I love walnut and blued steel, too, but nobody wants to pay for them anymore. If everybody thought the 700BDLs were so great, why have sales been declining for the last 10 years? If Cerebus Corp says they are not making any money running huge plants turning out blued steel and walnut rifles, I believe them. In 1979, we were selling 700BDLs for $700, in 1990 they were $800, in 2000 they were $750 and not selling because folks want a $300 rifle. During that same 30 years, buying power of the US$ declined by about 60%, and all the KMart and WalMart shoppers sent all our manufacturing jobs overseas so they could save a few pennies to buy a new TV/VCR because their jobs were disappearing. You think those things are maybe related in some way? If people don't understand economics and act contrary to the laws of economics, they shouldn't complain when it bites them in the behind.