I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY
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Topic: I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY
Posted By: budperm
Subject: I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:21
Why oh why did I do it???? I stuck my head in Dick's sporting goods. telling myself all the while that I was just looked for plastic ammo cases. Yeah, right! Just had to look over the fire arms. What do my eyes preceive but a Remy 700 SPS combo package, synth green w/ wide forestock, 3-90X40mm scope on sale for $499 regular price 599. Flat blued metal heavy barrel. Very close to what I want in 223. I want a thumbhole lamy stock with the rest of what this one has! But $499, $499, $499 with the scope. Luckily there was no-one at the counter or I would have at least asked the caliber. This is going to BUG me for a while cause I know my tax refund is due in 2-3weeks and with the tuition credits I got, I am getting back more than I expected. ARGH! Bad Bud! Stop It!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: swtucker
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:25
I went in there the other day to look for under armor and came out with a remington r15.
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Posted By: Monster
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:28
Funny how that happens huh?
------------- "Get Busy Livin' or get busy dyin'" -Red (Shawshank Redemption)
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:35
swtucker wrote:
I went in there the other day to look for under armor and came out with a remington r15. |
SEE WHAT I MEAN!!!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:38
Monster wrote:
Funny how that happens huh? |
NO it isn't all that funny!!! I just put the scope on my last purchase (the medallion in 308) tonight since teh Talley mounts arrived today. I haven't even shot her yet and I am looking at the next $$$$ purchase! Somebody smack me and take away the CC!!!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:40
Now I know what women feel like in a shoe store! LOL
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: swtucker
Date Posted: March/23/2009 at 21:44
budperm wrote:
swtucker wrote:
I went in there the other day to look for under armor and came out with a remington r15. |
SEE WHAT I MEAN!!! |
I needed another rifle like I need another ex-wife. But the 'ar-15' style guns are mighty hard to find in my neck of the woods, so I went for it.
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Posted By: martin3175
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 08:05
There are worse things you could be into ... don't fret it .. If ya want it , and can wing it-why not ..It won't get any cheaper- that's for sure
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 09:09
martin3175 wrote:
There are worse things you could be into ... don't fret it .. If ya want it , and can wing it-why not ..It won't get any cheaper- that's for sure |
Thats just the type of encouragement I need from a next door neighbor!
I bet you just want to borrow it !
Besides thats how I justified the Browning Medallion to myself. LOL
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: martin3175
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 09:57
if you don't like it and struggle with buyer's remorse - you can always sell it and move on to another project... I am at that point on a couple myself..
PLUS -- You'd be helping to stimulate the economy --Very patriotic of ya.
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:18
martin3175 wrote:
if you don't like it and struggle with buyer's remorse - you can always sell it and move on to another project... I am at that point on a couple myself..
PLUS -- You'd be helping to stimulate the economy --Very patriotic of ya. |
Buyer remorse is one thing. Selling them is totally another!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Bigdaddy0381
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:36
Just buy and don't look back. If it is weighing on you then buy it buy it buy it.
------------- P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
Ecclesiastes 10:2
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:37
im with bd on this one bud you may as well buy it not while its cheap
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:56
OUW! My arm, my arm.... Yu guys are so mean
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:57
what the hell i already talked you into one gun why not go for two??
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:57
Don't ya think I should limit myself, at least, to one long gun a month????
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Bigdaddy0381
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:58
a month. If the CC can hold it,, go one a week.
------------- P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
Ecclesiastes 10:2
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:59
pyro6999 wrote:
what the hell i already talked you into one gun why not go for two?? |
I talked myself into that one, I just blamed you! Worked pretty good too!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 10:59
well thats fine you gave them the money in the end not me. so your right there!
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:01
I am set up for the first 2 guns, 270 & 308. This one's gonna be a 223, which means...more Dies and bullets at least. What powders are usually used in 223s? Primers still LRs?
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:06
nope small rifle primers
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:13
Bigdaddy0381 wrote:
a month. If the CC can hold it,, go one a week.
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Thats a big part of the problem BD. I have great credit cause I never do did this sort of thing. Credit won't be great for long at this rate
The only good thing is I don't have to hear it.
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Bigdaddy0381
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:15
budperm wrote:
Bigdaddy0381 wrote:
a month. If the CC can hold it,, go one a week.
