Legacy makes decisions based on selling rifles which they do very well. Everyone would like to armchair QB what legacy should bring to market, but they have been in the business for a minute and they know the gun business is a fickle bitch. Gun companies come and go like the wind. I like the guns I have bought from them and they are affordable enough that I can run them stock or modify as I see fit. Stainless is cool, but I probably represent a majority of hunters / shooters who won't pay a premium for it as it has no practical advantage for my uses. I don't like the look and if I were concerned with rust I would rattle can it, which I would probably do to a stainless rifle anyway.