Well I went with a stainless Puma 44 mag. I think it was a very fair deal and I've read a lot of good things about them. I already have a Marlin 336 so I thought I'd try something different. I don't really care for buckhorn sights and I liked the Puma sights better anyway. I'll type a range report as soon as I get to take it out. I better get the wife something nice this weekend or she'll be pointing that gun at me.
Should I bother doing a barrel break in procedure on this rifle? I always do it for a regular bolt rifle, but this is an open sighted levergun shooting a pistol cartridge. I'm not sure if I will or not.