I located one of these for my cousin. It was a .243. It was his son's first gun and worked out great. This is one of those rifles that were plain economy rifles that everyone who owns them gave rave reviews. As attested by the previous responses here from guys who, unlike me, actually owned one. I'm left handed and flirted with the idea once of getting a lefty .308 at one time. Didn't these come in two barrel lengths?