[Tom2]

I had one of those in excellent condition, once. Two changes, barrel is replaced with a basically identical contour barrel in 30.06 and there is a clearance cut in the receiver to allow for loading. Lots of them in date codes not often seen by people that buy vet bringbacks as many were like 41's etc. I certainly did not pay anything near 1K and now I wish I kept it if it is worth that. It apparently saw little or no use after conversion and the bore was mint. Still despite the caliber change, it had that nasty little steel cup buttplate that seemed to amplify recoil for me. I hate those things and the bruises I got. That was summer shooting with little clothing to soak it up. No gray wool greatcoat to pad me.