At one point the 52s were "it", but Anschutz came along, and I'm not so sure it's "better", just that a lot of shooters, especially in competition seem to follow the leader. So suddenly Anschutz is "in" and 52s are out. Have an older highpower shooter who shoots his 52 all the time, to keep in practice. Are you going to actually participate in small bore competitive shooting, or just want something that's capable of very good accuracy?