I found mine at Capital Sports (where else?) on the used rack. It's the stainless Model 70 with a synthetic stock, and the price was pretty decent. I decided to bring my borescope back and check out the barrel, and it turned out to be in decent shape. Ingwe was still working there then, and offered me an even better deal--on the condition that I never, ever bring the rifle back to the store.

Turned out it wouldn't shoot, groups averaging around 3 inches at 100 yards. I tried every bedding and handloading trick I know, and still no go. Sent it to Charlie Sisk for rebarreling with a Lilja, and he reported the threads on the factory barrel were so loose that was probably the problem. Dunno if that occurred with many other WSSM rifles, but it might have. The Lilja shoots great.


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