How on earth is it elitist and exclusionary to encourage and promote the proper care of a firearm by reading a manual or taking steps to avoid marring it by simply doing something CORRECTLY? If it was meant to have a trench there, JMB would have have designed it that way to begin with.I find this topic elitist and exclusionary in nature. Scratches happen by accident or by the process of learning. It disturbs me even more having browsed these forums for some months. The purposed mindset around here, I thought, is how we need to get our message out and get more people involved with their 2nd amendment rights and fighting stereotypes associated with gun owners. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Hey JetGirl, that is pretty cool how you came up with that google move.. I like that!! Thanks... Mike