John Roberts, I agree with your take. I waited a long time to order a RBL, but when the 12 came out I "needed" one to shoot the two or three cases of steel shot I had laying around. Well, still haven't done that, but maybe next fall. My RBL 12 ga came fairly early on and it was ok except that you could see daylight under the adjustable pad, between the wood and pad. I emailed and they responded immediately, sending a handfull of extra pads to try. That didn't do the trick , so they asked me to send the buttstock and receiver back. In a short time I got the gun back, fixed with a new buttstock of somewhat higher quality than the original. In a perfect world things would be perfect the first time, but I applaud their customer relations in my case.
