Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: James]
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10/20/20 11:18 PM
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Yes, I did, for $2,800 including shipping to Anchorage and insurance. Now I have to pray my two firearms sell at the gun show. lol Thanks to all who replied with advice. Jim A real Congratulations in buying your dream! Relish it!... dont worry about your other firearms selling. Sell something of your wifes!
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: Posco]
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10/20/20 11:19 PM
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Bad news,,you got boned.Good news,,you might get $20 back out of it in the Biden/Beto buy back program when you vote them in.. That's a rather indelicate way of saying someone put the wood to him on that deal. I had a Belgian BAR in .308 quite a few years ago. The factory sights were so low I couldn't squeeze my face into the stock to draw a bead with the thing. It was/is considered by many to be the quintessential deer rifle for the Maine woods. I thought I was being kind of a ray of sunshine when I also added the "good news" part.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: James]
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10/20/20 11:20 PM
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Jim if it makes you happy you should buy it.
I am not into safe queens but some one should be it would be a boring world if every one was me
no really it would be very boring , wouldn't have covid , wouldn't need jails ,everyone would have a years ammo , entire industries just would cease to exist.although golf courses would make some awesome 3 gun ranges.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: Posco]
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10/20/20 11:28 PM
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Bad news,,you got boned.Good news,,you might get $20 back out of it in the Biden/Beto buy back program when you vote them in.. That's a rather indelicate way of saying someone put the wood to him on that deal. I had a Belgian BAR in .308 quite a few years ago. The factory sights were so low I couldn't squeeze my face into the stock to draw a bead with the thing. It was/is considered by many to be the quintessential deer rifle for the Maine woods. Should of got yerself a Reminghton 760 pump .308 like the rest of you Main guys did.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
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Should of got yerself a Reminghton 760 pump .308 like the rest of you Main guys did. I've owned a couple 742's, does that count? LOL,,yup,,if ya like the semi autos. I liked all the old remingtons.Wingmaster pump shotgun being one of my favorites.I kilt a few deer with my old Rem. .308 pump, and one of my bestest buddies from Main,,says them old Rem. .308 pumps was THE moose and deer gun up there back in the day.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: James]
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10/21/20 12:20 PM
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* photo is of the Rifle Jim almost bought .his other link. When I was 15 yrs old and out hunting in Wyoming ...I was back at Camp 4 miles into the sage and cactus waiting for my Dad to make lunch. Towards the River and Landiks Ranch house I Saw What I thought was Someone using a mirror to signal. It was over 3 miles away when I first saw the hunter. I Sat on a truck hood and watched with binoculars for over an hour fascinated. It turned out to be my Father hunting his way back to camp. The flashing turned out to be my Dads Gloss Stock on his 742 jam-0-matic .243. I vowed never to own a Glissy shiny rifle. I thought back then that Dad scared every Buck ahead of him.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: James]
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10/21/20 10:00 PM
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330, I don't like gloss stocks either. The BAR I just bought has a matte finish.
Run, the credit isn't due me. It's a nice rifle. All I did was work hard for half a century and save some of the money I earned, so that I can now indulge myself with a toy...I mean, investment, now and then.
Jim
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: James]
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10/21/20 10:34 PM
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True, Ken. Give me a bolt gun. Or even a reliable single shot with an ejector (as opposed to just an extractor.
Double rifles don't do much for me, but are deadly in some hands.
Jim
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
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10/21/20 10:44 PM
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Minka, I have a wee bit of interesting things in the categories of carvings on rifle receivers....where your rifle's art fits ...the difference between "European old school ", ( properly termed renaissance art ) , Folk art era, your very aptly called "cave art", and what you described that you love , flowing anatomical correct technical style....as I love too. Simply for interest’s sake, as I have known you appreciate details in history .
Found a couple neat things...too late for me to post now but I will tomorrow.
Above anything, for me, the art of amazing depth of grain wood is really, "all that " in my book . Your rifle surely has that . Sounds like you will love this one as much as I do the tiger eye and flame Aurora shifting depth of my Weatherby's wood as well.
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Re: Always wanted a BAR
[Re: white17]
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No way I would hunt dangerous game with a semi-auto. ! And I doubt James would either ! Mark is there with his .375 as Backup Ok then A Moose hunt!
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