Yeah Al, I hear ya!! When I was up there a couple of weeks ago, he told me he had a couple of new models coming in, the M77 and the AR in 450. Who knows, I may be making another trip to Bad Axe.
This one appeals to me much more than the Gunsite model or the goofy space guns from savage. Finally a nice traditional wood and blue hunting rifle. I never could understand why everything had to be tacky tactical around the 450BM when the driving force in popularity was hunting. Hope this model goes mainstream like the ranch models did.