Chuck, Jerry, and Ted have very nicely outlined a major shooter's dilima; the gun you shoot best may not be the gun you most enjoy shooting. I'm very sure that stock dimensions, griping area size and texture, and handling parameters can be duplicated from one gun to another. However, the trust and confidence one gets from repeated success can't. Even though two guns can't be sorted in a blindfolded handling test, they can be with the blindfold off. From a practical sense, Ted is a lucky man to have found and recognized his magic gun when it came along. From an aesthetics sense, too bad it wasn't something prettier.