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Yep, without the toploading magazine. My father owned one when I was growing up. Quite a bit of fun to shoot. Tended to clear out the firing points next to yours when you went to the range. My mother was livid when Dad bought it. She couldn't figure out why anyone needed an antitank rifle. Dad told her he was sure that eventually the ban on whaling would be lifted and he thought this would be almost as good as a harpoon gun. Years later I still tell her about the first time we took the gun to the range to shoot it. After the dust settled, my father got up from behind the gun, his glasses askew, with the head band of his hearing protectors falling forward across his face. The look of boyish glee on his face is one of my most favorite memories. When my father passed away my mother sold it. My brother and I were in the Army and Navy respectively and thought carting around a Class 3 weapon would be tough with the possibility of overseas service. Don't worry though, it went to a loving home. In addition to almost every weapon from WWII you could imagine the buyer had his own Sherman Tank. He also bought our 4 pounder muzzle loading cannon. I still miss the cannon.