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<blockquote data-quote="Danny" data-source="post: 1188828" data-attributes="member: 11002"><p>I once took a rifle in to a local gun shop to trade it for a target bow (I was hot and heavy into target archery at the time). I still kick myself in the butt for doing it, but at the time, I wasn't thinking straight.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I had a Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker (1st generation) in .270 Winchester. It had a Nikon Monarch 3-9x40 scope, Flip-Open scope caps, a Harris bi-pod, Uncle Mike's Super Sling, and a buttstock shell holder. This rifle would shoot 3/4" groups at 100 yards using either Federal Premium, or Remington Core-Lokt ammo. And with a handload with Ballistic Tips, it would shoot 1/2" groups. And it would hold those groups out at longer distances, 1.75" groups at 200 yards, and 2.85" groups at 300 yards. It was a smokin' shooter!</p><p></p><p>Well, we made the trade, and not only did I tell him about how it shot with factory ammo, I gave him the recipe for the handloads thinking this would be a winner of a deer hunting package he could sell easily. Before I even left the shop, he had it completely torn apart and put the bare rifle up on the rack with the rest of them. </p><p></p><p>I couldn't believe it, but, it wasn't mine anymore so "oh well". I know in most cases you don't know whether to believe someone or not when they tell you things like that, but we'd done business before and he knew I didn't make things up.</p><p></p><p>If you had such a package with complete details, would you have done the same thing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny, post: 1188828, member: 11002"] I once took a rifle in to a local gun shop to trade it for a target bow (I was hot and heavy into target archery at the time). I still kick myself in the butt for doing it, but at the time, I wasn't thinking straight. Anyway, I had a Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker (1st generation) in .270 Winchester. It had a Nikon Monarch 3-9x40 scope, Flip-Open scope caps, a Harris bi-pod, Uncle Mike's Super Sling, and a buttstock shell holder. This rifle would shoot 3/4" groups at 100 yards using either Federal Premium, or Remington Core-Lokt ammo. And with a handload with Ballistic Tips, it would shoot 1/2" groups. And it would hold those groups out at longer distances, 1.75" groups at 200 yards, and 2.85" groups at 300 yards. It was a smokin' shooter! Well, we made the trade, and not only did I tell him about how it shot with factory ammo, I gave him the recipe for the handloads thinking this would be a winner of a deer hunting package he could sell easily. Before I even left the shop, he had it completely torn apart and put the bare rifle up on the rack with the rest of them. I couldn't believe it, but, it wasn't mine anymore so "oh well". I know in most cases you don't know whether to believe someone or not when they tell you things like that, but we'd done business before and he knew I didn't make things up. If you had such a package with complete details, would you have done the same thing? [/QUOTE]
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