Especially cheap rifles that, usually, shoot more accurately out of the box than OTB Hawkeyes, with more easily-adjustable triggers. It's easy to "fix" the bedding and triggers on Hawkeyes, but many shooters aren't as into dinking around with factory rifles--perhaps with good reason. Why should we have to spend time and money fixing what shouldn't be wrong with a new rifle?

I know this is contrary to loony tradition, but to tell the truth, these days I'm just as happy to find a new rifle shoots very well.


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