and here I was about to brag on picking up a slightly used one for 250 bucks shipped.
i finally got the deal worked out last night at 11:30.
all I wanted was the basic machine [and not the whole package] and someone else wanted all the bells and whistles.
I hit the send post button right before the wife walked in the front room talking to some guy from Utah that had some powder he wanted to sell and a couple of rifles.
I now own some more 2400, a stevens 325 in 30-30, and a ruger 77-R [tang safety] with a 250 savage Ackley improved barrel screwed to the end of it. [plus a few pounds of other stuff]
the guy tried to convince me it [250-3000 ackley] was a factory option, when I could clearly see it wasn't even the exact right diameter barrel nor even marked with the caliber in the proper place [ or with the ruger scroll writing].
whomever done the work done a nice job of it, everything was bedded properly, the bluing was very well done and brightly polished, and the trigger pull is very smooth with a crisp let-off.
Idiot...trying to sell me a custom rifle and pass it off as factory.