I bought one of these in a barber shop about ten years ago for $50.00. I took it home and looked it up and they were selling in the $250.00 range then. I felt pretty good about that score then and still do. It's an extremely well made rifle that is fun to shoot. When I got mine the end of the barrel was threaded and nothing was there. I didn't like the threads on the end of the barrel like that so Jr. found a flash supresser for it for $6.00. My rifle is dated 1906 and has what appears to be the original sling. This is a very well made rifle.