You can buy a .340 Bee or a .338 RUM and get almost verbatim the same performance. Whe would one pay the whopping premium for a proprietary case that gets less then 50 fps per bullet weight (if you are a handloader.
Plus, I like my rifles with a certain amount of style and maybe a nice walnut stick to look at. I have (3) tupper ware stocks and they do nothing for me esthetically, compared to the 9-10 walnut stocks that I own. I would much rather have a wood stocked Mark V Deluxe.
I guess that is a sign of age. I care about my esthetic tastes more than conventional marketing trends.
Last edited by Oldtrader3; 01/12/10.
