I wonder if a reason fewer people use them is more people buy ugly plastic stocked, badly blued or matt blued rifles? Instead of glossy blued, lovely walnut classic rifles?

I really wish they had a true QD version. But when a QD version is not needed, I still like them. Aesthetics is important. Ha ha, even though I don't have any fitted currently. I should put them on my .30-06, if not a set of QDs, if I re-fit open sights to it.