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Originally posted by fjrdoc:
That's a beautiful rifle. I can't believe that it didn't sell quickly. Was it priced to sell?

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Originally posted by rikkochet:
Is it usable with the stock damage behind the tang?

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Originally posted by buckstix:
Well, as a side note: Here is a warning about using someone else's hand-loads. As the original pictures show, this rifle came with some hand-loaded ammo. The seller assured me that the original owner of the rifle, that loaded the ammo, was a careful trustworthy reloader. The load data that was written on the box read ... "400g Woodleigh sp, 85g 3031, CCI 250 magnum primers". I have been loading for this cartridge for about 8 years, and have never seen such a HOT load with 3031 powder. The 1992 Handloader Magazine #144, lists a 400g bullet and 3031 powder with a 76.0g starting load, and 80.0g max load. When I pulled the bullets of the hand-loaded ammo, I found powder weighing from 87g up to 90g. NEVER, NEVER, trust anyone's hand-loaded ammo without carefully inspecting it. The only hand-loads I trust, are my own.

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Originally posted by eagle27:Ah, that probably explains the stock damage at the tang then, some good dose's of recoil

On a more serious note it seems a big error in powder weights. I suppose you can only assume it is 3031 powder and not a slower powder the owner used in the loads without changing the box labeling, as careless as that is in it's self.