The rifle was tucked back into a rack, the seller had it on
consignment and didn't know anything about it. I was pretty
excited, I nearly ran back to Dan's table, and said something like "I think a guy has a J.V. Howe".

In the near future, I will put a folding rear sight on it,
remove the scope and add a cocking piece sight. The cheekpiece
is really set up to support a shooter using iron sights. It is
a slim rifle, and the big scope looks out-of-place on it.