Thank you for the responses, so far. I'm heavily leaning towards leaving it as is. I have hunted with it. It's a fair weather gun; pleasant or snowing but never in the rain. I, my son and step son have taken mule deer. I also took a cow elk. All the deer were single rounds kills. The cow, as long as she was on her feet, I kept putting 115 BT's into her. All 3 bullets killed her, breaking humerus and ribs, complete pass throughs, but I didn't want a Faux Pas on my hands. She only went 20'. She was 220 yds distant. Some years back I had Charley Santoni, who has worked on several guns for me, look it over. IIRC, he said it was the most beautiful rifle he'd ever laid hands on. Understandably, he does not want me to touch it. Maybe someday, if he's willing, i'll have D'Arcy Echols look at it.
I will keep playing with it. It quite enjoyable to look at, handle and shoot. Maybe just learn to make sure I never need more than 2 shots!
Alan
