Picked up my Savage Axis 30/06 today. Rang it up & was told $187.25. What Tha? Looked at the receipt & showed the price of the gun was now $175, down from $198. Great. Out to the parking lot & into my truck. Hhmmm, wonder if there are any other deals like that? Went to another Walmart a few miles away. Nope, nothing there. Weellll I've only got one 270 & everyone needs at least two, right...Right. Back to the other store. Isn't it great how all you got to do is show a little piece of plastic & they'll let you take things out of their store. Not sure what I would have done if they had any more. Now the only question is do I keep both of them or keep one & use the other to trade for something else I want (not need).

Don't want your thread to go unanswered. Let me repeat (3d time) the 4 reasons for retail purchases, these from a sporting goods retail sales magazine:

1. Acquisition 2. Pride of Ownership 3. Dreams and Imagination 4. Need...

The message to retailers was: if you only cater to "Need", you won't stay in business very long. I guess your .270 purchase falls under the category of "Acquisition." So do virtually all of my purchases...

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

I take it that your second purchase was a Savage .270. If you have room for it, why not? You can always sell it or trade it off and not lose much if anything. I have three .270s (a pre-WWII M70, a 1966 M70, and a Remington 7400) and haven't fired any of them for years. But I can't bring myself to part with any of them. To me, there is no better all around caliber than the .270, and never will be.

There is an old saying that says: what abounds does not hurt.

Yep, I was attempting that at an online auction just today, but somebody's "need" was greater than mine.

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Release the Kraken

I'm a sucker for cheap guns and a friend who owns a gun store in a small town told me if someone doesn't want to spend much money he recommends a Savage Axis. He said he has sold over 50 of them and never heard a complaint.