I have an 6.5 carbine, I bought it in the mid 1970's for fifty bucks. I first had a williams peep sight installed, did not like the peep sight so I had a bushnell four power scope mounted on the rifle, also bought a sporter stock for it. I took the Arisaka deer hunting about four times, killed a small blacktail buck with it about ten years ago, did not shoot it again untill last summer. I went to a gunshow about three months ago and purchased ten boxes of once fired Norma factory brass for thirty five bucks, can't wait to reload it.