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Thats a big part of the problem BD. I have great credit cause I never do did this sort of thing. Credit won't be great for long at this rate
The only good thing is I don't have to hear it. |
credit is over rated. Besides the "KING will bail you out if you get into trouble.
------------- P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
Ecclesiastes 10:2
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:16
pyro6999 wrote:
nope small rifle primers |
Figures! Powders used?
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 11:40
The guns may get very cheap with out a source of ammo. The only 300 win mags I am finding are $63 a box Fusion. .223 unheard of, .22 all sold out. Plenty of shotgun shells though.
------------- Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.
Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow Now the rules have changed again.
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 12:01
benchmark, ram shot tac, 4895, 4198 rl-10x, h 380, varget etc.
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: Ick
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 12:58
This sight is JUST AS BAD as going in to my local gun shop.
I thought I was done buying rifles and optics.
I came in here looking for confirmation of what my local guy was trying to sell me for a scope for my FNAR... and now after a few threads about the new 22lrs coming out... I find myself doing all kinds of research and planning buying a 22lr. It was on here that I first saw the 22lr from Colt.
Not only that, after reading all the info on red dots and ACOGS in here I have 2 or 3 optics in mind for my own 22lr and an optic to put on a 22lr for my buddy that is having his 40th birthday.
Yesterday I took the FNAR to the range and ended up with this hit pattern at 150 yards
My eyes SUCK, I simply can't see that far well even with a 4-12x42 scope, so now after reading all about scopes on here I am now considering something with more magnification power.
It hasn't cost me anything just yet.... but I am on the cusp of spending $1,000+ on 22lr rifles, a couple hundred on two short range sights, and who knows how much on a scope with more magnification.
The heck with Obama, THIS SITE is bad for my financial situation.
As you can probably tell, it takes me quite a bit of time to buy something, but when I do it is usually pretty well thought out.
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Ick, Ed's boy,www.ick.bz
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 13:11
3_tens wrote:
The guns may get very cheap with out a source of ammo. The only 300 win mags I am finding are $63 a box Fusion. .223 unheard of, .22 all sold out. Plenty of shotgun shells though. |
Another reason to roll your own!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: BillyWayne
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 13:13
Yep. Roll 'em and have fun doing it too.
------------- John 11:35
The're taking the hobbits to Isengard!!
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 13:14
pyro6999 wrote:
benchmark, ram shot tac, 4895, 4198 rl-10x, h 380, varget etc. |
Not to bad! Just picked up 8# Varget last night also have H4895.
So bullets primers casings and Dies for 223 and the gun.....NOOOOOOO problem!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 13:19
[QUOTE=Ick]This sight is JUST AS BAD as going in to my local gun shop.
I thought I was done buying rifles and optics.
I came in here looking for confirmation of what my local guy was trying to sell me for a scope for my FNAR... and now after a few threads about the new 22lrs coming out... I find myself doing all kinds of research and planning buying a 22lr. It was on here that I first saw the 22lr from Colt.
Not only that, after reading all the info on red dots and ACOGS in here I have 2 or 3 optics in mind for my own 22lr and an optic to put on a 22lr for my buddy that is having his 40th birthday.
Yesterday I took the FNAR to the range and ended up with this hit pattern at 150 yards
My eyes SUCK, I simply can't see that far well even with a 4-12x42 scope, so now after reading all about scopes on here I am now considering something with more magnification power.
It hasn't cost me anything just yet.... but I am on the cusp of spending $1,000+ on 22lr rifles, a couple hundred on two short range sights, and who knows how much on a scope with more magnification.
The heck with Obama, THIS SITE is bad for my fancial situation.
As you can probably tell, it takes me quite a bit of time to buy something, but NIB for $299.
Want another friend/??? My birthday is in June, hint, hint!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: rifle looney
Date Posted: March/24/2009 at 17:16
Bud Winchester 748 works good for 223 and everyone has it in stock. around here anyway,
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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/25/2009 at 21:49
I've been eyeing a Sako A7 30-06
------------- "Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 05:57
Urimaginaryfrnd wrote:
I've been eyeing a Sako A7 30-06 |
Seems that most of the married guys hide the purchase for as long as possible.
