They must have made a run of them last year. I bought a new one just a few months ago. The 257 Roberts is an excellent deer-blackbear type gun. It is far more effective that the 6mm's which helped much the Roberts and the 250-3000 savage out of the market. Loaded with 100 grains X bullets it will take elk as well although its better suited for deer and LONG LONG LONG range varmit shooting. I am a BIB FAN of the "Quarter Bores".