RR, Don, I am not going to hunt with this rifle. Most of us on this forum have in our minds a sort of vision of what the ideal custom rifle should be. To me, a fully worked out custom bolt gun should have a hinged floorplate. That is especially so with an Owen, because his grand rifles from before WWII had them. This rifle falls short. Against this is the powerful ethic expressed by those who say, leave it alone, that's the way it was made. Don't "improve" an icon. I sm stuck between these competing, to me, equally valid viewpoints and have been unable to decide what to do in the ten years I have had this rifle. The result has been that I do nothing, which may be the best course !!!
