My Kid has a Rifle simular to that.Fugly looking but shoots light out!!!
They figured out Tubb might have been onto something. Were some others before Tubb that did the chasis type rifles.
I can understand folks wanting a gun to look like the old ones. Just like folks love old cars too. But I'll be danged, I could really give a flip less about looks, I just want it to be as accurate as it can be and reliable as heck. I"ve been known to rasp on wood stocks and then not like it and add bondo and rasp that until on a match rifle it fit right.
I'd do the same on a hutning gun too. Its a tool, to me, no more no less.