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Yeah 300 has more toys than me and that is somethin ! I may have too get back in my gun of the month club.

I had a ten-year dry spell, due to financial issues. Now I have enough resources to (occasionally) wander through a gun store, see some long gun (need purchase permits in Michigan for handguns), pull out the debit card, and walk out with it once the paperwork is done. I am not going to buy a Corvette ZR1, so the money I saved went into my "toy" fund.

I almost bought a "brand new" Jap Browning .22 autoloader at a Gander Mountain store. The Jap ones are vey nice, they just don't say "Belgium" on them.

This one had some sort of urethane finish on the stock like Remington uses. This particular one had white opaque areas under the finish, along with bumps and dings. Very nice walnut, but definitely not NIB, especially since even the Japanese models were discontinued ages ago.

I tried to dicker, and pointed out the flaws in the stock. The cluck agreed to give me a discount. The price tag said $549, and he said I could have it for $500. I was thinking more in terms of $350, so it's still there.

I'll find one to rescue somewhere else, at the proper price. I was looking at stripping off all that plastic finish, clean up the wood, repoint the checkering, and then going with an oil finish. Some day my Browning will come in.