Mine has life ;-)
part of it can be attributed to the person actually creating and finishing the gun, and his perception of what feels good. I was fortunate enough to go to the customShop and handle countless guns in different specs, I therefore found it very easy to select a gun and hand it to them and say "here build me a gun to my spec that handles like this one"!
and do you know how they do it ? shaving unwanted metal from the action and barrels from where it isn't needed and carefully boring and balancing the stock - try asking a CNC machine to do that - asbsolutely no chance, apart from the fact that every single gun is different - not only due to specs but also down to wood density and machining tolerances.
They are though not without their quirky faults - look close enough and as with any hand made gun you will find them. Perversely !!! a Citori is almost perfect, but without a character or the feeling that it wants to get up and go and shoot itself...
Rabbit, agreed.
In some respects the Jap guns are better built, but in other respects the Belgium made guns are better.
The Jap machining is almost perfect - the Belgium made machining leaves more marks inside the action frame. But the engraving, quality and finish of wood, chequering and jointing is significantly better on the FN guns. But then again so it should be we are comparing a 525 that costs around £1000 in GB to a gun that starts at £7000 and goes on up as deep as your pocket and wife allows.
Jonty
