Do you worry about dings and scratches on your stocks. Or wearing away of the finish? I consider them battle scars and marks of character. I do what I can to protect my firearm but the inevitable marks of use occur. I have a relative that has a lever gun he has used since the 70's and the bluing is almost gone in the place where he holds the receiver when he carries it. He can tell you a small tale about most marks and scratches and as a little kid I looked at it in reverence and thought it was the coolest gun ever. This question somewhat ties into my previous post because it was the main gun he carried for deer until recently.
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Do you worry about dings and scratches on your stocks. Or wearing away of the finish? I consider them battle scars and marks of
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Yes, but it is of secondary import. Every day when I awaken, the first thing I do is pull up my spread sheet and peruse the twenty greatest mistakes I have made in my life, and update and rearrange as necessary.Next, I review the imponderables and Things That Don't Matter. This ranks second only to,"Does the refrigerator light really go out when I close the door?"
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I do think about them, and I usually throw up a little in my mouth when I put a new one on a gun. But I keep going, and reach for the same firearm next time. I don't grumble about them out loud, just wonder why I thought my rifle would lean against a certain sapling or why the treestand manufacturer thought it would be a good place for a bolt or burr in the shooting rail. I certainly do envy the hunts that those weathered guns have been on, and I'm sure in 50 years mine will look the same. But to answer your question, it disgusts me a little when I scratch my guns because it's usually out of stupidity.
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Yes and no. I always be very careful with my guns making sure never to ding them and when I do ding them I detest both myself and the ding. But not to long ago I bought a Savage 99,which, while its stock and barrel are in good shape, the receiver has very very much "character", but to be honest I kind of like the way the wear looks on it.
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