If the way I posted this has offended anyone I apologize. I did it this way instead of pricing the item and listing it on 10 different forums and having to listen to lowball offers for 2 weeks until someone serious comes along.
Come on, now. You cross-posted this auction across a lot of forum classified ads that specifically forbid selling on their sites in an auction format. Gunbroker exists for precisely the reason you mentioned and plenty of guys on all of the forums utilize it. The difference is that they don't cross-post their auctions on the forum classifieds to skirt the rules.
You're selling a nice rifle and I hope the sale goes well for you. Posting on the classifieds sometimes comes with headaches like lowball offers or longer selling times. Selling on auction sites with no reserve comes with its own risks as well. Both methods have their place, but should not be blended together in an attempt to get around forum rules. Forum classifieds would quickly become a disaster if they were polluted with links to external auction sales.