Don't know why field grades get dissed so much. Who in the right mind would hunt chukar on a 45 degree slope on loose rock (sometimes in the snow) with a +20k gun in their hand when a slip and fall is a sure thing or leave their heirloom upland gun in the truck at the boat launch whilst duck hunting when car prowlers at hunting sites are all too common nowadays. Seems there is more opportunity in the field for the field grades than the fancy jewels; those are best left for the club range or den to impress the unworthy.