Thread: Rifle Modifications-Improvement or Victim of Marketing

Originally Posted by Tentman

The whole hunting and shooting realm is a fashion industry, rifles made before the turn of the 20th century are bugger all different from what is now offered, with the possible exceptio n of optics .. . . a nice lightweight Mauser '95 7x57 will do anything a 2023 Tikka will!

yep they even sport the same "low" comb of the old originals for use with open sights, even though most new rifles come without them!!
So we fit comb raisers of all sorts or replace the new rifle stocks with new ones. It makes you wonder!!