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Erick said:
What’s the matter fast, your saw didn't win???

Yep Mike brought a knife to the gunfight WE SAID THAT UP FRONT. With the muff mod the 5100 may well have been a whole tenth of a second faster than the 346... then you could have strutted around here like a peacock telling everybody you have the fastest saw known to man..... but here in the real world they are all "close enough".

Ya know what Fast I call foul anyway cause my poor little MS260 was a 40cc saw competing in a 50cc saw race... get over it already.

I think pretty well all of the real testers here (not the armchair quarterbacks) agreed that the MS260 was the lightest and slowest saw in the bunch. The 346 and the 5100 are right on top of each other with the 346 feeling lighter in the hands (if not on the scales) and being a bit more nimble for the user and the 5100 feeling like it's got a touch more grunt to pull with even if the times didn't show it.

The difference is splitting hairs and can't be measured by any other means than a stopwatch and I don't know anybody who takes a stopwatch with them to cut firewood.

Ya know what Fast, when we got done cutting for the day (I believe it was) Nik asked “so what was everybody’s favorite saw of the day to run”, anybody wanna guess what we all picked???:
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Boy, I guess I ruffled a few feathers, pointing out the obvious :D.....Good thing I wasn't there to keep you fella's inline! :laugh:......Glad ya all had a great time. :givebeer:
 
PlantBiologist said:
You know things haven't changed much since the days of the 07S. Stihls are still loud, slow and vibrate like a SOB. :)
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Ya know what Lead, the whole time we were testing the three saws I never once heard someone say a thing about vibration. :laugh:

To tell the truth I never noticed one being any better or worse than the others, maybe its because I've run those junky old Stihls so long I don't have any feeling left in my hands. :laugh:
 
Fastcast said:
Uh, lets see, the 5100 is the only saw that truly comes stock to the competition :ices_rofl:....The 346 doesn't get ran with 3/8th :ices_rofl:.....The 346 conveniently forgets to be put on the scale. :ices_rofl:.....10" wood is all we test with. :ices_rofl:

Looks like lots of fun, good food & drinks and lots of laughs! :clap:

An objective shootout of off the shelf 50cc saws....Not hardly! :laugh:
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Sorry guys, but you can not argue with what fast said. You guys gave hooper so much guff about his 359 beating his 361, said his test was worthless because he didnt run the same bar and chain!!!!! Whats good for the goose is good for the gander! You didnt even run the same pitch chain on all the saws let alone the exact same chain and bar! Also some saws were modded some not ,it was fun and you ran some saws , a good comparison NO! Yes we know the 260 is short on power, the 346 is fast and nimble the 5100 has more grunt, tell me somthing we didnt already know!
 
Erick said:
To tell the truth I never noticed one being any better or worse than the others, maybe its because I've run those junky old Stihls so long I don't have any feeling left in my hands. :laugh:
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:ices_rofl: That's probably the truth. The 361 is nice on the AV but saws with the rubber mounts aren't any better than the old JReds made in the 70's and early 80's. I swear the 290 I owned shortly would have made its way to Quebec if I set it down.


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blsnelling said:
They're starting to sound desperate. I've even gotten PMs that it wasn't anything more than a drunk fest, lol. Even if there is a little inconsistency in the testing, it still proves they're at least very close. Everyone knows that handling and throttle response goes to the Husky. I would like to have seen them with the bars nearly buried in that Ash log though.
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The 346's were stock appearing ..........Its an Ohio thing .....My zebra is only muffler modded......



Why was the 5100 all stock............Hmmmmmmmm:ices_rofl::ices_rofl::ices_rofl::ices_rofl:
 
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blsnelling said:
They're starting to sound desperate. I've even gotten PMs that it wasn't anything more than a drunk fest, lol. Even if there is a little inconsistency in the testing, it still proves they're at least very close. Everyone knows that handling and throttle response goes to the Husky. I would like to have seen them with the bars nearly buried in that Ash log though.
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A little inconsistency? Proves they are very close? We knew that! Id like to see them buried in a ash log with 18 inch bars and 3/8 chain too! It would be a comparison then on brute power, not just a guessing game on what a 346 might have done with big chain. All I can say is I would feel quilty about completely telling sbhooper his test of a 359 and 361 with same pitch chain in same log was worthless! And thats not directed at you brad, the ones who raised so much heck know who they are!
 
Actually I would liked to have seen them all buried in a log as well. Hey MoparMan. Are you against modding the muffler on your 5100? If not, we can mod it and then they'll all be muffler modded. We can retest them with the bars buried in a big log. One operator does all the cutting. Wouldn't it be a shame to have to GTG again and eat some more steak and shoot the breeze:)
 

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