Were they really?

[Kurt]

In the past it was the shooter and his rifle on line. Now days we have a shooter and a coach on line. Take away the spotter the scores now days would be lower with most shooters.
When you look at the scoring hits those guys shot in the past, they sure looked good.
Tooling.....yes, now days tooling is good but I had rifles that had very good bores. Some times the softer iron used in the past for barrels had some benefits.
Also now days we use a rest to lay the barrel on something they didn't use back then.