ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
No I'm not suddenly "sucking-up" to Randy. But until/if he arrives here to defend himself -- Toby included, then I will defend the folks who are paid to make sure that safety/testing measures should not be confused with your range/hunting experiences.
Those twosentences of mine only means Randy was thereto provide information on his prior testings - not necessarily for money in this instance. This is all about guntesting that's done nowhere near your hunting woods or gun range. What Toby & Randy do as advisors and/or techsfor gun companies gives you no right to duplicate those loads with your rifle. That frame of mind could lead to abarrel burst -playing around with loads not recommended by the manufacturer or powder company.
Good grief man! Nowhere doeseither sentence state that Randy was paid by Savage to testany rifle.
My complaint had nothing to do with Savage but rather I complained, and I fully expected your agreement, that it is not best for Randy to go spouting off about exceeding allowed loads in his Savage. Your answer left me with the impression, which I think you want to leave everyone with the impression of, that Randy is a "professional", earning a living, and being "paid" to putrifles, all kinds of rifles, not just the Savage,through their paces. Did you or did you not want me to have this impression?
I asked, as sincerely as anyone could, and sincerely wanting an unobfuscated answer, where the revenues were coming from. I asked you point blank. "Paid by whom?"
As I said. I erringly assumed it was the rifle companies themselves, which Wolfhound, in short order corrected. Freely giving the information that Randy is compensated only by his business of retailing ML rifles and supplies and by a Law firm which is either in litigation or has the potential of being in litigation with BPI.
Evidently, it is you which mislead everyone, giving us the impression that Randy is being paid, as professional muzzleloading test pilot, for the sake of safety and testing,toput on full body protection, in his home laboratory range,where hetests muzzleloaders with loads which are prohibited by the manufacturer. Is this what happened? If so, then I am willing to agree that, according to you, Randy is not paid to overcharge Muzzleloaders.
Happy Hunting, Phil