Am I Old-Fashioned?

[Drycreek3189]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as Nat Stuckey said “false eyelashes and a false foundation” makes a gal look better, so the mounting of a scope on a Savage makes it look so much better. Scopeless, they look unfinished, but scoped they look at least like they came to play.

[tps7742]

I have AKs and ARs for different purposes, but I shoot an Alamo Precision .280 Rem for my deer rifle most of the time. Not blue steel and walnut, but still a Remington 700 pattern bolt action. Nobody chambers a rifle in .280 anymore.

I also shoot and carry polymer pistols but my true loves are single action revolvers. So, to answer your question……yes, you are old fashioned, and it’s alright ! If, for some ungodly reason I had to give up all my rifles except one, and all my handguns except one, I would be left with a Winchester Big Bore 94 in .375 Winchester and a Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt. But I don’t have to, so I’ll continue to have a mix of old and new, ‘cause I would really hate to give up my ARs in 6.8 SPC and my G20, or my S&W M&P 10 mm, or……….

And for the record, I think most of the long range rifles are uglier than Hillary Clinton !

An older gentleman I use to visit (passed last year) allot where I retired to loved his .280 and was always referring to its accuracy and some of his more memorable shots. After he had became ill and stayed around home more these stories were more frequent of course but it was my privilege to call him a friend. Moral of that long winded story he loved him some .280 and he had the animals on the wall to prove it.

[Drycreek3189]

An older gentleman I use to visit (passed last year) allot where I retired to loved his .280 and was always referring to its accuracy and some of his more memorable shots. After he had became ill and stayed around home more these stories were more frequent of course but it was my privilege to call him a friend. Moral of that long winded story he loved him some .280 and he had the animals on the wall to prove it.

It’s a great deer cartridge IMO, but like so many others it has fallen out of favor with the younger folks, partly because gun and ammo companies have to tout something new to sell stuff, and partly because some folks just have to have the latest and greatest. One could do anything in NA with about four different cartridges, but I will concede that it wouldn’t be as much fun.

[HoustonHunter94]

I'm with you. I don't have any AR's (wouldn't mind one) and one synthetic rifle. Everything else, rifles and shotguns is wood.

[TacticalCowboy]

All yoo kneed is a lever akshun 3030 wood amd steel hoss

gobbless

[Big pig]

I have an AR that I have shot one day . It’s ugly and was a gift. I love classic rifles and must be old fashioned too.

[Filletem]

I couldn’t agree more. They have uglied up the deer rifle. Every time I look at the new rifles it just has me shaking my head. I have to look at the used rifle listings to find stuff I like.

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Well my take is the following:
Guns are like titties I like them all just some look better than others.

[Walker]

A quote from Chip Worthing, a stock maker in the gun makes guild. "Life's too short to hunt with an ugly gun"

[ThisLadyHunts]

Well my take is the following:
Guns are like titties I like them all just some look better than others.

Shaking my head and chuckling because I have no words…

[Big pig]

A quote from Chip Worthing, a stock maker in the gun makes guild. "Life's too short to hunt with an ugly gun"

Synthetic stocked bolts have a place. Mine is riding around in a dusty Mule. Not sure my nicer guns deserve that.

[Chase4556]

I have my fair share of plastic/synthetic stock rifles, ARs and one in a chassis. My go to hunting rifle is a Ruger American, just for the reason that I’m not worried about the stock getting dinged or nicked. It’s a work horse.

I am with you though. You just can’t beat the look of what I call the “quintessential” deer rifle. Gloss wood stock, gloss blue finish and a gloss black scope. It’s a shame you can’t find gloss black scopes anymore. I have my share of wood stocked rifles, as does my dad. Of course, he rides around in the mule during deer season with his Weatherby MkV Deluxe and I cringe thinking about the bumps and scuffs it’s picking up. But, some would say that’s the character that’s added to a rifle. I tend to baby my wood stocked rifles. I use a soft case for rides to the stand, take it out to hunt, then back in the case for the ride back to the trailer.

[ThisLadyHunts]

I have my fair share of plastic/synthetic stock rifles, ARs and one in a chassis. My go to hunting rifle is a Ruger American, just for the reason that I’m not worried about the stock getting dinged or nicked. It’s a work horse.

I am with you though. You just can’t beat the look of what I call the “quintessential” deer rifle. Gloss wood stock, gloss blue finish and a gloss black scope. It’s a shame you can’t find gloss black scopes anymore. I have my share of wood stocked rifles, as does my dad. Of course, he rides around in the mule during deer season with his Weatherby MkV Deluxe and I cringe thinking about the bumps and scuffs it’s picking up. But, some would say that’s the character that’s added to a rifle. I tend to baby my wood stocked rifles. I use a soft case for rides to the stand, take it out to hunt, then back in the case for the ride back to the trailer.

I’m with you, I baby my guns and do everything in my power to keep them from showing abuse, neglect, or wear.

[Tejas Wildlife]

This just doesn't look "right" to me--I'm a blued steel and walnut kind of shooter (Ruger 77 and Win M70). This just looks like something out of Star Trek/Star Wars. But, I suppose it is whatever the shooter likes--

Same with all the new cartridges. American Hunter magazine seems to have an ad for a new cartridge in each issue. And, in this issue it had a telling article about folks who are eaten up with long distance shooting but insist on using light (and inappropriate) calibers, resulting in lots of wounded animals.

Guess I'm just getting old--

Yes you are & there isn't a **** thing wrong with that!!

[Tejas Wildlife]

Well my take is the following:
Guns are like titties I like them all just some look better than others.

Absolutely the truth! Lol