500 Nitro,

Actually I believe that there is more English junk in the USA than there is in other countries, mainly because of a large number overzealous gun dealers who want to make an easy profit. The English guns I saw in some shops in Australia were definitely better on average than the English guns I've seen in the USA.

I'm not certain how my first statement contradicts itself but I'm currently somewhat doped with an Elvis cocktail with medications for my back so might not be thinking straight...I thought that the statement says overall that they made a mistake while believing they could make an improvement. Look at their rifles from a usage standpoint...they are made with weird stocks much like you have on a modern wood stocked M70 Winchester with the comb angled backwards.

Also I have to be in Melb in January or February, contact me via pm if you want anything from the USA that I can legally haul in my luggage.

Richard.