Savage No.4 (t)

[champ0608]

“You say your Long Branch mk1*(t) clone shoots very well, so why do you need an expensive original that will probably group less well and has mk1 scope?”

It’s comments like this that can make one question why some ‘friends’ are friends!

The good angel and the bad angel on my shoulder recently had a similar debate.

I had a perfectly nice and extremely accurate US Marine 1903 Sniper replica. I shot it regularly and really enjoyed it. Then came along an extremely rare, original (though needing some restoration) Marine 1903 Unertl Sniper rifle. The bad angel on my shoulder won the debate, and the replica rifle had to be sold to help fund the new purchase.

I know I'll never shoot the original nearly as much as I did the replica, and that's somewhat sad, but I couldn't be happier finding, buying, and restoring an original.

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