I made an offer on a"used" .243 yesterrday. To my surprise, the owner/gunshop said he would take my lowball offer isince, it "was me".
I put a K Mart Northwest 3-0 on it ($`0, wqith rings and cheap binocs). It has a better trigger than my other .243, and seems to shoot well.
I am not sure it had anything other than abuse in a closet, some small rust spots on the barrel, a scuffed rail, and a couple dings on the wood. This is a U. Where did the letter/year post go, I can't find it.
I was going to see about reboring to a larger caliber, but now don't know. I have 2 grandsons, both too young to hunt, but this gives me 2 nearly identical guns to pass along, along with some other earmarked things. I could bet them both rebarreled in something like .308 or 3-06 and give them both antelope and elk guns. Hopefully in 8 or 10 years I will still be able to take them, as I will be in my 70's. The other grandpa is also my hnting pard, and is already pushing 70, so who knows.
BTW, this whole page just went th 1/4 size, what happened?
