'Functioning like a machine gun'? Supreme Court debates whether bump stocks are illegal 'You have to apply a little bit of common sense,” said Justice Elena Kagan, who used to go hunting with ...

In the early days of synthetic hunting rifle stocks, I decided I needed one. When it arrived, what was in the box might have passed for a stock, but barely.

Weighing in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce in rifles chambered for 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Win., the rifle achieves most of its weight savings with a carbon fiber stock and a fluted, sporter-contour barrel.

Forbes precision machine work and ultimate understanding of stock construction changed the face of light hunting rifles. PHOTO: Richard Mann According to Mann, two things set apart the rifles ...