My Dad bought a sporterized version of this rifle through the mail some time before the Gun Control Act Of 1968, either from Sears or Montgomery Wards. He doesn't remember, but I have found old advertisements of this rifle only from Sears (endorsed by Ted Williams). It was Dad's deer hunting rifle into the 1990's when he stopped hunting. A few years back I reconditioned his rifle. The butt pad was dry rotted and the sprayed on finish was in bad shape and getting cloudy. Otherwise it got tore down and cleaned. A brass skeleton pistol grip cap was added. When I gave it back to him he insisted that I keep it. We went back and forth. I finally kept it as that is what he wanted.
