I guess its a matter of opinion. Terry your opinion being highly respected by myself, considering your massive input/success over the years but coming more from the field target side of the opinion and the maxim of success.
All ill say is, there is huge weight of followers/lusters for the new Daystate, suggesting such supporters of PCP stuff have been starved of a sleek rimfile style sporter but this maybe just me.
Trust me, the position of the head for the scope is as vital on a full bore as it is on an air rfile as i have used them just as extensively as air rfiles in the past but i guess this industry has simply magnified the need for perfection due to its greater limiting factors. Shotguns are of course completely different but i was merely using them as example of sporting style and simple beauty.
Its interesting that we have a growing number of collectors on here, and at clubs i have attended, who clammer for the sleek lines of the likes of Webley mk3s, Airsporters and the like, while Beeman himself constantly backed the view of sleek sporters in the states.
I attended a shoot during October where one guy showed up with a Steyr that he had modifed for perfect fit. The lower stock of the gun had fixed to it what i can only describe as an undercarriage or Keel which he mentioned as being ideal when shooting from the kneeling position. The scope had a bell housing pushing out its length to 2.5ft in length and he had a wind pressure gauge strapped to the base of the forend. This is not sport shooting with a rifle in my opinion but a contraption. Heck he may as well have been shooting from a bench!
Any self respecting woodsman, or field shooter would agree with me.
Dont change the table tennis bat.....learn to use the bat being my philosphy i suppose.
I might agree that very simple stock design was probably never designed with scope use in mind and will have a level of limiting factor but are we going too far is all im suggesting.