I think the thin down and then upgrade is a good plan that just does not work for me. My plan is to upgrade the stocks on a few select rifles. Now I have several with both wood and synthetic stocks which sounds good but like switch barrel guns it is not very practical for me. I should sell the extra stocks and put the proceeds into good wood but I am not too good at thinning the options either. The duplicate stocks are crying out for additional barreled actions so I am still stuck in the acquisition loop.

The downside is I shoot left handed and my son shoots right so no beneficiaries for the inventory I have.

The times I have had only one rifle I shot it better and had less incidences of short stroking or failure to feed.

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli