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DPhillips
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Re: Hand me down rifles or not
05/12/04 06:01 PM

Sometimes we have to make mistakes to learn. The old saying "You don't know what you've got till it's gone" could be modified a bit to fit here. If someone only handles and uses the best of the best, they have no idea what quality really is. I know I really appreciate the old M70's and Mausers a whole lot more now than when it was all I had. After a couple of bum Remingtons and a bum new Winchester (many years ago), I really came to appreciate the design and workmanship of the older rifles. Before that they were just "old" rifles. After that, I knew they were "Classics".

It might seem a waste of money to you or someone more learned in firearms appreciation than your son, but I doubt he will really appreciate what he has now, or be satisfied, until he spends his hard earned money for something less worthy.

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Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	04/12/04 07:49 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	slammer6delta	31/12/04 10:28 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	mickey	08/12/04 12:56 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	09/12/04 12:03 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	EricD	04/12/04 11:45 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	05/12/04 01:10 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	DPhillips	05/12/04 10:23 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	05/12/04 02:56 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	510Wells	31/12/04 01:01 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	18/01/05 12:50 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	12/02/05 01:01 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	510Wells	16/02/05 03:00 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	24/02/05 11:17 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	DPhillips	05/12/04 06:01 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	foxfire	08/12/04 08:04 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	DPhillips	08/12/04 10:34 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	EricD	05/12/04 01:52 AM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	ALAN_MCKENZIE	04/12/04 02:07 PM
Re: Hand me down rifles or not	4seventy	04/12/04 10:49 AM

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