What To Get For Christmas?

Pool together and get me one of these

I came to the shoot with a kit bag full of the parts that might break—springs, pins, extractors, ejectors, etc. I never opened the bag. This fine Colt rifle fired 10,000 rounds without one malfunction of any kind. Not a single part broke; not a single failure of any part of the system was experienced.

A close examination of the action parts shows wear on the surface finish and a little burnishing of contact surfaces. There’s no reason at all why this rifle couldn’t continue to serve as it did through an absolutely tortuous three days. It’s a fine rifle, and the purchaser can be assured that the HBAR is of the same quality that made Colt a household word.

I guess I’m going to have to rethink my position on these rifles. True, it doesn’t look like a traditional rifle, and it still doesn’t feel like a traditional rifle to this hard-headed old Marine. But it sure shoots like one!