You are correct, Murph. I have my M71 (thanks, Uncle Louis) but my chances for a trip to Alaska are possibly about the same as winning the next Power-Ball biggie. I have some good area farms that have wild boar problems, just thought, as the rifle comes with 3 full boxes of ammo, or so I have been told, so I may just have to "pony up"- it does have a never Leupold Vari-XIII 3x9 50mm scope in the G&H mounts (the Steinway of scope mounts for their time, and yet today, I will grant you that. I had a contact for Alaska, old Marine Corps contact- he used to write for the now defunct GSJ- but he died from cancer- what John Wayne called "The Big C'' life can be unfair at times. RWTF

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