Any interest, I have a black pad #1 220 Swift I may sell, shoots really well with the 52 gr Amax's and 55 gr NBT's with RL-15.

I never shoot it and someone should.

How good is the wood?

It has decent wood Tex, but not like the stunners you have, I listed it for sale here some years back.

I'll go down in the classifieds and see if I can find it if you wanna see a pic of it.

tempting, darn it. Lots of people think the Swift is more accurate than the .22-250. Gotta spend some money on the old truck though, so I better hold off for now.

When were the black pads produced?
I have a red pad made about 30 years ago.
I am planning on warming it up in a prairie dog town next week.
whelennut

10-4 Tex, I've never had a problem with priority.

Whelennut, I don't know, maybe one of the #1 aficionados will be by shortly to answer that.

The black pads originated in the early 90's - supposedly the same time they started forging their own barrels in-house.