Daddybang wrote:Out of the rifles I own only two I consider "forever rifles" are the model 70 featherweight classic in 243 and my missus's cz527-2 in 222.
I don't personally care if these hold their price tag in years to come cause I'll never get rid of'em !!
bigrich wrote:Daddybang wrote:Out of the rifles I own only two I consider "forever rifles" are the model 70 featherweight classic in 243 and my missus's cz527-2 in 222.
I don't personally care if these hold their price tag in years to come cause I'll never get rid of'em !!
The old model 70 is a good thing hey mate. I got a 1975 xtr in 222, and a FN made model 70 in 6.5x55 . They are my forever guns. Once you get used to the trigger their great. They don’t have a trigger pull as such, but zero creep is awesome
sungazer wrote:A small centerfire is never really going to be a forever rifle. Forever rifles have to be either somewhat uniquely Australian like a Lithgow 303. They should also be a recognized hunting rifle and if that can also cover a recognized and used by the family to win competitions even better. The rifle that could fit this bill is the 308 again an Australian centric popular gun. IMHO these will be forever guns.
Daddybang wrote:I reckon any rifle can be a forever rifle. ..to me a forever rifle isn't the same as a collection piece it's that rifle ya own that you're never gonna sell. For some that might be the .222 that granmpa handed down or the brand spanking new 308 that ya love to shoot or the .22 model that ya learn to shoot with.
Gaznazdiak wrote:Well Mitch, if you want heirloom firearms and have the money, the place to go is Fuch's Fine Guns.
http://fuchsfineguns.com/index.php/fine-guns/
bigfellascott wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:Well Mitch, if you want heirloom firearms and have the money, the place to go is Fuch's Fine Guns.
http://fuchsfineguns.com/index.php/fine-guns/
Nice looking rifles alright, not something I'd ever want to use Only good for safe queen use I reckon (I'd cry if I ever damaged one using it)
Gaznazdiak wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:Well Mitch, if you want heirloom firearms and have the money, the place to go is Fuch's Fine Guns.
http://fuchsfineguns.com/index.php/fine-guns/
Nice looking rifles alright, not something I'd ever want to use Only good for safe queen use I reckon (I'd cry if I ever damaged one using it)
Definitely. I can imagine it, out Ninja-ing around the scrub, roll an ankle in an old rabbit hole, go tits up and drop it on a rock and do a couple grands worth of scratch damage.
They are a thing of mechanica and artisticl beauty though.
bigfellascott wrote:
You’d need a few extra moonshines to get over it
Gaznazdiak wrote:bigfellascott wrote:
You’d need a few extra moonshines to get over it
I'd be so damn shiny, I'd probably catch fire
Daddybang wrote:I reckon any rifle can be a forever rifle. ..to me a forever rifle isn't the same as a collection piece it's that rifle ya own that you're never gonna sell. For some that might be the .222 that grampa handed down or the brand spanking new 308 that ya love to shoot or the .22 model that ya learn to shoot with.
deanp100 wrote:Yes to all , but there is a difference between I gun that is part of your life through circumstance, and one that you plan to buy to keep forever. A Chinese air rifle might mean something to you but no one else will ever look at it and go “ holy s**t, I wish I had one of them”.
bigfellascott wrote:deanp100 wrote:Yes to all , but there is a difference between I gun that is part of your life through circumstance, and one that you plan to buy to keep forever. A Chinese air rifle might mean something to you but no one else will ever look at it and go “ holy s**t, I wish I had one of them”.
Really? That's the determining factor for you?
deanp100 wrote:bigfellascott wrote:deanp100 wrote:Yes to all , but there is a difference between I gun that is part of your life through circumstance, and one that you plan to buy to keep forever. A Chinese air rifle might mean something to you but no one else will ever look at it and go “ holy s**t, I wish I had one of them”.
Really? That's the determining factor for you?
Yeah, if I want it to be. So roll your f***ing eyes somewhere else.
straightshooter wrote:You only need to remember two words - steel and wood.
deanp100 wrote:bigfellascott wrote:deanp100 wrote:Yes to all , but there is a difference between I gun that is part of your life through circumstance, and one that you plan to buy to keep forever. A Chinese air rifle might mean something to you but no one else will ever look at it and go “ holy s**t, I wish I had one of them”.
Really? That's the determining factor for you?
Yeah, if I want it to be. So roll your f***ing eyes somewhere else.
straightshooter wrote:You only need to remember two words - steel and wood.