ORIGINAL: eldeguello
Let me tell you, trailer, the old adage "they just don't make them like that anymore" applies to guns more than just about anything else in the world. With very few exceptions, today's guns are not nearly as well made as they were forty years ago. For example, you will never find a production rifle that is as high quality as the old-style Mannlicher Schoenauers! You can still buy a gun that is as nice, but it will be custom or semi-custom throughout, and will cost you an arm and a leg!
Yeah I know, unfortunately I don’t have the experience as other members to see quality in older rifles. Every time some one post pictures of an old military rifle , I don’t see anything special. Maybe lots of history behind it but that’s all I can think of. I guess it’s deeper then just looks and I don’t mean to insult anyone. Thanks eld. for your info...