[skeet]

Well I've been buying again.. Got a nice Ruger SBH with holster and ammo for 400..guy even gave me a bunch of Remington factory 41 mags too. I never turn down 41 stuff. The guy also had a post 64 Winchester 70 in 375 H&H..but wanted too much for it. Had a Leupold VX 3 1 1/2 x 6 on it....but still too much. Got a Ruger 77 7mm Mag..used abused a bit but good bore and wood for 400 with an older Leupold variX 3x9..best buy of the bunch though was a nice Browning Sweet 16 A Belgian made in 1965..about 90% or better.. some blue missing on the barrel. wood was pretty good and it was a vent rib..with, if I got the stars etc right, a cylinder bore Kinda hard to find 'em with an open choke..Best I can say about the Sweet 16 is...I'm drivin it like I stole it. Now it being a Browning means it is gonna go down the road. for 3 reasons..first I don't care for Brownings..and it IS a 16 which I have no use for..and did I say I don't like Brownings.. or Auto 5s all that much. Lookin in my 3 yr old Book of Gun Values they are saying over 1200 bucks..which is ridiculous in myopinion but I remember 'em being 170 bucks..duh..I is gettin OLD

As far as the Number 1s.. I had a first year 22-250 and Oh My Gosh..It were a real shooter. Even with some of my homemade bullits it was a half inch gun..which is good for me...long as ya didn't shoot it hot...Shootin groundhogs ain't that fast of a shooting sport so no real problems there.. Had a few others but it were the best shooter. Not a great hunting rifle(1Bs) as they are kinda heavy..but the 1-A may be ok. I have to shoot my Kimber 25-06 a bit to see how it shoots..If it shoots like the others..I'll leave the 1-A alone. Gil you did good on the 30-06 and it is still a GREAT cartridge. Good fer ya my friend