I spent an hour today with the gun cabinet open, taking out old friends and new acquaintances.
My old Winchester 94 was dry as a bone. It needed a little oil and a little exercise of the action. This one, of course, is in .30 WCF and used to go on stalking hunts with Junior Doughty. It hasn't been out of the cabinet since Junior died, and that is a damned shame. I really need to take it to the range and let it bark.
I took out the push-feed Model 70, the latest addition to the cabinet, and gave it another once-over. It's a lite-model synthetic stock, but I swear, that rifle has the best trigger I've ever felt on a factory rifle. It could use a better scope, and we'll see about that soon, but this one also deserves a trip to the range.
It's August, and it's timeto get out the rifles and make sure that we're ready for the fall.
2 comments:
Yep, hunting season is just around the corner...
Yep, Hunting Season Approacheth. Hunting license about to expire ... shooting lanes need some pruning back ... roads may have gained a rut or three. Time to think about a trip out there. If it wasn't so darn hot ...
I had a Winchester 670 in .30-06 with a Marksman 4x scope. Post '64 push feed but with wood stock. Lightest recoiling ought six I ever fired. If it had one of the carbines, I'd have probably kept it but my go-to deer gun was chosen decades ago.
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