The synthetic bead blasted black Mark V's carried a last MSRP of $1200-1300 and were discontinued in 2011. They did make a fluted barrel version(not ultra lightweight) version in 97-98.
The black synthetic's are one of the great buys in the used market, especially when you consider that a new Vanguard Backcountry is $1399! Not lookers but can be shooters(at least mine is) and can be nicely upgraded with cerakote and a new stock.

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Last edited by Cruiser1; 05/26/13.