If You're Paying For It
Hot on the heels of Worldcon and the SJW Science Fiction Awards (formerly known as The Hugos)...Check this out!Remember, if you're paying organizations and companies who've been taken over or kowtow to...
View ArticleMultiple Savages
Following Marv's fine example, Willard I trekked to Wal Mart to confirm at a store with the 93F in stock had them at the desired low price.The almost didn't.The sporting goods person said, "no," when...
View ArticleWhat if...
Got some CCI "TNT® Green™" .22 WMR for the new hotness.It's a .30gr "lead-free hollow point" chucking along at 2,050 fps.That comes to 2d+2 pi in GURPS. But is it really pi or pi-?I don't have good...
View ArticleIt's A Madhouse!
PPU has recalled ALL of their 6.5 Grendel ammo!They're citing differences in chamber specs causing excessive pressures.This is interesting to me because 6.5 is SAAMI spec'd and was touted as a reason...
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Proof Of Purchase
Here she is!My second ever new FUDD rifle purchase, and the first I've actually taken home! 5.2 lb. of iron sighted, five-plus-one-shot glory. Cocks on open. Two position safety that does not lock...
View ArticleIt's Hard To Not Take It Personal
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View ArticleJust 545 Problems With The Plan
Read this!It's the most succinct essay on why voting has become useless I've ever seen.
View ArticleOut For Delivery
Since it had to ship to an FFL, I am safe from Fedex's normal methodology of waiting until I go out for a second to make the adult signature required delivery!Hah!
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Arrival
I finally have a wooden stocked, scoped bolt action in a non-military caliber. It might just be something of a collector's item since it's from the last year of the old logo. Savage dumped poor Chief...
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Bolt Gun Comparison Photo
Top: Savage 110XP Trophy Hunter in .270 Win.Bottom: Weatherby Vanguard in .243 Win.Lots of the same and lots of difference.I even found an old Uncle Mike's sling in my holster and sling box, complete...
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Axis And Ammunition
The package series 10/110 and 11/111 guns from Savage come with the same magazine as the lower tier Axis rifles.In 2005 Savage converted from a double stack, double feed magazine to a double stack,...
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The Long And The Short Of It
L -> R: .270 Winchester, 6.8x43mm SPC, 7.62x51mm NATO.270 Win and 6.8 SPC are half of the rifle rounds offered commercially in .277 caliber. There's also .270 Weatherby Magnum and .270 Winchester...
View ArticleRebates And Sales
The 93F was marked down to $99. Savage offers a rebate of $25 on it. Net $74.The Trophy Hunter has a rebate of $75.Buy a .270 and get a .22 Mag for free!I just stumbled into that one.
View ArticleSomething Else I Was Wrong About
The act of owning a FUDD rifle has not made me despise my AR's and think they should be banned.Hmmmm, neither did the acquisition of a shotgun with a 30" barrel.I should get a hunting license and see...
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Optics Mounting Problem
Marv has mounted a scope on his Savage 93F. It's some sort of UTG thing. I can't tell you what model it is because it don't say on the scope and their web page don't acknowledge it.Notice that the...
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Time Capsule
I found a cache of old "Gun Tests" magazines from late 1999 to early 2001.Plain paper stuff.I see that they're still around and on the web now.Kind of neat to see what's still for sale and what's gone...
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