We each do what works for us regarding Pre '64 rifles. What works for me might not suit others. Free country and all that.
- If conditions are going to be tough, my Pre '64 rifles stay home. I have other rifles for those conditions. Stainless Classics in 'glass. So, I don't feel as if I am giving up anything, except the "cool factor" of hunting with a vintage rifle.
- I like my Pre '64 rifles in "correct" stocks.
- I like a pad, even if only to more easily stand the rifle in a corner. Plus, those steel butts are hard!
- I will not cut an uncut stock.
- I like Monte Carlo stocks for scope use.
- So, I end up buying "correct", but "previously molested" MC stocks if needed.
