Bonanza and Sam-

Thanks for the notice of that rifle, both to Bonanza for pointing it out and to Sam for the warning.

I've heard from others in the past, and in the not so recent past, that that particular shop seems to have some kind of trouble with the truth --like when they don't know it, they manufacture a version of it to suit thier sales strategies-- and I'd really need to be right there to handle and shoot the rifle before I'd put money down for it.

The chambering doesn't bother me at all, and actually would be good for some of what my interests are, I don't need a dangerous game rifle. Blacktail and Axis Deer would be the most likely target of opportunity for that rifle if in a perfect would it'd be mine and shoot well...

Sam, tell me more about your troubles with that rifle.
Tell me about it cross firing and tell me about your attempt to get it to shoot well.
Did you own it before or after that re-stock job? I wonder what the wood-metal fit is like at the head of the stock and the action of the rifle.
I would really like to hear about your experience with that gun. Fourteen inches is quite a bit of difference between barrel groups!
Did you chronograph your efforts with that rifle?

--Tinker