"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Friday, February 28, 2014
Pretty Guns Are Meant to be Used
Gil just got a fine Manufrance 16 bore of high grade, and snipe season is still on...
I envy him the meals he is still collecting. We didn't have much of a season here, and it is over. We need rain!
I have a pre-Vixen Sako L46. Every gun-owner around here cringes when they see me using it. They think I should sell it to the highest bidder.
However, the Finns don't understand why. It's a classic grouse-rifle everyone covets, and it's not a collector's item. Yes, they are becoming rare, but it's a greater insult to the rifle's legacy not to use it for the purpose it was built for: that is using it in grouse-hunting.
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I have a pre-Vixen Sako L46. Every gun-owner around here cringes when they see me using it. They think I should sell it to the highest bidder.
However, the Finns don't understand why. It's a classic grouse-rifle everyone covets, and it's not a collector's item. Yes, they are becoming rare, but it's a greater insult to the rifle's legacy not to use it for the purpose it was built for: that is using it in grouse-hunting.
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