Had one in .308, a truly great and super accurate rifle, bought it new in '82 for less than $200. if I remember correctly. Regret letting it go. One weak point I found, fired a hot load, and had trouble rotating bolt and then extracting, went at it with a nylon hammer and was surprised to see the bolt handle bending, turns out the bolt handle is not integral with the bolt, but a sleeve over a stud that projects from the bolt. Foolishly sold it because of that one weak point. The 308 had an 18" barrel so it was super handy for carrying in the Arizona desert popping big jacks, and coyotes. Most folks claimed it was the unique 9 lug lock up that accounted for it's accuracy. Others said that since the lugs were at the rear of the bolt, a lot of hot loads would eventually compress the bolt and affect head space. Don't know if that's really true, mostly I shoot moderate reloads. 125gr. hollow points worked well at about 2500 fps at the muzzle. Light recoil, low throat erosion, also shot lots of home made cast 170grain flatpoints from pure wheel weights, about 1100 fps, just subsonic, ok on jacks, but only well placed shots on coyotes.
I'd love to get another one, but cringe at the high prices for used guns.
[This message has been edited by TABING (edited March 22, 2000).]