The first one I ever saw was in the Fayetteville Ar NW mall at Woolworths believe it or not Woolworths, at the time they had very knowledgeable sporting goods manager, this was about 73 or 74 it was priced at about 345.00 I remember saying Man you will never sell that for that much money, I wound up buying a Ruger 77 22-250 and thinking how he was stuck with the Automag because I think you had to shorten a 06 or 308 cartridge case and ream it and then load it. Over the years I have wished a thousand times I had put that piece on lay-a-way! Jeff