I suspect they all wear the same stock, designed primarily with shotgun shooting in mind. No matter, as a long-time pre64 shooter I’m well acquainted with the chin weld. Might be dicey with a hard- kicker.
As to the squareness, I noticed a similar look on one of their lever actions a few weeks ago in a gun shop. Overall, it looked good and nicely finished, but there was a bluntness and squareness here and there that just wasn’t quite right to my eye. Probably a concession to easy manufacture and keeping the cost down.
I’m down to a .410 now after selling the .308 to finance a nice Mauser for the same cartridge. The Mauser is about a pound lighter actually. Still, I think the SSs remain a great bargain for those who appreciate wood and blued steel, even at the “improved” price.
