Weekend before last, I made a visit to the new Cabela's in Verdi, NV and stumbled on to a 1940 manafacture date 12 guage in near mint condition. The price was the best part of it!!! $429. I have another one that I have used for years, and have found it to be a quite good considering the heavy use that it is subjected to. So to get one in this kind of shape, and at that price kind of makes my year so far.