One of the greatest things about the original Belgian and Remington takes on JMB's little gem is that when taken down they neatly fit into a backpack and can be pulled out, assembled, and up an' shootin' in a jiffy. Anything that impedes that is not an improvement.
I never found my Belgian version especially accurate, probably because the original stock doesn't fit me well. But it certainly shoots well enough to fill a starving hiker's belly with hare, cottontail, squirrel, and fool hen! Full disclosure, I also took the largest brown trout I ever got with it. (How long is the Statute of Limitation on trouticide in Utah? Could I plead reduced mental capacity due to malnutrition?).
