Hey Coffinmaker, had MY gunfund been flush, it would never have been for sale in the first place. Regardless, thanks to badlands, I'm now ambivalent about it and strongly leaning towards being very happy it didn't sell. Thanks again for the story, badlands, and thanks for the explanation. I wonder if anyone else has ever found an "AU" stamp somewhere on one of their Uberti firearms and if that means that he was personally involved in its manufacture.