Morning Desire.

As I pull into my driveway after coming home from work I glance at the mail box to see if it looks like it has been opened. It had which means we have mail. I opened the box and see my new issue of Hunting magazine has come in, however the issue is covered by a warning that my next issue is my last, so it is time to renew my subscription. I didn't see the actual cover and set it on my night stand to read later. I wake up as usual at 4:00 am, and use the restroom, drink some water then light a new fire in the stove just to take the slight chill off of the air before my wife gets up to go to work. Now that I am up with no distractions I can do what I have wanted to do all night. I open my Hunting magazine and look through the articles to see which one seems the most interesting. I was excited to see that Browning bought the rights to Winchester and that they are restarting the production of the Winchester Model 70! Gigettey- Gigettey! As I have stated before in my blog about being fortunate, they closed down the Winchester plant in New Haven, Connecticut and stopped making the Model 70 and the Winchester '94 lever gun. The conventional wisdom was that it would start being reproduced in Japan and I was worried about the loss of the open range feel of the rifle. Each person who has pride in their work injects a spirit into it that can be felt by the owner. It may sound crazy but every, and I do mean EVERY gun owner/ hunter has a favorite rifle or shot- gun that goes on every hunting trip, because it feels right for some reason. Mine is my Winchester '94. So consequently a Winchester made in japan just doesn't see right. I don't doubt the quality of the product but the spirit that goes into it. I would never buy a samurai sword from an American maker, the spirit is not there. So I was very happy to see that they are being made in Columbia, South Carolina. Yeah that's right, 120 miles from my house. Can anybody say custom order factory direct. I sure as hell can. They also have numerous improvements in the options and even workmanship as well as metallurgic due to better machinery and more intense quality control. They have a guaranteed m.o.a {minute of angle, 1 " groups } at 300 yards. It will also be chambered in .243, .270, .270 wsm, 7mm-08, .308, .30-06, .300 wsm, .300 win. mag, & .325 wsm. I can not decide between the .308 or the .300 wsm or .30-06. Maybe all three. Starting price will be at $1,000. I will get one or more of these third generation bolt actions, if I have to work another full time job to get it. As for the Winchester '94s, I haven't heard anything about it. Hopefully it will also return. I saw a '94 at the flea market in .30/.30 about a month ago for $300.00 but I promised my wife I would'nt buy it until I got the fence up in the back yard. I haven't seen it since. However as you are aware a new hope arises with the reintroduction of the classic Winchester Model 70.