bigpete wrote:
Have you looked at the Volquartsens ?
God they're even worse !
Only one I've seen i remotely like is the winchester low wall and thats 2k and still way heavier than any rimfire needs to be[/quote]
Your a hard man to please it would seem.
These days any rifle worth it's salt would be hovering around the $2,000 mark.
And from first hand experience I've found that an awful lot of em have some degree of "finish" issues.
One very beautiful rifle I have is a Sako Grizzly 30-06 in walnut.
If your blindfolded you get the feel of quality the moment your hands wrap around it.
And I find the Ruger 77 .17 Stainless WSM also in walnut (although lower grade than older timbers) to have the same feel of quality about it.
I'm very quick to say "that's ugly" when I look at some various rifles,,,,, but I think this Ruger is very well finished, and pleasing to the eye as well.
In fact,,,,,,, I just took it out to have another close look trying to find something that could be classed as ugly,,,, but Nahh
The way that you write about rimfires (that shouldn't be a bit hefty) only makes me think more so, that a reasonable amount of weight in a quality rifle only imparts more of a quality feeling/impression.
I would not think along these same lines if a rifle was being bought for the likes of hill/mountain type terrain,,,, but you haven't put forward any such reasoning for your dislike of a bit of weight in a rimfire.
Again, as I've indicated previously, what suits one person doesn't suit the next of course.
If you don't like the weight or the looks of a particular rifle,,,,,,,, that's fine.
I'm just very curios as to your reasonings behind your views because it seems you've indicated that you don't like XXXX and that XXXX is ugly,,,,,,,,,
But you've not given any particular reason/s as to why.
I've done a little research on the one that you say you like over and above all else in this field,,, and can only surmise that due to your apparent penchant for shotties,,,,,, these rifles have some similarities to a single barrel hammer gun which I could see would help in your likes.
Coupled with the distinct "Western" appearance that would I'm guessing also go hand in hand with your choices.
The fact that what I could see in them only being a single shot wouldn't appeal to me personally but may well be right up your alley.
My real like for the one I looked at was that "gimmicky"
variable direction ejected shell lever.Gimmicky,,,,,,,,,,,,, but very useful I believe.
So it would seem the only real choice you have is to save up and get a Browning/Winchester (Brinchester ?) Low Wall rifle for your self.
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