I agree 400 NE. All of my rifles are glassbedded and floated with a min. of .050 clearance around the barrel. No problems here with wood giving me an issue. I love hunting with a fine burly wooded gun, life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun. We are just care takers anyhow. I doubt if anyone stands over my casket complaining about the way I took care of my guns. Besides, I am unaware that I have damaged any by hunting with them. As far as rimfires and deer and your own ground. Well, I am hunting my own Ohio ground, just wouldn't think anywhere it would be legal to take deer with a rimfire. For me, it does kind of feel unethical. But then again, I won't use one for that purpose. Heck, I see old Mausers in military form all the time for under $100. Makes them kind of a throw away gun. IMHO. Sorry though, I do have a very strong weakness for nicely customized 03's and Mauser'98's. I wonder if that is why I have so many? How many is too many? Don't know, haven't got that many yet.
