Sometimes used rifles are the best rifles. I remember when Winchester did away with the claw extractors in their model 70s. It was a scramble to find the older rifles because they WERE better than the new ones. I just don't want to see you end up with some plastic piece of crap when you could have a really nice used rifle that is much higher quality. I know that new is a real pleasure, and that almost everyone would rather have something brand new, but you might be better off getting something older. I don't want to push one way or the other, but I think you should atleast check it out.