Preferences, Pride, and the Defense There Of!

[Datchew]

Fun thread.

In no particular grouping or order:

Ruger no 1 with mannlicher stock, uncut webley WG's, browning hi power, FAL

Hendricks, beefeater, Oban 14

60's air-cooled vw's and bmw motorcycles with drum brakes, slide carbs, kickstart, and magneto ignitions

Chesterton, Tolkien, Lewis, Capstick, Tolstoy, Bryson, Berlinski,

Beethoven, Forsyth, Paganini, Vivaldi, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Metallica, Van Morrison, Allison Krause, Shostakovich, the who

Black Labradors

Slow cooked bacon wrapped backstrap cooked to 125F with a heavy Spanish red wine and a Budapest salad

Snowboarding, remote backpack hunts and camps
Muzzy broad heads on carbon fiber shafts
Hobie kayaks and Carolina rigs with zoom baby brush hogs

 

[VertigoBE]

I might be the odd one out, but I don't have so many hard preferences... Especially not in rifles, women and cars. There are just so many nice ones out there, all different, all good to look at and good to handle, serv(ing)/(icing) different purposes

I enjoy it all.

 

[bashaw]

Women: My Wife, but I like good lookin women with a personality. Beer: PBR, Whiskey Bourbon Top shelf Bulleit lower shelf Rebel Yell, pc got to them now it's just Rebel. Guns: all. Jetboats: Duckworth. Pickups: Ford. Snowmobile: Polaris. Mckenzie River Boat: Keith Steele Wood Boat. Cigars: good ones

 

[bashaw]

Women: My Wife, but I like good lookin women with a personality. Beer: PBR, Whiskey Bourbon Top shelf Bulleit lower shelf Rebel Yell, pc got to them now it's just Rebel. Guns: all. Jetboats: Duckworth. Pickups: Ford. Snowmobile: Polaris. Mckenzie River Boat: Keith Steele Wood Boat. Cigars: good ones

Hunting : love it all

 

[Cheesehead]

Women: Apparently my type is blonde hair, blue eyes, and crippling anxiety

Beer: Miller Lite
Whiskey: Gentleman Jack
Trucks: Ford
Rifle: Rigby Highland Stalker (someday I'll save enough for one)
Shotguns: any SxS double

 

[hoytcanon]

Women: Apparently my type is.... crippling anxiety...

I hear that!

 

[Russ16]

Rifles Model 70
Women blonds — Grace Kelly specifically
Movie Lawrence of Arabia
Books Tai Pan
Barbecue brisket only
Handguns revolvers
Shotgun upland SxS 16 gauge
Shotgun waterfowl Benelli
Chili beef only no beans
Beer Shiner Bock
Whisky Famous Grouse
Golf course Cruden Bay
Calibers 375 H&H and 30-06

 

[steve white]

Rifles: Männlicher-Schoenauer, custom drillings, Sako Safari 375 H&H, super accurate .22 lr.
Calibers: 30'06, 7x57, 8x57, 375 H&H, .22lr
A-Frame bullets
Scopes: Zeiss HT
Binos: Zeiss FL 8x56, Kahles, Swarovski porro models
Walnut/rust blued only
16ga over 20ga always, 12ga for heavy loads
Largely, SXS shotguns with lots of drop, plus one soft shooting auto
Puma, Buck SV30, Arno Bernard knives
Kramer horsehide pistol holsters
Leather sling on every long arm, most QD
Boots: Redwing, Kennetrek, Danner
1937 Ford P/U streetrod
Authors: Robert F. Jones, Ian Nyschens, Capstick
Movies: King Solomon's Mines, Last of the Mohicans, GoldenEye
Shimano Reel freak
SmoothDrag washer fan
Bamboo fly rods
Premium graphite or Boron rods
Love/hate Yeti coolers--too heavy
Goretex and all its clones

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

Rifles: Männlicher-Schoenauer,

You have my attention.

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

Love/hate Yeti coolers--too heavy

I use the U.S. M1944 Mermite.

Can't be beat.

 

[hoytcanon]

Ice lasts longer in our Lifetime coolers over the same size Yeti coolers.

 

[CZDiesel]

@CZDiesel - I appreciate your respect for me and value your views. The 458 thread is a good example of a productive discussion displaying our differences of opinion without being ugly. Cheers.

