Just for the fun of it (old codgers thread)

[Tentman]

Well my first thought was the same as JohnD's _ I figured I'd get to keep the Savage for all the reasons folk have posted BUT I was wrong, he mentioned that lots of his mates were shooting at longer ranges so the 1:9 barrel was a big attraction for him and that's what he chose.

I do take some satisfaction from it, he must have taken some notice of the things I've said about the non - necessity of stainless rifles, and he clearly feels 5 shots is plenty (which unless you're culling it is).

So I'm left with the Howa and I'm not crying, I have a 1:8 223 set up for FTR so the Howa will be a medium range bunny/wobbly/goat rifle.

Sorry about the lack of photo's but they are both pretty common rifles. The Howa was just a bit special in that when I cleaned it about half the MacKenzie country (in the form of fine dust) can out from under the stock - thanks Headcase!