I also like 43s a lot. Never saw any real need for all the bells and whistles now put on rifles: checkering, pistol grip caps, forend tips. Why not just put the labor and money into decent, plain wood and all-metal parts? Like a 43, a Rem 722, a Savage 23 or 40?

Was Mike Armstrong. Got logged off; couldn't log back on. RE-registered my old call sign, Mesa.
FNG. Again.
Mike Armstrong