Really a good looking rifle there Charliefrank, do like the crescent shaped butt plate, do you have any idea what the year of manufacture was? Mine also has the steel butt plate, which cleaned up really well, just surface rust from sitting for so long, incidentally mine (butt plate) isn't as pronounced as yours.
Unfortunately the wind today is as bad or worse than it has been, seems like every time I get a new rifle something like this comes up. Wonder if the anti gun gods are trying to tell me something? Thank God I'm retired, so once they cease a little bit, I'll be out there, and a range report will be forth coming. Meanwhile I'll just have to keep reloading some cartridges for that day.
Riomouse911, that .308 is a great caliber, back in 1974, I hunted mule deer with a good buddy that had one in that caliber, in fact he shot two mule deer that year, one in Arizona, and one in Northern California both very respectable size with one shot kills. I didn't do too bad that year myself, with a record Muley in Arizona, but with my Remington 700BDL in .270. His rifle had a scope on it as I recall, so I'm going to have to try and get a hold of him and find out if he recalls what mount, as I noted mine had been drilled and tapped for a scope, however, the holes had little screws installed probably at the factory, and they don't look like they've ever been removed. Sorry to hear you got rid of yours.