I have no doubt that he has some knowledge of rifles. But when you cannot discern something that is a fact like 4+4=8 and something that is an opinion it hurts you as a credible source of information. He may be able to tear a rifle apart and reassemble it blindfolded but he has made some comments in this thread and others that are just factually wrong. Comments like Wal-Mart guns are substandard models compared to the exact same model sold in a gun shop. A Tikka is no better than a Rem 710. Etc, Etc,Etc! If he is indeed ALL KNOWING as he seems to think in the area of rifles then he is being intentially dishonest when he says such things which is even worse than just being wrong or ignorant There are a lot of grey areas in the world of guns ripe for opinions but he has said many things that are so off base they go beyond opinion into either absense of knowledge or intential misinformation. Only he can say which. Either way we need to be careful. There are people who read these forums looking for information. We should all be careful to state only what we KNOW and to distinguish our opinion from generally known facts.

Also, although I have allowed myself to be dragged down to this guys person insult level (my fault, I should be a bigger person and I apologize to the innocent bystanders) I invite you to look back and see who it is that ALWAYS turns the thread negative first and starts hurling smarmy condecending person attacks. It is always him and simply saying, "Oh I admit I'm a little egotistical" is no excuse for it. He is not a nice person.