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04/27/21 11:38 AM
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My wife bought for me a new rifle over the weekend. It's a Benelli Lupo in 300WM. To say I'm excited is an understatement. Now, if I can find some ammo I'll be shooting it as soon as I can. Hopefully I'll leave some comments here on how it handles.
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 12:12 PM
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I know nothing about that rifle but congrats and buy some aleve
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 12:21 PM
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Congrats. Academy in north San Antonio actually had 2 boxes of Hornady match grade 300WM behind the counter a couple of weeks ago. I bought one for my stash.
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 01:24 PM
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Holy cow! Does she have a sister? Congratulations!
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 04:06 PM
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Congrats, that is a great looking rifle. Looking forward to a range report.
I was wrong...on anything technical. Fitz............. is right, ya know............
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 04:50 PM
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I know nothing about that rifle but congrats and buy some aleve Very nice looking rifle. I noticed that it weighs 7.1 lbs has a threaded muzzle, I would strongly consider installing a brake on it. A 7lb 300 WM will put a hurt on you if your not accustom to it. I have a Savage LRH 300 WM that I dearly love, it weighs 9 lbs w/o scope and I've shot it with the brake turned off. Its manageable but I much prefer shooting it with the brake turned on. Also, make sure the scope you put on it has plenty of eye relief, don't ask me how I know.
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 05:10 PM
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I know nothing about that rifle but congrats and buy some aleve Very nice looking rifle. I noticed that it weighs 7.1 lbs has a threaded muzzle, I would strongly consider installing a brake on it. A 7lb 300 WM will put a hurt on you if your not accustom to it. I have a Savage LRH 300 WM that I dearly love, it weighs 9 lbs w/o scope and I've shot it with the brake turned off. Its manageable but I much prefer shooting it with the brake turned on. Also, make sure the scope you put on it has plenty of eye relief, don't ask me how I know. Better yet, tell her the recoil is awful and you’ll eventually need shoulder surgery unless she gets you a suppressor
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04/27/21 05:11 PM
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Congrats copperhead. Go hug that woman’s neck.
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04/27/21 08:59 PM
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Re: New rifle
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04/27/21 10:03 PM
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Recoil was something I was concerned about. I have a Browning x-bolt 300 that wasn't bad at all, shot mostly 150 gr out of it. The Benelli comes with spacers so it can be adjusted to the shooter. I'm putting a Bushnell Elite on it this week. Hope to have a report for yall soon.
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04/28/21 01:54 PM
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Re: New rifle
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04/28/21 02:01 PM
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GREAT CHOICE !!!
Brake would be nice, suppressor better
as long as it doesn't look like a tumor hanging off the barrel. Gun has Ferrari lines, no need to mess that up.
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