I have a pretty stock on a tang safety 77 and it is a beautiful accurate rifle. I hunt with a crappy plastic stocked Weatherby Vanguard & it doesn’t bother me to beat it up badly dragging through oak brush elk hunting. Guns are tools first, pieces of excellent artistic workmanship 2nd. Why don’t you all hunt with fine double rifles? Too expensive & not as practical as bolt or other actions.
We have rifles under $600 that guarantee 1” accuracy. Those beautiful old Remingtons didn’t shoot as well as plastic Tikkas or Vanguards of today. We aren’t limited by few efficient calibers we don’t think 30-40 Krag is the deer caliber of choice. I
