Bearhunter, I had actually gone to the gun dealer to see about getting a Ruger No 1 ordered for me. He showed me the Browning and offered it to me for what he had paid for it which was 200 dollars less than list price. He ordered it for a group to raffel off and ended up with 2 of them so he sold me this one. I couldnt pass up on the gun at this price. Plus Browning is a good quality name. Thursday at the range I will know if it shoots as good as the name.