My first is a 1957 Standard rifle in 270 Win. I bought it in the summer of 1986 for $550. A lot of money for a teenager making $4 an hour!
It put my first sloppy handloads into groups way smaller than I had any right to expect.
I put a Leupold 6X42 with heavy duplex on it the year they came out, 1988? Than about 1992 I gave it to my dad. He still uses it occasionally for WT tree stand work.
I will have it back someday but am not in a hurry.
And as an observation well over a hundred rifles have passed through my hands since. None have worked better for a field rifle than that old 270.
