Private Klink, thanks!

PBL, the wife is a shooter and that's a thought. She's got several pistols and loves to shoot her Grandpa's Luger...which drives me nuts. Maybe she'll get a fancy Springfield XDM from Santa...it would beat a set of cookware!

HornDog, you are so right, I had no idea they had stopped making them until about a year ago. My brother and I were talking and he had just bought one for about 200.oo. I'm like you, I can remember when you could get them for a lot less than that. Mine is a 30-30 but ammo is virtually non-existant down here. I went to 4 stores (well stocked gunstores I might add) and found one box. THe store where I picked mine up has several of the Henry models in .44 and a couple of Marlins...who ever thought a lever action would be such a rarity?

Banana Clip, thanks Brother!