Not being judgmental, but isn’t this all a lot of trouble and expense to get a “bargain” rifle to be usable? IIRC, when I bought my first CF, the price difference between the 788 and a 600 was like $10. Pretty obvious to even a callow youth that the 600 was a better buy.
Yea I’d say it is a lot of work, but I grew up with my uncle owning a bunch of them and always wanted to own one...nostalgia I guess.