If you can safely slip it into the collection unnoticed...go for it! You only live once,
why not buy the things that make you happy?
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Dogger
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 07:00
My technique Bud is to take an empty hard case out of the house on the pretext of showing a gun to a friend. Then when I bring it back with a new gun no one is wiser. Course tryin' to hoard the money unseen in the first place is a different trick!
------------- God save the Empire!
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Posted By: Tip69
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 07:21
I picked up some "sighting in new scope" rounds in .300WM. They were the "reduced recoil" variety, for $21.99! Should have gotten 2 or 3 boxes. I think they messed up!
------------- take em!
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Posted By: Tip69
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 07:22
Dogger - now thats brilliant!!!! Why haven't you shared that with us before?
------------- take em!
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 07:33
Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/26/2009 at 07:36
Tip69 wrote:
I picked up some "sighting in new scope" rounds in .300WM. They were the "reduced recoil" variety, for $21.99! Should have gotten 2 or 3 boxes. I think they messed up! |
I'd have to agree! Better go back and get more while you can. Thats a great price especially for mags.
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/27/2009 at 18:10
------------- "Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger
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Posted By: Tip69
Date Posted: March/27/2009 at 23:23
I'm almost there....... my buddy is all set up for it, only he didn't really mess with rifles until just recently. I think he got a set of dies for the .260.... .300 won't be far behind!
------------- take em!
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Posted By: gun74
Date Posted: March/29/2009 at 15:09
I have the same problem whenever I stop at the local gunshop,usally for reloading items or cleaning suplies and I come out with a new or used firearm.I went to a gunshop last week and nearly came out with a Remington model 700 BDL in 264 win mag.
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/29/2009 at 16:24
I think I made it through the initial impulse but if I go back in that store while that sale is on I'm doomed!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/30/2009 at 17:34
budperm - it's a lost cause you should not put off the inevitable.
------------- "Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: March/30/2009 at 20:12
Urimaginaryfrnd wrote:
budperm - it's a lost cause you should not put off the inevitable. | Oh I'll Get a nice varmit or tactical in 223, you can bet on it. This one will be exactly what I want though no compromises. The gun at Dick's is nice and close to what I want but not exactly. The price is what almost hooked me. The Browning A-bolt was a great buy and I am not sorry I did it! It is a beautiful gun and I will really enjoy it! However, this one I want to make sure fits me better. The A-bolt only has a 13.5" LOP. I have ape arms and my LOP is 15.25". So an adjustable LOP stock for the next one is a requirement!
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: cpwomack
Date Posted: May/08/2009 at 15:13
Dogger,
Thanks for the tip on how to sneak a new rifle into the house, will be trying this tecnique in the near future.
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Posted By: Dogger
Date Posted: May/08/2009 at 15:43
Always glad to help out a fellow gunophile.
------------- God save the Empire!
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: May/08/2009 at 15:59
Dogger wrote:
Always glad to help out a fellow gunophile. |
Gunophile sounds BAD and would probably require you to be on a national register somewhere. How about a Gunologist?
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: May/08/2009 at 16:00
how about firearms historian, that sounds more official.
------------- They call me "Boots" 375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"
343 we will never forget
God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy"
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: May/08/2009 at 16:30
pyro6999 wrote:
how about firearms historian, that sounds more official. |
And Old and crusty
------------- "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson
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Posted By: Dogger
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 07:11
You're correct Bud, on reflection that does sound bad - kind of a perversion (although may fit some here, right BD?).
Will have to think about a more appropriate term.
------------- God save the Empire!
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Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 08:00
cpwomack wrote:
Dogger,
Thanks for the tip on how to sneak a new rifle into the house, will be trying this tecnique in the near future. |
------------- “A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 10:34
Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 11:12
------------- “A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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Posted By: Kickboxer
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 11:33
My wife actually said my new .458WinMag is "pretty"... is that a compliment??
------------- Opinion,untempered by fact,is ignorance.
There are some who do not fear death... for they are more afraid of not really living
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Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 11:46
Kickboxer wrote:
My wife actually said my new .458WinMag is "pretty"... is that a compliment?? |
------------- “A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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Posted By: 300S&W
Date Posted: May/09/2009 at 12:13
Hey,at least she didn't call it "CUTE"!!
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