I picked one up back in the early part of the year. I paid $600 for it.
With loads it likes, its a good shooter. Mine doesnt seem to like "heavier" bullets, but to be fair, Ive really only tried a couple of different loads with them so far. It does like 125 grainers though, and Ive shot a number of quarter sized groups at 50 yards with them. At 100 yards, I was getting tight fist sized groups.
Mine doesnt seem to like the .38's. Accuracy with my 158 grain LSWC reloads was not very encouraging. I also had feed issues with the .38's, with "rimlock" being the main problem. Once they lock up, it can take some fiddling to get them unlocked, and youre not doing it with the mag in the gun.
Right now, I have a 4x Leupold on mine, and it works well.
The factory sights are fine if you like that type, but I dont find them precise enough as the range opens up.
Im a big fan of peep sights, and I tried one of the NECG peep sights, and found it lacking. While it seems well made, its fiddly to get zeroed, tends to block out your field of view, and needs to be mounted on the more forward of the two scope mounting points, which puts it farther away from your eye than I like. The reason it needs to be in that position is, if its on the rear one, where it really needs to be, it interferes with working the bolt.
As was mentioned, the spare mags are expensive, and they seem to be cheaply made.
Fit and finish on the gun itself is good, and its a very handy little rifle. I just wish they would offer a buttplate as an option. The recoil pad is unnecessary, and makes the LOP to long. This really isnt a defect, just something all the makers seem to do anymore, and its annoying if you use the gun for anything but shooting off a bench.
