I have the 20" 44 version and like it. Not perfect out of the box, but once you get the action smoothed out its a pretty good gun. I used several coats of Tru-Oil on the stock which really improved the looks, and had a problem with the loading gate which the shop I bought it from quickly fixed.
To smooth the action I removed all the wood, sprayed a lot of brake cleaner into the action, cycled it a lot, sprayed in more brake cleaner, cycled it a bunch more, and after it dried applied gun oil and grease, and cycled it a bunch more. Slick as snot now.
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