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12-14-2006 | 10:34 AM

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npaden

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RE: Help decide on rifle purchase

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ORIGINAL: Folically Challenged
There's a whole 'nother debate about blued vs. stainless out there. I'm not sure one gains any accuracy with stainless, but I can't speak to what it does for a guns' resale value.

Your prices sound right along the lines of the guys I use:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=69497b38396f222b 13730eaa2f07e5e4&keywords=700+sps&osCsid=6 9497b38396f222b13730eaa2f07e5e4

When you say that the guns are, "too short", do you mean that your trigger hand seems too close to your face? I suppose you could try to find a knowledgeable gun seller, & ask them which models have the longest length o' pull. Or, you could put on an aftermarket recoil pad that would take up some extra space.

Yes, when I say they are too short it is that the trigger and scope are too close to my face. I've got long arms and a long torso so this isn't anything new on getting this to fit properly. I was thinking that an aftermaker recoil pad would be the best way to get it to fit. I know that it is better for it to be too short and that with a coat on that will help it also so it's not that big of a deal.

My only worry on the stainless is that it might reflect light more than a regular barrel. I don't remember having any issues with durability on any of our old guns and they had regular barrels.

Back to calibers I'm still on the fence. I really think 7mm Mag would be the best, but I'm not sure how much worse the .30-06 would be and I do think I would practice more if I was able to buy shells for $12 a box vs. $24 a box.

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