I agree it is overbuilt, but it is sure fun to shoot. My only complaint about the 97b is it does not like long loaded (within saami spec) ammo. Ball 230 grain reloads over 1.272 col will not feed reliably (1.275 col is max saami). Keep the reloads below 1.272, 100% reliablity. Also mine does not seem to like lead reloads,,,,, oh well.