Thread: Good First Time Rifle

I'm already Short and very dark.... having a "long black" just sounds intimidating... as for marshmallows and chocolate in coffee.... NO.

Originally Posted by SlimySquirrel

I'm already Short and very dark.... having a "long black" just sounds intimidating... as for marshmallows and chocolate in coffee.... NO.

At 6:30am at the service station its quite amusing watching some people ordering poofter mocha frappe reach around coffees with 6 sugars and extra marshmallows, you really wouldnt pick the tatted up goatee sporting brick layer for one, haha.

The goatee is the giveaway- any bloke with a "flavour savour" or "soul patch" type facial hair is not to be trusted

Originally Posted by JRW87

At 6:30am at the service station its quite amusing watching some people ordering poofter mocha frappe reach around coffees with 6 sugars and extra marshmallows, you really wouldnt pick the tatted up goatee sporting brick layer for one, haha.

Go into a gun shop and handle a few rifles .
I started with a cheap as out of the box Remington 770 with scope in full camo which has started falling off so it is now a camo with black patches .
I then brought a A7 on a impulse because it was on sale and I was in a rush.
Got rid of it for a Tikka which feels better when I bring it to my shouldar and I had some issues with A7 not holding a zero but I am 90% sure it was scope or mount issues but it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Before that I just used my old fellas 303 and his assortment of guns.
Wasnt until a mate took me into gun room up in Auckland and I tryed a heap of rifles and relised that some felt natural and others were crap for my body shape.
By the way the cheap as 770 was a good gun and apart from wanting a nicer rifle it is all I really need for the Hunting shots I take.
The scope thing took me a while to get my head around spending some decent money on one .
After about 3 cheap ones a mate who was upgrading sold me his nearly new Leica ER 3.5 -14 x 42 which really opened my eyes up.
just make sure you buy a 270

Also do not buy full camo as not only did I feel a bit of a dick hunting with it ,I also had trouble finding it on the ground once ( it was the only one in the shop)