I have one that I bought in 1958. It was my first center fire rifle and after the barrel was shortened and rechambered to 6.5X.308 and fitted with scope mount bases, I was all ready to go out and pursue the wily ground hog. I still have it, sixty years later. It sports a Fajan stock and an altered bolt handle and is set up for either hunting type or target scopes. I anticipated Remington's .260 by several decades.