This is typical foreigner's blame-tossing at Americans.

Of course, I think it is true, too.

The problem lies, I think, in the fact that Americans can own guns with no restriction to the maximum number owned and the market is very big anyway.

Thus, guys buy one, mess around with it for a while, then get something else and so on and so on.

I know fellows who own dozens and dozens of rifles. No one can USE 75 or 100 rifles any amount of time, but that does not stop them from buying them. The Fenno-Scandi market is very small and at least in Sweden and Norway {the latter recently IIRC} they are restricted to a limit of guns they can buy.

So, back to America.

I suppose the SAKO folks as now run by the Eyties would rather keep the machines going than shut the plant down, so they have spun out new models, for better or worse.

I like the old ones, but am always interested in what makes one better than another.

As for the rest, Alan, I think Tom's just interested in a discussion that fleshes out the details.