Thanks for the reply. Based on prices just a couple of years ago, I would agree. I just wonder if the prices will ever come back down. I know it's like forecasting the stock market, but if the general consensus is that prices probably won't come down but may increase... I would surely rather find one for like $4-500 but so far have not had any luck. It's not like I don't have any other rifles to shoot, either, but I have always like the old lever actions and would like to add one to my stash. Whatever I buy I will take out and shoot. No safe queens, thank you. If I want to see purty I'll just look at my wife. :-D
