As some of you may have seen, if you saw my introduction, I have recently found myself the victim of theft. They took all of my long guns except for a couple of shotguns, a black powder, and a .22, all of which were in my brothers safe.
This has given me the chance to actually build my collection with guns I really want, or have always wanted. So far I’ve gotten a gorgeous Remington 742 Woodsmaster in 30-06, which I’ve wanted from the first time I saw my uncle’s semi-auto 742 in 30-06, back when I was so young I didn’t realize rifles could also be semi-automatic. (and not just only the Remington 1100 shotguns everyone seemed to have). The other rifle I have bought so far is a Thompson Center Compass in .243. Small enough for the kids to use, and big enough to take deer hunting. Also, it’s in a composite stock, so the kids can beat it up some, and it won’t break my heart like it would if they hurt my new main squeeze. (The Woodsmaster, for the younger ones who may have no clue what a main squeeze even is!)
Now for the second part of this post, if you had to start over, what would you get/try to get? Which calibers do you think, if you were only going to get one or two, would you get? (and you don’t have to say to get a .22, as that’s already presumed to be one of the must haves. At least for me it is) Now with the majority of my hunting, deer is the main big game I would be chasing, but I also wouldn’t mind something that could take any big game I wanted to chase. I previously had a Browning A-bolt in 30-06, and I loved that aspect of the rifle, feeling like it was perfectly adequate for whatever I wanted to use it for. (I’m trying not to make a joke about us men and our obsessions with adequacy!)
Okay, enough from me. According to my wife I tend to get carried away and ramble, so I apologize.
This has given me the chance to actually build my collection with guns I really want, or have always wanted. So far I’ve gotten a gorgeous Remington 742 Woodsmaster in 30-06, which I’ve wanted from the first time I saw my uncle’s semi-auto 742 in 30-06, back when I was so young I didn’t realize rifles could also be semi-automatic. (and not just only the Remington 1100 shotguns everyone seemed to have). The other rifle I have bought so far is a Thompson Center Compass in .243. Small enough for the kids to use, and big enough to take deer hunting. Also, it’s in a composite stock, so the kids can beat it up some, and it won’t break my heart like it would if they hurt my new main squeeze. (The Woodsmaster, for the younger ones who may have no clue what a main squeeze even is!)
Now for the second part of this post, if you had to start over, what would you get/try to get? Which calibers do you think, if you were only going to get one or two, would you get? (and you don’t have to say to get a .22, as that’s already presumed to be one of the must haves. At least for me it is) Now with the majority of my hunting, deer is the main big game I would be chasing, but I also wouldn’t mind something that could take any big game I wanted to chase. I previously had a Browning A-bolt in 30-06, and I loved that aspect of the rifle, feeling like it was perfectly adequate for whatever I wanted to use it for. (I’m trying not to make a joke about us men and our obsessions with adequacy!)
Okay, enough from me. According to my wife I tend to get carried away and ramble, so I apologize.