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I know exactly what you speak of Mills
A few years back I was enamoured with the the idea that bigger and faster is way better and that you can't go too big or too fast. And then my lust was fueled even further when I went to the mailbox one day and there it was right on the cover of Shooting Times! A Weatherby Accumark in 30-378!!!!!!!!!!! Holy bejesus!I gotta have one of them babies!
Well now I'm pushing 40 as well and I still have the big 30, it's even topped with a nice Leupold 4.5X14 Vari-X 3. The only problem is all I've ever done with that rifle is punch paper. It just doesn't make sense to use it where I hunt. I keep telling myself that someday I'm gonna go on hunt where it will be just the ticket but that day hasn't come yet and it just sits in the safe. I've considered selling it, have even had opportunities to sell it for what I've got in it. In fact one fella I shoot silhouette with has a standing offer on it for what I paid for it. He had one that he could not get to shoot 1" at 100 yards and he ended up sending it back to Weatherby and got his money back. Mine will shoot .25" inch groups, but I gotta say that it is a tough gun to shoot well, not very much enjoyment to be had in setting down for a bench session with.
For now I am going to keep it, I hate selling guns. I've only done it a couple times and I regret letting both of 'em go. Someday perhaps I will christen it in the field, but for now it is just not my first choice when I open the safe to grab a rifle to head off into the woods with
Billy
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