Kirk,

Yeah, I bought my first Remington 700 in 1974, a brand-new ADL .270, for $179 at a hardware store in Wolf Point. Which at the time was just about half a month's take-home pay for the job I had at the time. It turned out to be one of the most accurate big-game rifles I've ever owned, including a bunch of customs.

“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck