Bought a new rifle yeasterday.
I decided when I woke up yeasterday that I would put an end to my misery and buy a new deer rifle. I set out towards walmart but remembered something one of you guys posted about supporting the local gun shops. So, I bypassed walmart and went to my local guy. Looked at the Brownings and Tikkas over and over again. I was flustered because the I really didn't want to pay the price of the Brownings and especially not the Tikka. I stood at the counter and looked for about an hour holding each rifle and going back and forth in my mind about it. Then I saw it... a Ruger M77 MII... At that point another phrase from a post from here hit me... While posting about my rifle choices someone said "too bad you don't have any American made rifles on your list". Now fate was starting to set in. Only it wasn't in .270 like I wanted it was in 30-06. I thought about it for a minute and realized that my wife had said..."you are only avoiding getting a 30-06 because everyone else has one." I looked at the guy behind the counter and said proudly "I'll take it." He asked if I wanted to look at it for a minute and I said "nope. This is ment to be my gun." Which brings me to my final realization. When I got home my mother who happened to be at the house visiting said. Do you remember a year ago you and I looked at rifles and you saw that one and said "If I had the money right now I would get it!" Boy it feels great when all things come back to home. I am now a proud owner of a Ruger M77 Mk II in 30-06 wood stock. I can't wait to send you guys some pics. Thanks for all your help.
BP