Fastrig
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Our son is in medical school and will be graduating in the not too distant future. He’s been working very hard towards becoming a surgeon, he’s hoping for cardio thoracic. When he started on this path I had no idea the commitment it takes to become a doctor, let alone a surgeon, and the sacrifices these young people make to achieve that level of expertise is truly quite remarkable. He’ll still have five years of residency after medical school, but after eight years of intense study, research, and rotations, his mother and I were planning on buying him a very nice watch to commemorate his doctorate...been saving for it for the last couple of years.
Best laid plans of mice and men. Was talking to my parents on Friday evening, and guess what? Yep, they had the same idea as we did and already getting him that very nice watch. Grrrr!!! After we finished the call, and poured ourselves another cocktail, my wife and I started discussing what other options we could use our gift money on. We wanted it to be something he would have, use, and cherish for the rest of his life. We threw a bunch of ideas around but none of them really seemed that special, unique, etc. Then I remembered our son telling us at Christmas that the surgeons he’s been doing rotations with all hunt, go on hunting trips, safaris, have great rifles, etc., so asked my wife what she thought about buying him a first class rifle as a graduation gift. He’s never had his own rifle, always borrowed one of mine, it’s something I know he’d love to have, and, more importantly, something he could have and use for the rest of his life. Wife thought it was a great idea.
Yesterday morning we went on EuroOptic’s site to see if they had any of the special rifle packages that they offer occasionally. Found a really nice Sauer 404 SCI package that was within the gift budget so called to order it. Long story short, the rep at EO suggested a Blaser R8 Jaeger instead of the Sauer, for a number of reasons, all of which made sense. They had a R8 in 300 win mag with a grade 9 wood stock that they were offering at the same price as the same rifle with the standard wood stock. The Rifle Is Stunning. We found a nice scope to pair with the win mag, added a Contessa quick release mount, and the type C Blaser case so a second barrel and scope can be added if our son wants to down the road. EO put the package together and treated us very well on the price, i.e. kept it in budget. I’m going to call EO back tomorrow and have them add the wood bolt knob and a pistol grip plate with an engraved red stag buck on it. Those two are not in the budget but will really set that rifle off, so the old man is going to do it, not tell mom, then let mom take the credit for it
. Have a brand new Detroit Leather buffalo hide sling that I bought for another rifle that I ended up selling and it will match very nicely to the R8. Rifle ships tomorrow.
Can’t wait to see the look on our son’s face when he opens the package. Still a while off, but glad things worked out the way they did and sure he’ll cherish the R8 for the rest of his life and hopefully it will bring back fond memories when we’re gone and he’s teaching his grandson or daughter how to shoot and hunt.
Best laid plans of mice and men. Was talking to my parents on Friday evening, and guess what? Yep, they had the same idea as we did and already getting him that very nice watch. Grrrr!!! After we finished the call, and poured ourselves another cocktail, my wife and I started discussing what other options we could use our gift money on. We wanted it to be something he would have, use, and cherish for the rest of his life. We threw a bunch of ideas around but none of them really seemed that special, unique, etc. Then I remembered our son telling us at Christmas that the surgeons he’s been doing rotations with all hunt, go on hunting trips, safaris, have great rifles, etc., so asked my wife what she thought about buying him a first class rifle as a graduation gift. He’s never had his own rifle, always borrowed one of mine, it’s something I know he’d love to have, and, more importantly, something he could have and use for the rest of his life. Wife thought it was a great idea.
Yesterday morning we went on EuroOptic’s site to see if they had any of the special rifle packages that they offer occasionally. Found a really nice Sauer 404 SCI package that was within the gift budget so called to order it. Long story short, the rep at EO suggested a Blaser R8 Jaeger instead of the Sauer, for a number of reasons, all of which made sense. They had a R8 in 300 win mag with a grade 9 wood stock that they were offering at the same price as the same rifle with the standard wood stock. The Rifle Is Stunning. We found a nice scope to pair with the win mag, added a Contessa quick release mount, and the type C Blaser case so a second barrel and scope can be added if our son wants to down the road. EO put the package together and treated us very well on the price, i.e. kept it in budget. I’m going to call EO back tomorrow and have them add the wood bolt knob and a pistol grip plate with an engraved red stag buck on it. Those two are not in the budget but will really set that rifle off, so the old man is going to do it, not tell mom, then let mom take the credit for it
. Have a brand new Detroit Leather buffalo hide sling that I bought for another rifle that I ended up selling and it will match very nicely to the R8. Rifle ships tomorrow.Can’t wait to see the look on our son’s face when he opens the package. Still a while off, but glad things worked out the way they did and sure he’ll cherish the R8 for the rest of his life and hopefully it will bring back fond memories when we’re gone and he’s teaching his grandson or daughter how to shoot and hunt.
Congrats! My son graduated recently as well. He already has his graduation present though, he has been to Africa twice! Plus I have a nice 1911 he covets.
