Note that Manlicher's carbine has a spacer and pad added.
I have a bolt gun that is one inch short with pad. It is handy with winter clothing and the daughters like it.
Next time I see a nice JM shorty for sale, it comes home with me if the price is close to reasonable. Option two is to chop my Texan.
Jack
"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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