Rolly, some of the most beautiful rifles in the world have been built with Mauser actions with thumb cuts. To me it just goes along with the rest of the additions on that barreled action. It's just one of many, many things Shane did to it. Some are noticeable and some aren't. A lot were functional enhancements and some are purely aesthetic. For me the idea is to have the two combine and become functional art. everybody has there own idea about what a custom rifle should be, this is mine. Shane came up with the idea and ran it past me. I couldn't say yes fast enough
