I have some older firearms, Winchesters, Remingtons, etc from years gone by long ago. These are quality firearms, excellent barrels, nicely fitted stock, perfect function. Not so with the new stuff.

Case in point: my friend just bought a new Ruger MKIV so called "Competition" model. Ha, ha!! eek Athough the thing shoots like a rifle accuracy-wise, the trick is to get it to shoot. The trigger had to be replaced first thing, original was horrible. He got 4 mags for it, none of which would feed until "tuned up". Failures to extract, failures to eject, jam, jam, jam, extractor has to be replaced along a new firing pin since they are prone to failure and he doesnt want this to happen halfway through a match. You would think for $600.00 bucks everything would be absolutely perfect, but I guess those days are gone forever. frown

I bought a MKI Target back in the 70's, thousands of rounds through it, has never stuttered.

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