Found it in a pawnshop over the weekend.

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Once I picked up and played with it, I had to have it. Very good shape, both wood and steel, just a couple of scratches on the bottom of the floor plate. It's been shot some, but well cared for. There's some jacket fouling visible on the lands just inside the bore, but the bore is otherwise clean, with no sign of nicks at the crown.

It's missing the rear sight, but ... it's had a trigger job that is fantastic. Light and crisp. It would be hard to ask for better. Don't know if it's the original Ruger trigger or an aftermarket, but I'd easily pay someone $100 to have this trigger job done for me.

$630 plus tax. I don't know what the national market is for something this nice, but you just don't see Ruger RSIs in my part of Indiana other than rarely. You just don't.

This is my first .243 Winchester. I believe it's a 10" twist. Any advice as to what a short .243, twisted 10, might like in bullets and powder?