In defense of TAR (Was S&S retrofit rails ?)

[Ron Nossaman]

>
>In a message dated 9/12/98 9:29:39 PM, nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET wrote:
>
><<Now, who said what was not as good as anything else? I don't remember
>reading that anywhere in this thread.>>
>Ron N.
>
>to which I reply by quoting:
>""<<. So why champion the TAR so many years beyond the point when it was
>innovative, and better that everything else?>>""
>Ron N.
>
>Which led to my comment--" and no one has said that it was "better
>than anything else", there have only been people saying that it was not as
>good as anything else..........or I have misconstrued the thread."
>
> While I see many benefits in the TAR design I also see faults with it, as I
>see faults with all designs I am familiar with. 
>  The singular outstanding characteristic I find in the TAR system is the
>"inherent stability" of the system.....by stability I 'don't' mean
>flexing.....I mean warping/changing dimensions/rail screws loosening/rails
>shifting positions.  As aggravating as these dillys are sometimes, at least
>they are consistent from one visit to the next and that counts for lots in my
>register........of course that's just my opinion.  (but isn't this satbility
>the very thing that ole Theodore was hunting for??)
>
>  So improvise and improve on the TAR and other current stack systems. Succeed
>and I will shout it from the highest rooftops, sell all my customers on it,
>and demand that all I know buy no other system than the new improved 'Nossman
>Notch' action stack :-)
>
>  Perhaps you shouldn't pay any attention to me though my school lost to NC
>State this afternoon and I'm in a verrry bad condition, moodwise :-(
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>


Say Good night Gracie.
 Ron