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From: bbx!bbx.basis.com!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler)
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Subject: Re: Long gun for rural property
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Date: 17 Jun 91 21:30:53 GMT
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In article <35662@mimsy.umd.edu> smosjc!joseph@uunet.uu.net writes:
#The next day at the gunsmith's, I was explaining how I was a wimp and
#needed a recoil pad install. He assured me it wasn't just me and said
#he didn't know why the 94 doesn't come stock with one.
#
#Unlike the SKS, AR-15, mini-14, 30-Carbine, the 30-30 kicks.

The Winchester 94 *rifle* comes with recoil pad installed.  The
carbine and brush carbine (are those the names?) don't come with pads
installed.  The difference between these are the barrel lengths: 24",
20" and 16".

I have a Winchester 94 in 7-30 Waters for Cowboy Silhouette. It will
punish the shoulder in the 40 rounds required in the competition (not
counting sighters...)  Developing a load for this puppy is going to
take a couple of trips, I think, for the shoulder to "break in".

I wear a Bob Allen vest for lefties with an extra pad in it.  Not a
sissy (not a point made at the range in any case).  If you fail to
cushion the recoil you'll develop an unbeatable flinch.

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Russ Kepler -  Basis Int'l     SNAIL:  5901 Jefferson NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
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