Thanks River! I remember, in '76 or so looking at one of the regular Mark X at a store that was in .308. I remember thinking, at the time, why would I want a .308 on "what looked like" a long action? I don't know if they used a magazine block or just set them up that way. I was also drawn to them because I had, as a teen, been cruising those beautifully made ( some of you remember them?) Browning Rifle catalogs. Ooooooh, thise Hi Power Browning Safaris! I was able to Handel one, also in '75, at a hardware store/gun shop. It was in 30-06 and $500....a little over $2,400 in "todays money". ha My wife said "don't even think about it"....:) Same FN "looking" action on the Mark X, but the Cavaliers were around $350 back then too. I owned a "fancy levergun", a Mod 94 Classic Carbine, great wood, deep blue and I had bought it "on time" when I was 16. That was a tad over $300, which is a bit over $2100 today! So she could not see me "floating a loan" for the Browning.
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