What's Your Next Purchase? V5

[ironwolf]

Well, the Patriot Vortex combo is a ~$600 rifle. The Tikka T3 naked MSRP is like ~$700 and the Weatherby is about the same. The Weatherby Leupold combo is ~$1000

Course he might be thinking I am looking at top of the line versions of the Tikka and Weatherby too.

Yeah top of the line weatherby rifles are quite expensive, at least they can be. A top of the line tikka is a Sako and those are priced right up there with nice weatherby rifles.

Yeah, I think I'll probably end up with the Vanguard now at this point. I was thinking about taking the Mossberg and bedding it myself and shit or paying for a gunsmith to do it but at that point it's going to be running as much as a Weatherby. And one thing I HATE about the Patriot is the fucking bolt slop when it's open. Thing rattles around when open worse than a damn AK.

Yeah, for me I'd rather spend a little more and get exactly what I want or something I'll be happy with until I can make it how I want. My dad was always a huge weatherby fan and about 6 years ago sportsmans was having a blow out on vanguards in all calibers for like 399 out the door. Me and my dad picked up like 7-8 of them in different calibers.

I didn't have very high expectations but when we really started using them, neither of us could believe how good they were for the price. I would honestly compare a vanguard to an 800-1000 dollar rifle from another company.

I like the tikka but I don't like the ejection port, removable mag, stock. I know they are accurate and people rave about them so I think it's probably a similar issue to the vanguard where it's comparable to a higher end gun. But for me the weatherby design is awesome.

The vanguard also has a 2 stage trigger and that action is basically a howa 1500 action, made on Japan it's super strong so if you go reloading, you'll be safe.

I know I'm starting to sound like a fanboy but really for the $$$ i honestly couldn't see buying anything other than the weatherby. When you look at the more affordable rifles the stock is the first place they cut corners but vanguard stocks are actually quite nice.

A vanguard with a viper hs or pst would shoot the lights out and be good for everything from deer to sheep.

 

[ironwolf]

It's too bad we don't live anywhere near each other. It would be cool to let you shoot a vanguard right next to a mkv and a kimber.

 

[Gregolian]

It's too bad we don't live anywhere near each other. It would be cool to let you shoot a vanguard right next to a mkv and a kimber.

For sure.

Place I emailed does Cerakote so if I get that Leupold version I could ask them to even do a base of the same green my AR is in.

 

[ironwolf]

For sure.

Place I emailed does Cerakote so if I get that Leupold version I could ask them to even do a base of the same green my AR is in.

That would be sick. Do it!!!

 

[jlagman]

Fuck a duck, this is what happens when you're in a rush and don't pay attention. So I picked up my bow from being restrung, at a pro shop in Regina. I did a quick once over before casing it, paying for it and heading off. Drove 3 hours back home and saw that the speed nicks weren't installed. I look at the cams and the timing marks are way off. I pull back to full draw and the fucking peep rotated about a quarter turn. Then I double check my receipt, looks like I was charged $50 for a "super tune", really? This much is wrong with the bow and it cost me an extra $50? I'm calling them tomorrow and giving them shit.

 

[Gregolian]

That would be sick. Do it!!!

I know Cerakoting optics is a kind "eeeeehhh" sorta thing but I know I've seen it done. I intend to end up with something like this:


Some might say "DON'T DO IT TO A LEUPOLD OR WEATHERBY!" but I don't want a fancy Walnut stock to get dinged to shit and I don't like the pure black look either.

The like @jlagman is for you giving them shit, not for what happened.

 

[ironwolf]

Fuck a duck, this is what happens when you're in a rush and don't pay attention. So I picked up my bow from being restrung, at a pro shop in Regina. I did a quick once over before casing it, paying for it and heading off. Drove 3 hours back home and saw that the speed nicks weren't installed. I look at the cams and the timing marks are way off. I pull back to full draw and the fucking peep rotated about a quarter turn. Then I double check my receipt, looks like I was charged $50 for a "super tune", really? This much is wrong with the bow and it cost me an extra $50? I'm calling them tomorrow and giving them shit.

That sucks. Sounds like you need a bow press and maybe a few classes with a bow smith so you can do it yourself rather than have to drive 3 hours.

 

[ironwolf]

I know Cerakoting optics is a kind "eeeeehhh" sorta thing but I know I've seen it done. I intend to end up with something like this:


Some might say "DON'T DO IT TO A LEUPOLD OR WEATHERBY!" but I don't want a fancy Walnut stock to get dinged to shit and I don't like the pure black look either.

The like @jlagman is for you giving them shit, not for what happened.

I don't see anything wrong with cera coating a weatherby. Maybe if it was like a high end crazy nice one but if you look at their website, even some of those (arroyo, terramark, etc) are cera costed. Weatherby rifles are pure performance. I wouldn't mind making one camo. I also don't really like wood stocks for a heavy use hunting rifle, my guns get bumped, scraped, even used as walking sticks occasionally.

Also, if you hunt in different conditions, wood can be a bitch because it can warp and swell with heat or humidity and Change your poa.

I see nothing wrong with cera coating guns if it's what you like, I personally have never bothered with it but if there was something I really wanted done I'd do it.

Btw, I see the weatherby/leupold combo packages on gunbroker and impact guns for like ~ 800.00. That's a sweet deal.

