I have to kind of smile when I see people judge the quality of a rifle by how hard it is to clean. So it takes an extra five minutes. That's another cup of coffee and a few more tunes on the radio as I relax. They really are not all that hard to clean, but they are a fowling devil. When you shoot that open breech anything near the breech, especially the scope, gets filthy. So yes, it takes a little more time to clean. But try and out shoot that rifle sometime. On the range, you suddenly come to understand what a sweet rifle it really is.It has afree floating barrel.

When I was talking to Thompson Center last week, we got talking about the Triumph and how great it was. I told them the Black Diamond XR shoots good enough for me. He then pointed out that they no longer make the Black Diamond. Although he admitted it was an excellent rifle.

I am guessing that the breech plug is frozen in place, and the barrel is rusty and that is why he is selling it so cheap. Still there is the stock and trigger on the thing.

If no one else wants it, I'll buy the thing. Like I need another Black Diamond XR. Still for that price, I've put more then that down the urinal on a night out with dinner and drinks...