Winchester has turned out some POS rifles over some of the years.

I'd rather buy US. But there is a point that I will go to, RE the cost. And at cost I demand accuracy.

I personally don't care about looks much.

But if the rifle isn't accurate, its not worth a penny to me really...

So there are the demands. Whoever can fill them gets the business of mine. Granted mine is not enough to worry about.

But these days its cheaper to buy a donor action, and have a good barrel put on by a competent smith, rather than pay bigger bucks for a better rifle from a "factory" .

I suspect the market demands and what it will bear have always driven this.

We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....