The first one I bought was the 264 Win Mg still have and use it. The next was a use one in 7x57 that had a pitted barrel but still shot well, the pitting bugged me so it got traded. A few years back a local gunshop got rid of their retail line with a major sale with huge discounts and I picked up a new in the box 8x57 for $348+ tax, it's a great shooter. The 8's have the stupid j-lock cocking piece, I unlocked mine and tossed the key.. tuned the trigger and it shoots fine. Nothing fancy to it and it was equipped with Weaver bases, low rings and an old Weaver K4. I have more than a few 8mm bullets laying around for it and just haven't used any other than 150 gr Hornady Spire Pts at 2700-2800 fps. Kills deer just like an 06' imagine that? Sad thing is a lot of people bought Classics for donors cause I've seen a lot of take off barrels from them that still looked unfired. Magnum Man
