My first gun collection was destroyed by a natural disaster, divorce.
So I went until I retired before I started a real gun collection.
Because when you go from basic hunting firearms into lots of firearms then your collecting.
But I still depend on my -- post 1979 divorce --- basic rifles for Deer = Rem 7600 30.06 pump & Win mod 70 - 7mmMag
Squirrels Ruger 10-22
Rabbits Mossberg 500 12 gauge
Simple is better stick to basic proven calibers, not the latest hot long range steel ringer, if you will notice
the ammo cost your first born.
A 30-06 & 7mm Mag can kill anything in America at long ranges.
The best hunter I have ever known in my entire like hunts deer & squirrels with flintlocks he made himself
& recurve bows he buys. I have never known anyone with more love for hunting than he has & is successful every
year.
What you have will do great & sounds like the drive inside you is enough to carry you.
When I shoot a deer with my Rem 7600 they never know the difference in what shot him, not even the caliber
or what scope I had on it or if it is --- this years new & improved beats any other mfg bullet.
Above all things, don't spend more money on firearms than you can afford & never--never sell your original guns
to buy new & better guns. Once you begin selling one gun to get another it will become so easy to let them go
& you will someday wish you had the old ones back.
Above all my advise keep the wife happy & the kids fed.
Hang in there, opportunities will present themselves in firearm collecting, don't push them & don't get into collecting & loose what sounds like a real love for hunting.
Remember, a man isn't judged by how many deer he gets or their size, neither is he judged by how many guns he owns or their quality.
So I went until I retired before I started a real gun collection.
Because when you go from basic hunting firearms into lots of firearms then your collecting.
But I still depend on my -- post 1979 divorce --- basic rifles for Deer = Rem 7600 30.06 pump & Win mod 70 - 7mmMag
Squirrels Ruger 10-22
Rabbits Mossberg 500 12 gauge
Simple is better stick to basic proven calibers, not the latest hot long range steel ringer, if you will notice
the ammo cost your first born.
A 30-06 & 7mm Mag can kill anything in America at long ranges.
The best hunter I have ever known in my entire like hunts deer & squirrels with flintlocks he made himself
& recurve bows he buys. I have never known anyone with more love for hunting than he has & is successful every
year.
What you have will do great & sounds like the drive inside you is enough to carry you.
When I shoot a deer with my Rem 7600 they never know the difference in what shot him, not even the caliber
or what scope I had on it or if it is --- this years new & improved beats any other mfg bullet.
Above all things, don't spend more money on firearms than you can afford & never--never sell your original guns
to buy new & better guns. Once you begin selling one gun to get another it will become so easy to let them go
& you will someday wish you had the old ones back.
Above all my advise keep the wife happy & the kids fed.
Hang in there, opportunities will present themselves in firearm collecting, don't push them & don't get into collecting & loose what sounds like a real love for hunting.
Remember, a man isn't judged by how many deer he gets or their size, neither is he judged by how many guns he owns or their quality.
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