I found a 1974 Remington 700 .243 wood stock, shorter (youth?) barrel. It was rusting in my inlaws farm closet in a heavy canvas case for 2 decades. It was rusted to pieces and had a similar vintage leupold 3x9 scope. I took the rifle to a gunsmith and brought it back to life and sent the scope to Leopold. They regassed the scope and completely removed the "smoke" from the lenses. You have to love good customer service and a lifetime warranty. The rifle is beautiful and I just dropped a 140 lb VA 6 point buck at 130 yards where it stood with that rifle. Hornady 95 gr. SST's. The 100 Core Lokt shoot ok from the gun as well. I will shoot the Hornady's though, just because that deer dropped where it stood. I killed a doe year before last with the core lokt 100 gr. and it ran 50 yards but still expired. A great shooter, and an ideal whitetail gun