One of the two or three smart moves I ever made in my life...
I own seven 40X rimfires, all of them sporters. One I bought was NIB at Gopher Shooters Supply-that wholesaler down in Faribault, Minn, closed years ago. They for some reason rec'd some in stock and were selling them for $485.00 NIB, which was wholesale less some per cent I rec'd in those days. I rec'd their flyer and was on my way within five minutes, and bought the last one on hand, out of maybe ten. This would have been in the early 1980s. The others came along thru Shotgun News ads, every so often. I quit after six. After Christmas 2005 I was in the Gander Mountain in Maplewood, Minn, buying a baby shower gift for a yet to be born baby girl-got her a 39A plus a nice case. I am not kidding, and she loves it. Sooooo the guy behind the counter says, before I bought the 39A, "Would you be interested in a Remington Model 40?" "???", says I. He brings out a 40X rimfire sporter, rec'd that day, brought in by some pilgrim whose father had died, son had no interest in firearms, and no idea of what he had. Neither did the guys behind the counter. I paid, if I remember, $600.00. It's about 95-98%. That makes seven. None for sale, but watch the obits, there's going to be an estate sale the like of which you've never seen after I assume room temperature. I just wrote this as a war story, that's all. Oh, and the little girl just had her 3rd birthday, and loves it when her parents take her out to the gravel pit and shoot her 39A. She wears muffs, way too big...