k, didn' t make myself clear I guess. I bought it cause for what I' m doing now it fits the bill, I wanted an economical 30-06 bolt action rifle. In a couple of years I' ll have a REAL job and be out of school, in a couple of years I' ll probobly have a bigger cabinet of guns than I currently do, so if I buy a high end gun in a couple years it will probobly mean I' m not on a tight budget, also I' m not worried about buying a gun to hunt with for the rest oif my life, cause in reality I' ll hunt with more than one gun for the rest of my life, I had a cherry model 70, hunted with it for 3 years then sold it when it was worth more to someone else than it was to me.
I was real close to buying a weatherby vangaurd, but when it came down to it $500.00 for the rifle and another 2 for a scope didn' t make sence when I could get a rifle and scope for 330.00 that were as capable as the bottom line weatherby and keep atleast 300 bucks in my pocket. If this gun falls apart down the line I' ll be the 1st to let ya know, but like everthing else people talk $&!* about the instances of product failure or defect are limited to a small quantity of the product that gets more attention than it is deserves, happens all the time w/ everything in the market place. I' ve always heard bad things about dodge transmissions but of the many people I know who have a dodge I don' t know anyone whos had any severe tranny problems. In this instance I don' t see any problems with this gun, just alot of complaints from people who mostly don' t own em and heard from a friend who' s uncles brother inlaw had some incredible mishap.
For a gun that isn' t worth the plastic its molded out of I had no problems shooting a 3/4 group this afternoon. darn, what a POS.