The summer of 1977 I had just graduated high school and was working construction, so I had a little money in my pocket. We had a local chain store called Woolco that was going out of business and I stopped in one day. They had Remington model 788's on close out sale for $99.00 each. I asked the salesman what calibers they had as I was looking to buy a .270. Remington didn't make the 788 in .270 but he laid new boxed rifles on the counter in .308, .243, .22-250, 6mm and .44 mag. I laid away one in each caliber and picked one a week up over the next month. They only had three Weaver 3 X 9 scopes and I bought them all. Put one on the .308, the 6mm and the 22-250. Never did scope the .44.