[Kareir]

decided to go with a Swift, but bear with me.

The reasons why are:

#1: It's a calibre the shooters in my family have heard a lot about, but never owned, and we've heard it can be pretty good (aside from the ammo cost, but i'll sell the furniture or something)

#2: a friend of my dads shoots foxes at 250+ yards with a .204 (i think). for fun. as foxes are what i really want to shoot, i feel a swift would have a better effect at longer ranges, when i start shooting further.

if you can find any major problems with this, please point 'em out, but i think it should work out ok. got plenty of acreage to shoot on, with lots of dense wood/hills to have a safe shooting area.

oh, and could anyone think of a good scope? thinking of a Schmit&Bender
3-12x42.

thanks for all the advice and help, etc.

-Kar