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Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco
Dylan great post. I just saw a 28 Repro on GI from Orvis for $9200. Either I'm missing something or that's unreasonable to me. A few of Greg's guns look vastly overpriced to me, but they're not if someone buys them I suppose. Back in 1995-96 I built a duck boat from the ground up, got a motor, new decoys, trailer, needed a truck of course, new duck gun, had some professional training done on my dog, new clothing...etc. I calculated that at the end of the hunting season I had spent nearly $9500 per pound of duck meat when all was said and done. But I built the boat with my father, who is now ill, and the price in hindsight means absolutely nothing. Money can be replaced but we wish to avoid stupid mistakes.
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I suspect most of us have been down this road. New trucks & the accessories to go with them, Dogs, their training plus everything that goes with them including vet bills & in my case a Jones six hole dog trailer to pull behind the truck. The Cabela's & other store bills to outfit yourself. The travel costs for all the wonderful hunting adventures. Then comes the justification mental game about the guns we know we just have.
After all those expenses. I'm always dismayed when the discussion with a hunting buddy devolves into why would I want to shoot a $10.00+ box of ammunition when you can buy shells at Walmart for half that amount back in the good old days when you actually find some to buy. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to explain that the ammo is the cheapest part of my addiction!
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