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You stole it. We have 2; a black/stainless and a camo/stainless/nitride. I have not tried to make target rifles out of them but the trigger on the stainless is very good and on the nitride is great. Using 80 weighed grains of Blackhorn209 and a Hornady 250gr my son has taken bucks at about 125 yds and 100yds no problem. I used the same load on a buck as well with the nitride. This year I went with the .40 cal 200 gr bullet. Had a light charge of 58 weighed grains loaded for my wife to use. She went home and I got full penetration on a 164 lb buck with the reduced charge. As easy to disassemble and clean as it gets. I would absolutely suggest to anyone that uses the rifle to buy a Blackhorn209 breechplug and weigh their charges. That powder is clean. Good luck