Well I finally recovered

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Gonna try her out this afternoon. Hope it shoots ok. It sure is a tiny little thing. Oh It is an old model in the 21000 serial range.. Now...

Tomorrow I am going to look at a large lot of guns. All kinds from 45s to military rifles. The fellow has two that I am really interested in..but not messing with new guns don't know the values.. He has 2 Ruger 77 Mk IIs. Stainless with wood stocks. Sporters but one is a 25-06 and a bit heavy..the other is a 204 Ruger. He has a bottom line of 475 each new in boxes. Is that a fair price?? I seriously don't mess with new guns except for an occassional foray to a gun shop... is the price fair?? Should I buy 'em?? I don't need a 204 as i have a bbl for my Encore in that caliber...but ...and I have a real fondness for the 1/4 inch bore. I wore one of those older Ruger 77s in 25-06 out..twice... shooting that old Hodgdon 4831 Surplus powder and an old Winchester bbl'd to 25-06 suffered the same fate. Still have approx 6 lbs left out of a 100 pound keg. He also has a new in the box 1895 Marlin guess I am gonna have to check it out too. He wants 475 for it too..New in Box