All, You may recall me asking about the drop in the stock of the Lyman Great Plains rifle v. that of the T/C Hawken maybe 2 months ago. If not, I'll briefly recapitulate. Although I've owned the Hawken for quite some time, I almost always fired it from a rest. Fired from the shoulder, my eye is at least 2" above the front sight (much like a shotgun) unless I contort my neck, head and cheek to get a proper sight picture: Not a good thing and not very comfortable either! In short, I began looking at Track of the Wolf's site hoping to get some ideas about affordable guns with more drop in the stock. After several weeks of this, I discovered an unfired, kit-built Great Plains rifle (.50cal., 1:66 twist) with all furniture browned ("chocolate brown" on my invoice), a striped ramrod and nicely finished stock, and at a very attractive price to boot. Yup, I bought it and it arrived last evening and it's a beauty: Nicely balanced (the Hawken is not), good set triggers and it fits perfectly! After shouldering it a few times, I did the same for the Hawken. There was no comparison. The lock work (Investarms) is essentially a clone of T/C's and feels the same to me. If the weather cooperates tomorrow, I'll take it to the range for a "test drive" and report my results here. Btw, the Hawken is now on E-Bay: One auction for the bbl. & ramrod and a second for the stock and everything else.