| DUGABOY1 |
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| 21/08/08 02:49 AM |
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Re: Denigrating the Remington / Baikal SxS
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By BBMike
I think George's quote above '' Hit the Nail on The Head '' ... Sometimes Affluence Brings out Poor Form in people despite ones supposed social class, & education. Isn't this forum about the love of firearms in general & not their dollar value ?
It shouldn't matter if we get from Point A to Point B in Life in either a VW Beetle or a Rolls Royce it should merely matter that we arrive safely & comfortably in what we personally deem necessary to spend.
AMEN!
B_B_ mike, It doesn't matter to me how we get where we are going, as long as the vehicle is reliable! I simply don't like sitting on tne side of the road with a broke down car! for that matter I' much rather have the VW, than a Rolls if I had to put up with it's maintenance!
On the Rem/Biakal double rifle, my opinion is the rifle is, what it is, a $600 double rifle! I see no reason to denigrate it for being what it is. Clearly it is not going to be the equal to anything made in the treditional way of makeing a double rifle, that is a given, I think.
You assumption that if a person sees this rifle as a sub-bargain basement piece, automaticlly makes him/her a bore, is, in it's self a little elitest judgement on your part, and maybe the part of the origenal poster you quoted.
The Biakal/Rem double rifle, as I said, is what it is, and I see not fault in saying it is just that. It is, I think a fine start, that has a few problems in some cases, because of the inconsistant manufactureing process. Once the final rifle is done after fixing some of the problems that pop up from time to time on some of them, and they become a little more consistantly workable, they will get more respect. Because the problems that do pop up from time to time, being tied to shody workmanship, remedying them will cause the price to rise. With a base price now of the stated $600 USD, (is actually $900 here in the USA). The price could rise substantually, and still be cheap. I say the little rifle chambered for 45-70 is a good start for a nice little 30-30 canoe rifle with little 20" barrels. I would buy one of the 45-70s strictly for that purpose, re-barrel it with a pair of 1 in 10" twist .308 barrels, and chamber it to either 30-30, or 30-40 krieg, regulate it properly and put some real sights on it, and a low powered scope in QD rings and bases, and place it in the rack in my canoe. If I capsize, and loose it, well, it's better than looseing a $15K double, and as long as it is a reliable little rifle I could care less what it looks like, or who disagrees with my haveing it!
