I don’t know what makes them better - I do know what makes them great. I’ll qualify this with the fact that I’m an OK shot. Not great - just OK. I’d shot two other ML’s in my life. One shot OK - the other shot pretty good. Decided to get a ML to extend my season. Went to an auction and picked up a White. No idea what I bought - but it looked and felt like quality workmanship. Turns out it was a Whitetail Hunter .451. 22” stainless barrel, crowned, composite stock. Pretty simple mechanism. Went out on the net and found the DWB’s. With their guidance I found a load that worked very well. 400 grain conical over 75 grains of 777 FFg. Turns out it also has a Boss trigger - on par with Timneys. Got in the safe and dropped a 1” Ultra Dot on top. Go to the range. Now keep in mind that Ultra dot sub tends 4” at 100 yards - nothing near precise. Hang a paper plate. Darned if every shot didn’t land in that red dot. And most shots inside a couple of inches. So - subtending 4” - shoots inside 2”. Didn’t bring my breech plug tool - didn’t matter - no swabbing. The 8th bullet goes into the tube as easily as the second. Even top of the line TC’s don’t do that. My best hunting friend finally shot it two weeks ago. He owns a super sweet TC. Interchangeable barrels. 50 cal ML to a 30-06 with a swap of the barrel. After his shot he handed it back to me and said “I had no idea.” And on top of that it hits like a hammer. A sledge hammer. Simply stated it is a super accurate, super simple, absolute deer killer with an excellent trigger. It makes a guy that’s an OK shot hit everything he points at. In the right hands I have zero doubt it’s easily MOA with a 22” barrel launching 400 grains of lead. Finally - every time I tick the trigger it goes boom. Every time.