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Well said Brian...
Posted by Murphy on May 20 2005
Brian,
Well worded and of course I agree. I see this question, as do you, many times on this forum and the standard reply is; "stainless/synthetic". There are so many cheap crappy guns out there that are "stainless/synthetic" and I think many times new Alaska hunters are steered to this junk thinking they have a great rifle because it's "stainless/synthetic". There are other choices such as the various coatings over chromoly and good walnut stocks. Most of the good synthetics stocks are not available with the new gun purchase and must be added and this point often overlooked. Your use of a rifle is much more extensive than perhaps ten once a year hunters and with greater exposure to the elements a low maintainence rifle is a higher priority. Also, hunting the Interior is different than hunting the Peninsula. I have spent a lot of time in and on salt water with guns that were not stainless, they survived and so did I and we fired many shots. I have also noticed what seems to be an Alaska thing about what I would call abuse of hunting rifles to make dings and scars on a rifle almost as if it were a status symbol. Such as laying a rifle down in the bottom of an aluminum boat while running up the river. Yikes! I have carried a rifle through some very rugged terrain and crawled on sand and rocks, crossed rivers and hunted in rain, wind and snow and carried them in saddle scabbards in very rugged mountainous country and rarely ever put a glaring scar on the gun or had rust I couldn't rub out with an oiled cloth. I don't disagree with the idea of stainless and synthetic stocks, but I'm quite sure a hunter can be successful and have a good hunt with a non-stainless, non-synthetic rifle.
I just wanted to add a point or two, I do enjoy your post, they are informative and reflect your experience. Good shootin'.
Murphy
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