Over the years, I have heard many of these gunshow claims that a particular type of rifle is inferior to a rifle a guy may be selling. A person has to learn to raise above all the bovine effluent they hear from others at gunshows, gun shops, pawn shops, and such. Just come out and ask them to their face where did they hear that and ask them to show some sort of documentation when you hear claims like that. First of all, consider if the guy is trying to sell something. No matter what you are interested in, his rifles are always better. So take any claims like this with a grain of salt. There have been some rifles that have gotten a bad rap over many years of this crap going on, like some Carcano's, Ross Straight pulls and the like.

One guy I saw frequently and we would talk milsurp rifles always insisted that the U.S. Model of 1917 was so inferior to the M1903 rifle and he would not have one if it was given to him. To him the M1903 was the very best rifle that ever saw combat, while he consistantly put down the M1917. About a year later after his last rant on this subject, we met up at the range, and he had a nice looking M1903, and guess what I had? Yep, a cherry Winchester M1917. So we did what only came natural and tried to outshoot the other. All I can say is that I am nowhere as good a shot as I used to be and I do not make any claims to that affect. But target after target, I consistantly beat him. Even as the day grew on and I was getting quite tired, my M1917 would still outshoot his M1903 when it came to grouping, and we were both using PS75 Korean ammo, so the ammo was not a consideration. After well over a hundred rounds fired by both of us, he finally admitted defeat with the words that said I must be lucky to have one of the very few M1917's that is a good shooter! The butt head would never admit to the truth and still rants about it. When I see him at gunshows about once a year, I loudly say to him about how my Enfield beat his Springfield when others are around listening to his rantings.

So, in other words, simply ignore claims like this. Do a little research on your own and you will come away knowing the truth, not a bunch of gunshow lies.
Curt