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NWTF 2015 gun of the year

Posted By: Bobcat4119

NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 12:01 PM

Here's my new baby! My wife and I won this rifle on a $100 rafffle ticket! It's a Winchester model 70 sporter 308, and a tack driver. I was shocked to say the least when they called our ticket being that I've NEVER won anything like this before lol. After turning down several offers to sell it before we could get home, I'd decided to make her part of the family. I bought this leupold vx-3 to mount on her and had a not so good experience with the leupold staff. I voiced my concerns to leupold and was offered 50% off on lazed engravings. So I sent my scope in and didn't see it for 7-9 weeks. I finally made contact with my shop rep and he promised to get it going asap, verified my engraving requests, and advised me I'd have it in 2-3 weeks.... 4 weeks rolls around and no acope. 5th week I finally get it!!!!!! And the engravings were wrong bang I once again contact leupold and voice my concerns.... The shop manager apologizes and asks if they could send me a new scope with the right engravings, and just keep my original! So I now have 2 scopes and are satisfied despite my crazy experience. I sent a long email to the manger thanking him and making recommendations about a certain employee that wasn't doing his job. It's crazy what one bad apple can do to a company!
ANYWAY, here's a few pics of her!









Posted By: Dodge_Rock

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 12:09 PM

Congrats on being the lucky winner - beauty of a rifle! Glad Leupold made it right - love their scopes.
Posted By: rickym

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 12:44 PM

Now you gotta find a Robert J Holland to sell the other one to roflmao
Posted By: Bobcat4119

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 01:05 PM

LOL I think I'll just have to buy a new rifle to put it on!But at least I now have some leverage with the wife for buying a new one grin
Posted By: Deerhunter61

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 01:26 PM

Originally Posted By: Dodge_Rock
Congrats on being the lucky winner - beauty of a rifle! Glad Leupold made it right.
Posted By: QuitShootinYoungBucks

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 01:32 PM

Great looking gun, congratulations on the win! Buddy of mine won a Browning 20ga at a DU event a few years ago in similar fashion.

I will say that I sent Leupold a scope about two months ago. I received an email from them saying it would be about 24 days, and it was on my doorstep in 17 and everything was correct.
Posted By: Bobcat4119

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 02:10 PM

Yeah I hate that my 1st dealings with them were like that and have only heard good things about the company, hence why I chose their product. It was mainly 1 employee that just really seemed like he didn't care and caused lot's of problems. They told me my main delay was because it got caught up in processing, but once the shop manager contacted me and was made aware of my problem, I had a brand new scope on my door step in litteraly 7 days! Despite my mishaps, I am pleased with everything and LOVE that scope!
Posted By: J.G.

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 03:51 PM

Very sharp! up

Bet it's feathers to carry.
Posted By: Toxarch

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 11:15 PM

Very nice. But why is the National Wild Turkey Federation Gun of the Year a rifle? Shouldn't it be a shotgun?
Posted By: Bee'z

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/26/16 11:55 PM

Very nice looking rifle up
Posted By: LandPirate

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 01:43 AM

Gorgeous rifle. Congrats on the win.
Posted By: DeerSlayer31

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 02:27 AM

Beautiful
Posted By: Nathan Nelson

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 03:22 AM

Good looking gun and scope.

Congratulations.
Posted By: TexasVine

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 03:28 AM

Nice!
Posted By: redhaze

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 11:06 AM

Exquisite, exquisite! Congrats!
Posted By: Bobcat4119

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 01:36 PM

Originally Posted By: Toxarch
Very nice. But why is the National Wild Turkey Federation Gun of the Year a rifle? Shouldn't it be a shotgun?


My thoughts as well. I did a little research a while back and there were several of these given away that year, but a very limited number. But yeah, the majority of these "top prize" guns, are shotguns. I'm sure there's someone on here that could provide better feedback.
Posted By: Bobcat4119

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/27/16 01:38 PM

Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
Very sharp! up

Bet it's feathers to carry.


Thanks! It really is! It's super light but doesn't reflect in the recoil... I find myself day dreaming about shooting it all the time lol
Posted By: watchale

Re: NWTF 2015 gun of the year - 10/28/16 04:24 AM

Sweet rifle man ! cool
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