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Old 05-02-2007 | 02:34 PM
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Default RE: Help me pick a new deer rifle

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Go to the gun counter, handle all of them, see what fits you best. If you need to, shoulder them with your eyes closed. Then letthe rifle choose YOU.
Thanks... That's what I plan on doing. I did that with my old Marlin 30-30 that I bought off a co-worker. For some reason, that old lever gun just feels right to me. I can stand there with my eyes closed, pick up the 30-30, shoulder it, open my eyes, and I'm looking right down the sights - every single time.The 30-30 ain't the most powerful thing out there, ain't the most accurate thing out there, but it just has a legendary feel to it, and it has worked for over 100 years!

Hopefully I can find a nice bolt action that will have that same feel to it, to where I'll know it once I pick it up.

Butch A.

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