Thanks, I am pretty specific on those first three for sentimental and practical reasons. My maternal grandpap had a Flaigs 257 built on a 03A3 if I remember correctly. My dad had been shooting it more recently. My dad also had a Sako and Winchester 264 Mag, The Sako was an early rifle right after the 264 came out. My dad passed away two years ago, and my stepmother has retained all the guns against my dad's wishes as they were all to come to me, but there's nothing in writing. I'm particularly cranky about the 257, and it was really my gun from my grandfather but my dad had been shooting it for a long time, he shot that gun a lot with my grandpap as a young man groundhog hunting.
The 284 is just because. I wanted one for years, In all three cases, I have a boatload of brass and bullets, as well as dies and a donor, but no pew pew so it would be just a barrel swap and I am in. As a lefty, a few years ago I found the joys of Savage. It's just too easy to swap. Eventually, I'll run out of other projects and just buy some new barrels but I seem to keep finding other cool used stuff to get involved with. I'm getting older, and this stuff is moving to the top of my priority list.
