If we are chiming in a bit late I will do so also, over the decades have owned three or four 71s, the last a short tang prewar deluxe with bolt peep and factory recoil pad. I am seduced by the slick actions, buy a rifle, get some ammo, take it out and shoot it and am reminded why I sold the last one - they kick. Even with a pad. And then I sell off the newest. Doubt if I will go through this process again but if I find a Griffin & Howe stocked 71 I might succumb, passed one up about ten years ago.
