Lovely looking rifle, I love the wood too. Shame about that scope, as mentioned earlier. Given the advance in optics in the last 20 years I am not convinced you need an objective like that. I have a humble Marlin in .44 rem mag with a Leupold VXII 1.1-5 x20 I think, and use it for running boar in Spain. Never noticed any problem finding the target though this all sub 100 yd stuff, usually sub 75. Still, as you say Joel, he who pays the piper...