My Dad & I purchased a pair at K-Mart around 1960 for $ 9 each. He "sportarized" them, the very thing to do at that time. Mine shot very well and I still have it stuck in the back of the gun safe. I carried it on mule deer hunts in New Mexico while in the Air Force. Killed a mess of porcupines, & once shot a Turkey on the fly (gliding away) but never a deer. Back when I maintained a FFL I ordered several for the local PD for their use in "honor guard" ceremonials. ( much more expensive by then) Like a lot of things in life, a crystal ball would have been handy when presented with an opportunity to buy those rifles.