 

[jlagman]

That sucks. Sounds like you need a bow press and maybe a few classes with a bow smith so you can do it yourself rather than have to drive 3 hours.

Yeah.

One of the benefits of this bow is the "cam lock" feature, but that's kinda how I fucked myself last time; took too many twists out of the string, couldn't get the nock back onto the cam.

 

[ironwolf]

Yeah.

One of the benefits of this bow is the "cam lock" feature, but that's kinda how I fucked myself last time; took too many twists out of the string, couldn't get the nock back onto the cam.

Trial and error...especially with bows. I learned about bows by making similar mistakes. But I was living in the city so the shop was 15 mins away instead of 3 hours. I feel your pain.

Speaking of bows, I'm looking seriously ad a bear recurve.

 

[jlagman]

Fuck it, I'm going to make a point to visit the manufacturer near Saskatoon at some point during the summer. Maybe get him to take a look at it and see what I can learn from him, so I can do some things on my own. He seems like a good guy, always tries and eventually makes himself available to answer dumbass questions like mine.

You know it's kinda weird. I keep telling myself I should start hand loading but I've never gotten around to it in all my years of shooting. But I've only been into archery for a couple of years and it's something I really want to be self sufficient with. I do want to be able to completely work on and tune my own bows, eventually cut, fletch and tune my own arrows, my own tools and just components like bare shafts and vanes. There's something about archery, at least for me, that makes my desire to DIY much stronger than it's ever been for firearms.

 

[Gregolian]

I don't see anything wrong with cera coating a weatherby. Maybe if it was like a high end crazy nice one but if you look at their website, even some of those (arroyo, terramark, etc) are cera costed. Weatherby rifles are pure performance. I wouldn't mind making one camo. I also don't really like wood stocks for a heavy use hunting rifle, my guns get bumped, scraped, even used as walking sticks occasionally.

Also, if you hunt in different conditions, wood can be a bitch because it can warp and swell with heat or humidity and Change your poa.

I see nothing wrong with cera coating guns if it's what you like, I personally have never bothered with it but if there was something I really wanted done I'd do it.

Btw, I see the weatherby/leupold combo packages on gunbroker and impact guns for like ~ 800.00. That's a sweet deal.

I just know some purists someplace will want to kill me.

Both of my dad's Model 70s are Walnut stocks. I'll need to see what the store can do for me price wise on that Leupold package. I'd love to do it at a local store to support the local business but if their prices don't compete....

 

[jlagman]

I just know some purists someplace will want to kill me.

Both of my dad's Model 70s are Walnut stocks. I'll need to see what the store can do for me price wise on that Leupold package. I'd love to do it at a local store to support the local business but if their prices don't compete....

Were you the dude that inherited a bunch of guns or am I thinking of someone else?

 

[Gregolian]

Were you the dude that inherited a bunch of guns or am I thinking of someone else?

I haven't inherited any. I will end up with my dad's collection I am sure when that day comes though.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I inherited recently so maybe it's me?

 

[ironwolf]

Were you the dude that inherited a bunch of guns or am I thinking of someone else?

That was Cubo or me.

 

[Gregolian]

Since it looks like I will be grabbing a pretty damn good rifle here in the near future... Breaking in a barrel, is this really a thing or an old wives tale?

 

[ironwolf]

Since it looks like I will be grabbing a pretty damn good rifle here in the near future... Breaking in a barrel, is this really a thing or an old wives tale?

Maybe for a really high end precision rifle I've broken them in before and not broken them in before and didn't notice much difference.

ice done the whole pouring hot water through the barrel then firing 10 shots while cleaning the barrel after each shot. Now I just run a patch with a drop of oil through it a few times.

 

[Gregolian]

Maybe for a really high end precision rifle I've broken them in before and not broken them in before and didn't notice much difference.

ice done the whole pouring hot water through the barrel then firing 10 shots while cleaning the barrel after each shot. Now I just run a patch with a drop of oil through it a few times.

I figure if I give it a damn good thorough cleaning, take it to the range, fire one, then run a patch down it for the first five shots or so it'd be good.

 

[ironwolf]

Fuck it, I'm going to make a point to visit the manufacturer near Saskatoon at some point during the summer. Maybe get him to take a look at it and see what I can learn from him, so I can do some things on my own. He seems like a good guy, always tries and eventually makes himself available to answer dumbass questions like mine.

You know it's kinda weird. I keep telling myself I should start hand loading but I've never gotten around to it in all my years of shooting. But I've only been into archery for a couple of years and it's something I really want to be self sufficient with. I do want to be able to completely work on and tune my own bows, eventually cut, fletch and tune my own arrows, my own tools and just components like bare shafts and vanes. There's something about archery, at least for me, that makes my desire to DIY much stronger than it's ever been for firearms.

In only set up to hand load a few different cartridges, 30-06, 270, 300wm and a few weatherby cartridges....and 450 Marlin because there isn't much fsctory ammo around. There's a lot of cartridges I don't bother with like 308, 223, 9mm.

Archery is a bit different, I can string my bow and tune it pretty well but I'd like to be able to fletch arrows, I never really tried it. Is think for a guy like you who lives outside of town (so you probably have lots of chances to shoot the bow) that it would be well worth your time to be able to get your bow up and running should you have an issue.

I'd probably also keep a 2nd bow around, nothing too nice in case I had an issue where my bow was down for a few weeks.