Well I just picked up #307 from my FFL guy. I can live with the checkering and the engraving, not sure I got my 700 bucks worth on the wood upgrade. Both sides and ends of the forend are damaged where they butt against the barrel flats. I guess I'll be finding out how good the customer service department is shortly. By the way mine was a 10-12-05 deposit / 04-03-06 paid in full order. Have to wonder how I ended up with 307??