Originally Posted By: DiRTY DOG Why did they design it like that?? It looks silly, like the Pope's hat.
LMAO!! Not a Catholic, eh, DD?!?! LOL!
Originally Posted By: FurhunterThat odd bolt knob has a purpose too. It aids in keeping your boot from slipping off while closing the bolt.
It looks like it might be easier on your boot than on your hand! Ugly covers it - 'course, I still think the same thing when I see my Rem 600 with that ridiculous bolt handle thingy.
The thing really holding everyone back from jumping on the 17WSM bandwagon is that it requires a whole new action size for which nothing else fits - too big for the other rimfires yet, and too small for the 223+. That kills profit. Savage and Winchester ammo co. are taking a risk here, and in a down economy, an even bigger risk. Now, bring it out in a year or two in a .224 and a .204 dia. - you may have just made the 22 mag and the 17 HMR old news. Esp. if those bbl's would switch cal to cal. like their centerfire guns. JMHO.
Right now, cheap guns that go bang and are decently accurate are what is selling at a profit - big $$ guns are only interesting in reality right now to a few of us - that doesn't equate to selling enough volume to stay profitable and afloat. I'm starting to wonder that if the libs lay back on the gun control for a few years, if our gun market doesn't crash- face it - pappy used to have one to three guns usually - MANY US citizens now have a safe full. We once thought that you could never build too many houses either. Again, JMHO.
