Pray your dealer doesn't smarten up in the meantime so you continue getting these bargains regularly.

If you're planning to refurbish it to shooting status, this would be a good candidate.

Last Spike from Canadian author Pierre Berton's book about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR for short. Craghellachie (sp?) was where the last spike was driven in.

I'm in the same boat as you with respect to the Browning carbine, although I plan to get a Boyd's butt stock and fore-end to do some modification (recoil pad, sling swivels, etc.) among the modifications I'll do. As for the front sling swivel - I'm still thinking which way to go - either getting one...