You didn't go home empty handed - you went home with a great wife...
How To Go Home Empty Handed
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I went to the local sporting goods/firearms dealer this afternoon, pretty much just looking for a shotgun for shooting slugs at whitetail for my grandson. I openly confess I’m not much of a shotgun guy so I naturally got to looking at rifles, when what to my wondering eyes did appear but a Browning model 78 with octagon barrel in 22-250 equipped with a 6-18x40 Redfield scope affixed just above the gorgeous immaculately blued octagon barrel and gleaming, marvelously grained Walnut wood. This rascal is at least 98%!
My wife was with me (she has nothing else to do) and I looked at her and said, “this is the most beautiful rifle I have ever seen”. And she said…..”get it”!
“But it’s almost a thousand dollars, I protested”!
She said….”that’s okay, if you want it, get it”.
But guess what?
I know ya’ll ain’t gunna believe this………I left without it.
Yup, I did.
I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted a rifle in 22-250, what I really want is a rifle in .257 Weatherby magnum. Not that there’s anything wrong with 22-250, I just kinda have my heart set on the .257 Wby. I really have an appreciation for single shot-falling block rifles. By my calculations, all you need for a kill is one shot, and anything else is just fluff.
It’s a bit of a toss up between this and a Ruger #1 in the same caliber, due primarily to the fact that anything in .257 WBY is a little difficult to locate.
I’ve always thought that indecision was the key to flexibility, but in this case, it’s the key to going home empty handed………
Here's a picture I stole off Gun Broker:
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My wife was with me (she has nothing else to do) and I looked at her and said, “this is the most beautiful rifle I have ever seen”. And she said…..”get it”!
“But it’s almost a thousand dollars, I protested”!
She said….”that’s okay, if you want it, get it”.
But guess what?
I know ya’ll ain’t gunna believe this………I left without it.
Yup, I did.
I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted a rifle in 22-250, what I really want is a rifle in .257 Weatherby magnum. Not that there’s anything wrong with 22-250, I just kinda have my heart set on the .257 Wby. I really have an appreciation for single shot-falling block rifles. By my calculations, all you need for a kill is one shot, and anything else is just fluff.
It’s a bit of a toss up between this and a Ruger #1 in the same caliber, due primarily to the fact that anything in .257 WBY is a little difficult to locate.
I’ve always thought that indecision was the key to flexibility, but in this case, it’s the key to going home empty handed………
Here's a picture I stole off Gun Broker:
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First things first! You've got a great wife! Cherish her! 
2nd thing: I dunno about you! Go back and get that rifle! If you decide you really don't want the 22-250, have it rebarreled/rechambered in another caliber.
Then you'll have the best of both worlds!
My favorite lever gun is the Browning BLR.
2nd thing: I dunno about you! Go back and get that rifle! If you decide you really don't want the 22-250, have it rebarreled/rechambered in another caliber.
Then you'll have the best of both worlds!
My favorite lever gun is the Browning BLR.
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