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northwoodneil Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Location: Wisconsin Joined: Jul 25^th, 2021	Question?? Mar 5^th, 2022 at 4:45pm	Print Post
	Did you ever buy a rifle just because it was to beautiful not to? I'm looking at a gorgeous rifle, great lumber, Turnbull case colors, and in perfect shape. BUT, it's really a mix of a couple rifles in a caliber (50-90) I won't shoot much. The iron sights won't work well with my old eyes and I already have plenty of rifles. But this sucker is pretty and I can't get my mind off it.


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Ranch13 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 636 Location: East Central Wy. Joined: Jan 20^th, 2018	Re: Question?? Reply #1 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 4:54pm	Print Post
	If you can see well enough to drive, you can see well enough to shoot the irons.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Question?? Reply #2 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:08pm	Print Post
	One is only given one life to live! If you can afford it you can get just as much joy from just looking at it and not even having to take it out and having to shoot it.

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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Redrighthand Full Member Offline Posts: 204 Location: New Liberty Iowa Joined: Jan 24^th, 2021	Re: Question?? Reply #3 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:16pm	Print Post
	Ranch13 wrote on Mar 5^th, 2022 at 4:54pm: If you can see well enough to drive, you can see well enough to shoot the irons. I think I better quit driving

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northwoodneil Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Location: Wisconsin Joined: Jul 25^th, 2021	Re: Question?? Reply #4 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:25pm	Print Post
	I don't need to try and put my truck in a 1 inch circle . Considering most of my collecting is 22 rimfire this will be a little step up.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Question?? Reply #5 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:31pm	Print Post
	If you like it that much just do it and you can also always sell it. Better to do so than to look back wishing that you should have done so after it is no longer available!

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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Ranch13 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 636 Location: East Central Wy. Joined: Jan 20^th, 2018	Re: Question?? Reply #6 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:39pm	Print Post
	northwoodneil wrote on Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:25pm: I don't need to try and put my truck in a 1 inch circle . Considering most of my collecting is 22 rimfire this will be a little step up. You need to use the big hole in the rear sight and a big aperature up front. If it's just the barrel sights, a bit of judicious filing on the rear sight notch brings things around quite nice. Having a Decot make a set of shooting glasses for the purpose of iron sight shooting helps a great deal also. Unfortunately those aren't covered under my medicare plans...


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northwoodneil Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Location: Wisconsin Joined: Jul 25^th, 2021	Re: Question?? Reply #7 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:54pm	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on Mar 5^th, 2022 at 5:31pm: If you like it that much just do it and you can also always sell it. Better to do so than to look back wishing that you should have done so after it is no longer available! Wisdom right there. I've gotta lot of "I wish I would bought that one" in my past. In the early years I had a wife to worry about, her aim was pretty darn good, now she's just gotten used to me.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Question?? Reply #8 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 6:30pm	Print Post
	Been there and done it myself. I once wanted a Mauser Oberndorf Model B in 7X57 with double set triggers. I found one and it was an extremely nice one at a gun show at CalExpo in Sacramento Ca. Price was fair but then I started feeling abit guilty as I was also raising a family at the time so l didn't end up buying it. I can still picture it very clearly in my head and this goes all the back to the 70's and I could have easily afforded to just go ahead and buy it. I have never seen another one since and I still regret not buying it.
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	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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ISS Oldtimer Offline Posts: 570 Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Question?? Reply #9 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 6:57pm	Print Post
	Buy it! I came home from the gun show here today with one I had looked at earlier this year. Winchester High Wall Special Sporting Rifle. Just a nice rifle in a seldom seen variation. It is laying on my coffee table in the living room as I type. Buy it! Rich


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Deadeye Bly Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1146 Location: Stephens City Joined: Feb 25^th, 2011	Re: Question?? Reply #10 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 8:30pm	Print Post
	I bought one once just because it was pretty. Still have it.


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4234 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: Question?? Reply #11 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 8:40pm	Print Post
	I won the bench rest competition (50 shots scope and 50 shots irons) when I had cataracts and could only see the target a third of the time. Amazing how well you can shoot iron sights even when you cannot see well. Regardless if you shoot it or not the Turnbull rifles are a beauty just to own.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Question?? Reply #12 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 8:56pm	Print Post
	I've bought rifles I won't use much if at all, then went into agony a week later when something I would use cropped up and my money was already spent. Leave it. The infatuation will fade.

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dragonblood9 Participating Member Offline Posts: 26 Location: mesa, az Joined: Aug 20^th, 2021	Re: Question?? Reply #13 - Mar 6^th, 2022 at 10:04am	Print Post
	and that's how I ended up with a lone star 50-70. Maybe one day I'll be able to feed it


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1120 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: Question?? Reply #14 - Mar 6^th, 2022 at 2:52pm	Print Post
	NW Neil, ask a bunch of enablers and................... Regards, Joe


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