My new toy (in .243 caliber)
Two years ago, shortly after I moved back to Buffalo & the day before I started my current job, a good friend of mine puts two gun raffle tickets in front of me and tells me to “pick one”. I choose the losing one & he wins a Remington semi-auto 30-06 with the other one.
Two weeks ago, I get an email from the same friend – “here’s two numbers for the gun raffle, pick one”. I write him back telling him I remembered how this worked last time & don’t like playing that game.
Well, this year the tables turned – this weekend I won a Remington Model Seven .243 bolt action
rifle with a laminated stock from the same (Tonawanda Sportsman Club) raffle:
I picked it up last night & absolutely love the gun. It took some digging, but I found out the “CDL” stands for “Classic Deluxe”. The stock is gorgeous & the bolt is has a sharp looking checkered stainless steel pattern on it. I’d shot a lower end Remington bolt action .243 this past summer & was very impressed with the way it shot, especially compared to the 30-06 my friend won previously.
I’ll have to pick up a scope and shoulder strap for this one, but other than that, it will make one fine deer hunting rifle. Lucky for me, the two counties I primarily hunt in New York (Allegheny & Cattaraugus) both in the past couple years started allowing rifles to be used during deer season.
Remington lists an MSRP of $929 for the rifle. Street price is ~$725. Either way, I payed $20.
November 17th, 2008 at 8:50 am
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