Me too. Especially since I retired.I have walked into a gun shop and walked out with a love-at-first-sight gun MANY times. Same is true with walking around a big gun show.
I agree, my “eclection” was amassed in a similar fashion, using six simple steps:I rarely go in a gun shop with a certain item in mind. It is almost always spontaneous, hence my eclectic collection!
Jeez, even for 2006 you stole it!Yes. Consignment SP101 I picked up at my LGS around 2006. Saw it and asked, "How much?" Store owner said, "$250." I said, "I'll take it!" Guy next to me said, "D__n!"
The last styling of the Varmint model is known as the Kevlar model. The primary difference is the stock is made of a Kevlar composite manufactured by H-S Precision. The rifle has an aluminium bedding block to which the action is screwed while the barrel is free floated. The rifle does not have sights and is not supplied with scope rings. Supported calibers are the .204 Ruger and .223 Remington. This model weighs 3.41 kg (7.5 lb). It also has the fastest rifling twist ratio for the .223 Remington of the three models(1:9 instead of 1:12). Early production rifles (pre 2002) had a 1:12 twist rate and post-2002 rifles have the 1:9 twist rate.[2]