ORIGINAL: eldeguello
ORIGINAL: retrieverman
This has to be the most boring "if money was no object" thread that I have ever seen. I find it hard to believe that CZ, Savage, and Mossberg are anyone's dream firearms brands.
I don't believe a couple of you've read all the previous posts. The rifles I mentioned are quality pieces-VERY quality pieces, both the Dakota M 10 and the Mannlicher-Schoenauer. CZ, Savage, and Mossberg are not the only arms mentioned. Some of those others are excellent, BUT when it comes to actually carrying a real nice pricey one out in the mountains, a certain reluctance sets in. For example, I have a Heym combination O/U that cost over 10 K, and several others that are worth nearly as much Not nearly as priceyas some British SXS double rifles, for sure.
BUT I would never take THEM out in the woods, unless I were hunting from a hochsitz with a good set of stairs to climb!!
I hunt with my cheapie Ruger No. 1's, and a couple of custom muzzleloaders......
The reason the Krauts (and others in Europe) make hunting weapons of higher quality than Americqn mass-produced arms is because
in Europe, ONLY THE WEALTHY can afford to hunt! The average Joe Blow hasn't a hope of ever being able to pay the costs involved in maintaining hunting grounds. Here, anyone can hunt because the game is owned by the government (people), not private individuals.
Leave it to the aggie to miss the point. Yes, I did read all the posts and saw that some "high end" guns were mentioned. That is why I didn't mention them. They are what I expected to see in a thread like this.
HOOK'EM HORNS!!!