Years ago in the early 1960's while my family lived in NE Wyoming, and when I was just starting to hunt deer and antelope, I wore one page out in the annual Montgomery Ward catalog. It showed an original Remington 600 carbine with the vent rib barrel in 6MM Remington selling for $99. At the time it may well have been $9K as it was out of reach for me and my family as I already had a well-worn 30-30 to hunt with. But in my mind it and the 6MM cartridge would solve any hunting need that I might ever encounter in my life.
Fast forward to maybe 7-8 years ago when one day I went into a gun shop near my home. Sitting on the shelf was a near mint condition Model 600 rifle in 6MM Remington that they had traded for. It naturally followed me home. It had a vintage Weaver K-4 scope on it in Weaver bases and rings. The scope did not adjust correctly so I replaced it and the Weaver mounts with Leupy rings and bases and topped it with a VX-3 2.5x8 Leupy scope.
Since then it has accounted for a few south Texas mangy coyotes and more than just a few jack rabbits, and it is one of my favorite old rifles. It shoots extremely well and its a definite keeper.............
-BCB
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