I also think that, in a market where you can buy a Fieldcraft that has 99% of the custom features that you used to spend $3,500 - $4,500 to get on a custom rifle, the value proposition has changed.
I've owned three GAP rifles, two or three from RBrothers, a 470 NE, and a few other top shelf items.
Fact is, for the type of big game hunting I do and the ranges I'm wiling to pull the trigger at, a T3 in 308 and a Fieldcraft in 6.5 Creedmoor cover all of the bases nicely.
Smaller game has ARs in 223, and 22lr 10/22s and 17 HMR bolt action rifles to cover that.
If you're paying for beauty, that's one thing, and one costly thing.
If you're just paying for function, accurate and inexpensive rifles are everywhere.
David, this is one of the most sensible answers yet. You know I believe that 100%. I own a Fieldcraft that shoots as well as customs I’ve owned in the past. Also, I find myself creeping ever so close to selling quite a few rifles and keeping a smaller battery of rifles. Like maybe 10 or less. I have so many that I never shoot. My favs are a FC in 6.5cm, Model 7 KS in 7-08, AO built 7-08, and probably a 300wsm 75 Finnlight. I’ve got a couple others I know I could love, just don’t have enough killing history with them...
