Wow!

LOTS to mull over!

What is the procedure for cocking the uncocked barrel on a Blaser?

Xausa, your suggestion to look till I find something really interesting to me sounds like sage advice. In the searches I've run so far, I see what you mean. Pricing all over the map. Will require study and some effort nut I reckon I should be able to find something practical and useful.

Thanks for the link to champlinarms. Any other good sites or dealers I might be able to check out?

A "Grand Slam" of sorts for me would be to take ground squirrels, coyote, deer, turkey, elk, bear, cougar, snowshoe hare all in one year with the same gun. From the sounds of some of the recommendations, the gun would not be the limiting factor!

Thanks very much for the input!