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Sorry about your stolen guns. I'm sure there was a lot of sentiment behind some of these that can never be replaced. My #3 is a kicker too. I finally put a rubber slip-on butt pad on it. I haven't broke a stock yet but thanks for the heads up. To get the best accuracy out of mine I tighten the fore-arm screw just enough that I can still pass a cigarette paper between the barrel and fore-arm wood. With handloads from the "Ruger Only" section of the reloading manuals these little guns roar!

Tom and I live in the same area and often hunt together. For almost 25 years I did my hunting with a Browning BPS pump with rifled barrel that would group the right slugs into less than 2moa. But after 25 years that gun got a bit heavy so Tom talked me into a 20ga H&R Ultra Slug Hunter. Must be 2-3 lbs lighter than the BPS and just as accurate with the right slugs.

Now if only I could talk him into going somewhere rifles are allowed so we could use stalking rifles I'd have an excuse to start looking for one...

I had an ex wife like that.....never made it

My 1st center fire rifle was a .38-55 Stevens 44 1/2 with a heavy half-round, half-octagon barrel. It came with a bullet mold and a Winchester hand loading tool.

I have 2 Ruger NO 1's (.25-06 and .270). Both have beautiful wood.

The rifle I use most often these days is my Thompson Center Encore in .30-06. It is short and handy in the bush. With a 24" barrel it is the same overall length as my 20" Winchester M94.

I've never felt that I needed more fire-power than a single shot.

I have several Rugers I shoot from 223 to 416 Rigby. All shoot well. The Handi Rifle is indeed mostly overlooked. Except by bargain hunters. I picked one up last week with a super trigger and fast lock time in 270. Shoots very accurately.
The T-C is the American "Stalking rifle".