Back in the 70s I worked for a nice gent who gifted me with a couple rifles as part of payment. An original minty Krag carbine and a minty all matching G-43. Ammo for these was expensive at the time. A few years later I decided I had to have a good varmint rifle and was talked into a pricy Sako .243. I didn't know much about guns at the time. A local dealer convinced me that neither of my old rifles were safe to shoot (one locking lug & cast receiver, respectively). Like a dummy I used those rifles to bring down the price of the Sako. I still have it, and it's taken a lot of chucks & deer, but it also reminds me of my gullibility back then. I'd rather still have either of those rifles now instead of the Sako.