Bought a 90% solid frame, Extra Lightweight in the mid '90s at a WACA show for $500....it had been D&T for a Lyman receiver sight and I lucked into a 38 at that same show....Vince McMahon had it and we installed it at his table....sight cost me $400 and I was happy to get it...
Killed a nice buck with it and the 200 Hornady FP....fortunately, I have a stash of those bullets which I gathered up over the years before they were discontinued....the load is a moderate one, running around 2200 fps and produces groups in the 2 inch range....
For once in my life I was at the right place at the right time.....didn't hurt that the rifle's seller was a Winchester purist who couldn't stand the sight of that rifle with the extra holes in the receiver.....
I have handled 71s in both the .33 and .45/70....very high dolllar guns....and most befitting of the admonition about caveat emptor....
