Thank you. I figured someone had a BC or BC carbine and had the factory install a 243 barrel. Looks like my other factory lug numbering. Being a finicky 243, it probably likes only one load, or none, so no ones favorite.
In the years the walnut stock went somewhere else, the gun was traded as a 243 pallet wood without the other barrel, and some 'bubba' liked the feel of the sidekick forend.
Sure is a mix and match though.
The kicker is, I had all this 243 ammo for sale on the local trader, so a guy calls me about it and offers me a rifle instead. Says it's a single shot, quotes so low a price I think it's a Rossi.
No, he 'likes' his Rossi. This is a "New England" he didn't want. And he was 10 min away.
Come on folks. It needed appreciation and a good home! I deserve forgiveness for falling off the wagon again.
