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In my mind there is a significant difference between Nickle and Stainless with Stainless winning that competition hands down.... Nickle is just a finish applied to the barrel - stainless is stainless all the way through... Again in my mind I would prefer Stainless, then blued, then nickel...

of the three guns you listed - the optima is probably the most modern (newer features) than the Wolf or the Knight with the Knight possibly being the better. I am not much into the NEF - it can get really dirty in the breech area.

Another you might want to look at is the TC Black Diamond



and the Knight Big Horn



Hope I have not confused the issue.... but I have one more thought you can get an Omega Z5 which is a top quality rifle fairly inexpensively and it be a gun you can used when you really get hooked on ML's...



$286 @ Buds...

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/36_440/products_id/17877

I thought I could find one for $250 - they are out there...

Might check this page out...

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/complete_eeb.htm