i have always wanted a deep blued rifle with a fancy manlicher (sp) stock but the gun would be just too pretty to shoot. it would break my heart to see all that fine wood get knicked up. it would not be a gun i would choose to take on any rough hunt. but i surely would like one.
a better choice would be a new stainless with a synthetic stock. these guns are heaven sent for a rough hunt. more durable, not effected by rain or snow, heat or cold. less likely to get scratched up or dinged and if they do so what. the new technology has made rifles into even better tools but they can never replace the deep blueing and fine wood that made so many classic rifles into the works of art they are. i guess i'll take 6 of the one and a half dozen of the other
