butt off.
I have this little 6.5 Swede Featherweight I'm dieing to break in a little. Super little cartridge. Can't wait to see what it does.
I have this little 6.5 Swede Featherweight I'm dieing to break in a little. Super little cartridge. Can't wait to see what it does.
6mm Remington
Ammo Smith
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Now this ones really a pipe dream. Always thought it would be neat, and Winchester would shock the world!
Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 6mm Remington. 24" 1-9 twist barrel
Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 6mm Remington. 24" 1-9 twist barrel
6mm Remington":vzb3cict said:Now this ones really a pipe dream. Always thought it would be neat, and Winchester would shock the world!
Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 6mm Remington. 24" 1-9 twist barrel
I'd be on board for that one.. Make mine a 1-8 though.. :grin:
6mm Remington
Ammo Smith
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Kurt I'd also be just ecstatic if they brought it out in the classic sporter also. The only thing I don't care about the featherweight is the fact they would try and slip a 22" barrel on the darn thing. I want a 24" on my 6mm Remington! Am I asking too much? :shock:BK":17d7h1gd said:
Oldtrader3
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I would not think so David. They do make 24 inch barrels for their Featherweight magnums?
DrMike
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I do believe I would buy a Featherweight chambered in the 6mm Remington. Like Kurt, a 22" barrel would not be a problem for me.
Oldtrader3
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For the life of me, I can not figure why Remington made so many mistakes marketing the .244/6mm against the .243 Win? Practically speaking, the 7mm Mauser case has myriad advantages of design over the smaller .308 case, yet the 6mm Rem remains obscured by the .243 W. This should not be in a world of reason?
nvbroncrider
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That is the world of marketing.
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Maybe a 541-T Remington?
nvbroncrider
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FOTIS":q42sjeyc said:
How about a M37?
Oldtrader3
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I know Remington's reputation? I guess that there really are companies who are too strategic or too big to fail, although they ought to, based on corporate blindness of their business people and Marketing?
Oldtrader3
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Think that you are right, they certainly have made some stupid Marketing moves over the years, Kurt.
Partisan
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yukon huntress":ycz04jbe said:
CZ 550 Full Bavarian Stock in 9.3 x 62 Mauser...
