Must say that I prefer the "feel and flow" of a more traditionally tuned rifle, - cocking ease, gentle recoil, and being able to watch the pellet every moment of its flight time.

I feel I shoot them better, I feel more in control; but when ever I run a tape measure over group sizes the faster snappier locktimes of modern glided rifles they better my others, so I can never dispute they do the job better, nor that the cocking action is anything other than silent and creamy.

I have to conceed they "do more of the work than I do", but I agree they feel more Theoben than they used to.