There is a review of these in one of the current gun rags I just read. Don't remember the magazine's name. "Rifle" I think? The author was impressed with it. I have a regular XL7 .30-06 and I might buy one in .25-06. These are very accurate rifles. The wood stock sounds nice and that's what I would (no pun intended) prefer, but if it's truly $500 that give me lots of other choices. Like a Savage for a litlle more or less or a Vanguard for a little less. I paid about $300 tax and all for my synthetic XL7 and that is a real price point for a good rifle. What do you think the street price will be? I also was interested in the Mossberg walnut rifle. It was reviewed in another gun mag. I can't remember and the MSRP was less than $300. The article said they were scarce. They are over $400 on all the auctions I have seen. BT
