Wildernesshunter
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My folks gave my mother's dad (my granddad) a Remington 721 in 30'06 back in the 50's. They bought it brand new and slapped a Weaver K4 on it....original El Paso scope. After Daddy Frank passed on 1974, my mother got the gun back in inheritance. Dad said he didn't think that gun ever had more than 100 rounds run through it. For my 16th birthday, they gave me the gun.
The gun is absolutely stock, even having the steel butt plate. I haven't done a thing to the gun, except discarding the scope, once the crosshairs wiggled loose. It is a shooter, driving 180gr Remington ammo brought from WalMart at about 1.5" groups. But, it is also a jackhammer. Back when I was in my 20's I killed a dozen deer with it, and just toughed out the recoil, but quit shooting it for 25+ years until recently. I have found....I absolutely HATE shooting the gun. I took it to the range yesterday, ran 10 rounds though it and my shoulder was killing me..... I would honestly rather shoot my Marlin 45-70!!!
So.....what would you do? Alter the gun with a good recoil pad and try to make it a gun I enjoy shooting? ...Or leave the gun bone stock, a family heirloom? I have even been shopping for Weaver K4's on Ebay, retuning the gun to it's original setup, so she can be a "safe queen" and conversation piece.
I've just come to this place in life, where I hate recoil. I have even sold two of my magnum rigs last year, down-grading to much lighter recoil guns. I have three long range setups, .223, 243 and 7 Mag.....and the 7RM gets limited attention (despite it weighing 14lbs with a great recoil pad). I would need to "replace" the ole aught six....with a deer rifle and am leaning to a 25'06, maybe the Weatherby Vanguard 2.
What would you do?
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The gun is absolutely stock, even having the steel butt plate. I haven't done a thing to the gun, except discarding the scope, once the crosshairs wiggled loose. It is a shooter, driving 180gr Remington ammo brought from WalMart at about 1.5" groups. But, it is also a jackhammer. Back when I was in my 20's I killed a dozen deer with it, and just toughed out the recoil, but quit shooting it for 25+ years until recently. I have found....I absolutely HATE shooting the gun. I took it to the range yesterday, ran 10 rounds though it and my shoulder was killing me..... I would honestly rather shoot my Marlin 45-70!!!
So.....what would you do? Alter the gun with a good recoil pad and try to make it a gun I enjoy shooting? ...Or leave the gun bone stock, a family heirloom? I have even been shopping for Weaver K4's on Ebay, retuning the gun to it's original setup, so she can be a "safe queen" and conversation piece.
I've just come to this place in life, where I hate recoil. I have even sold two of my magnum rigs last year, down-grading to much lighter recoil guns. I have three long range setups, .223, 243 and 7 Mag.....and the 7RM gets limited attention (despite it weighing 14lbs with a great recoil pad). I would need to "replace" the ole aught six....with a deer rifle and am leaning to a 25'06, maybe the Weatherby Vanguard 2.
What would you do?
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