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Originally Posted by id10t
Guns are sorta like women - I can appreciate each and every one of 'em for what they are. Some (quite a few?) just aren't "my style". Most others, I simply can't afford (used to drive 30 miles to sit and stare at Harry Beckwith's collection of Purdy and Parker shotguns) or are too limited in purpose for what I like to do/have a place to do. But guns are a tool. So there is always the practicality part, which makes me laugh at the tacticool crowd with decent rifles that have had all sorts of tacticrap added to them.
Best of both worlds - nice walnut, emminently utilitarian, sleek and good looking. Don't need no stinkin' rails.
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Awesome rifle - quite possibly on my short list as I continue to stick a toe into these (to me) uncharted waters.
My first foray into the world of high-capacity autoloaders has enough walnut and steel to help ease my way in, although the steel is parkerized:
I've since removed the forward "Scout" rail and replaced the hand guard with a solid one. Had no use for the forward rail, but I did like the shorter barrel.
This is a tough rifle to use at my club range. Rules are that all rifles are single loaded, no matter what they are. This one is easier to do that with than most modern "assault" style rifles, in that the whole top of the action is open. Pretty easy to just leave the magazine in and thumb a round down in from the top. As a matter of fact, it even has a guide for stripper clips, so it is meant to be loaded that way.