I am the satisfied owner of two of these rifles. The first one I bought new in '99 and the second I bought used about two years ago. One has the stainless bolt and the other a blue bolt. Both rifles wear the old style Burris Compact scopes in 6x. I have killed hundreds of squirrels with the "new" rifle. The other one I am using as a training rifle for my kids.

My only complaint about the 77/22 is that the factory trigger is too heavy. I have done trigger jobs on both of my rifles to bring the pull down to about three pounds.

I if I find a good deal, I might even buy another one!