Rifles - Do I need to say it? Blaser R8.
Shotgun - Benelli SBE3 & Blaser F3. Still looking for a proper upland O/U.
Women - My wife of 30 years has auburn hair…so.
Prefer red South African tea over coffee.
Favorite movies - Star Wars, Full Metal Jacket, The Searchers and Unforgiven.
Hunting partner - Wife, because she has an eagle eye.
Favorite game - Waterfowl for the sheer volume and variety of species. African DG would a close second.

One of the great things about AH and its members are how well they treat each other! Not only in the forums but in real life!
I’ve never seen another site give away so many valuable items to other members! I’ve never seen or heard of the community and kind hearted displays towards others. I’ve never seen so much valuable information well beyond cartridge loads or rifle recommendations and I’ve never seen acts of kindness like the ones bestowed upon my by people you have never met in person!
This is a special place that is filled with great people including you @BeeMaa I also completely respect you and your views even though I might have to vigorously debate them lol
Your movie selections and your “Eagle Eyed” hunting partner choices are impeccable!!!

 

[Scott CWO]

I forgot my baby! Yamaha Stratoliner Deluxe! I Crashed her in July in Nova Scotia, on my way to Newfoundland... I got cut off by a horse trailer... 17 broken bones and a collapsed lung, two weeks in the hospital... but I had her shipped home and restored her to her former glory... can't wait for spring, to do it all again!

Good gawd, man! You are lucky to be alive!

 

[CZDiesel]

Reading through the thread I have formed several opinions…

One, pretty much everyone has really great taste! Two, even though having said that most don’t have the same taste! This is a great as we can see that we all differ yet still have great choises! Third, I feel as if I know all of you just a little better and now know what to get you on Christmas when you visit lol

All of you that haven’t responded, if willing we’d love to hear from you

 

[CZDiesel]

Tall Blondes, Big Bore Double rifles, Spinone Dogs, Vintage Griffin Howe M98's, Land Rover Defenders, Russell Moccasin boots, HK sidearms, Schmidt & Bender Scopes, Lucas Forge Knives, perfectly cooked red meat, red wine, two hearted ale, and cold hard cash........I too am a simple man.

Cold Hard Cash! That’s great! Me too!

 

[hoytcanon]

Good gawd, man! You are lucky to be alive!

Yes, sir... it was a rough summer, laid up and in pain. The worst of it was, I was too busted up to do a Montana horseback elk hunt I had booked, had the tag in hand too... lost my deposit and shed a few tears over it, lol... it was the first thing I thought of when I hit the pavement, I whined about it to the firefighter that was injecting me with fentenyl on the tarmac! But I healed up enough to take an antelope in Wyoming and a bear and WT for the freezer... will have to kick azz in 2025 to make up for lost time!

 

[Wyatt Smith]

One of the great things about AH and its members are how well they treat each other! Not only in the forums but in real life!
I’ve never seen another site give away so many valuable items to other members! I’ve never seen or heard of the community and kind hearted displays towards others. I’ve never seen so much valuable information well beyond cartridge loads or rifle recommendations and I’ve never seen acts of kindness like the ones bestowed upon my by people you have never met in person!
This is a special place that is filled with great people including you @BeeMaa I also completely respect you and your views even though I might have to vigorously debate them lol
Your movie selections and your “Eagle Eyed” hunting partner choices are impeccable!!!

It’s the best forum on the internet.

 

[Scott CWO]

Yes, sir... it was a rough summer, laid up and in pain. The worst of it was, I was too busted up to do a Montana horseback elk hunt I had booked, had the tag in hand too... lost my deposit and shed a few tears over it, lol... it was the first thing I thought of when I hit the pavement, I whined about it to the firefighter that was injecting me with fentenyl on the tarmac! But I healed up enough to take an antelope in Wyoming and a bear and WT for the freezer... will have to kick azz in 2025 to make up for lost time!

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You are one tough SOB! I wouldn’t bet against you.

 

[hoytcanon]

You are one tough SOB! I wouldn’t bet against you.

Not tough, so much as stubborn... my kids would say "block-headed" lol. Heading to Namibia in February, to start the catch-up!

 

[CZDiesel]

Not tough, so much as stubborn... my kids would say "block-headed" lol. Heading to Namibia in February, to start the catch-up!

I resemble that remark lol