the guide gun I bought in Juneau was completely crudely fitted together, and i looked at a dozen of them!! Took me about six weeks of tinkering to get it into shape. It was a kit gun. BUT it shot straight out of the box.
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inflation is the dot gov STEALING from us.
BUT, the Ruger prices are not so far out of line, AND their quality will be an order of magnitude higher than my guide gun.
If I were young enough and starting a family and able to work 20 hour days, I would consider the new 45/70 trapper to be a multi-generation investment...
for me, now, i would have to sell some firearms to justify a new ruger quality marlin . . . . AND if i find myself in the brer bear woods i hope i have the 50AR loaded with 440Gr hardcast, because i might forget how to cycle the guide gun by then.
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grizz
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