Sold for $1400 + ~20%+ shipping and taxes if applicable. Hope it is going to a good home I hope so too, I bought it and it arrived today. It seems to be an honest midrange Creedmoor, according to what I read in Rowes book. The barrel, receiver (actually lower tang) forearm and buttstock all match, SN# 5086. The forearm has a hard rubber tip and the buttplate is also hard rubber, which is correct according to Rowe. If it was just a shotgun butt, the plate would be metal, Rowe says. The caliber is marked correctly for a Midrange Creedmoor, 40 x 2 1/2 The wood cleaned up very well, the checkering if fairly smooth though. The buttplate is un-marred. The trigger return spring was installed on top of, instead of underneath the main spring. (see Pic). The screw is too long and undersized, but when I assembled it "correctly" it holds. Luckily, the tang hole seems to have good threads and should be ok with the right screw. The front sight dovetail is butchered, looks like Farkenparker cut it lower to try to make an unknown object that looks like a sight base with a 3/8" dovetail fit. (pics of dovetail and object) The finish on the rifle isn't as bad as it looks in the zoomed pic. If you know what that object is, please post. He also put a 3/8" dovetail in the barrel for what looks like a pre-64 Win 70 rear sight, missing elevator. Took off the forearm, Parkenfarker kluged a kind of leaf spring to substitute for the missing lever spring. Pic below of the markings, Rowe says the V&W mean vernier and windgage sights, which is also correct for a Midrange Creedmoor B grade. I don't know what the S.T. means, but he other markings are the rub. The barrel has been re-rifled, probably by EKT & Co, maybe it's 41. The shiny beautiful rifling is a clone of Pope, left hand, narrow grooves, ETC. I'll try to get a pic. The twist is very slow, round ball slow. More later, Aaron
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