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jimbob86 · January 27, 2012, 10:03 AM

When you said "clean" gun designs, I imediately thought of all these "tactical" guns (Mossberg's new black levergun being the absolute worst example) with rails everywhere but where they might be useful ..... sharp edges in places where they seem truly purposed for no other reason than to require the user to buy a good supply of leather gloves if he wants to shoot these thing in anything like a timely fashion ...... either that or bleed on the gun a lot.....

Abel-

I was beginning to wonder if the hunting world had come to it's senses when it seemed to forget about "Ultralight" Rifles...... IMO, centerfire rifles in the 5lb range are just silly- in any serious hunting caliber, they are going to recoil enough as to make practice unpleasant.... and saving 2-3 lbs on a rifle gains what, exactly? Most folks would do well to carry an extra 3 lbs of rifle around a bit more often- it would soon cause them to lose some of the extra lbs they are carryng around now, and tone up their arms a bit..... further helping with recoil management..... so many of the new shooters today lament that the .30-06 and .270WIN kick SOOOO HARD!

January 27, 2012, 10:03 AM	#6
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	When you said "clean" gun designs, I imediately thought of all these "tactical" guns (Mossberg's new black levergun being the absolute worst example) with rails everywhere but where they might be useful ..... sharp edges in places where they seem truly purposed for no other reason than to require the user to buy a good supply of leather gloves if he wants to shoot these thing in anything like a timely fashion ...... either that or bleed on the gun a lot..... Abel- I was beginning to wonder if the hunting world had come to it's senses when it seemed to forget about "Ultralight" Rifles...... IMO, centerfire rifles in the 5lb range are just silly- in any serious hunting caliber, they are going to recoil enough as to make practice unpleasant.... and saving 2-3 lbs on a rifle gains what, exactly? Most folks would do well to carry an extra 3 lbs of rifle around a bit more often- it would soon cause them to lose some of the extra lbs they are carryng around now, and tone up their arms a bit..... further helping with recoil management..... so many of the new shooters today lament that the .30-06 and .270WIN kick SOOOO HARD!