The purpose of a "thread" in an "on-line forum" is supposed to be for the mutual benefit for everyone who participates in that thread, not just the O.P., in my opinion.
In this particular case the O.P. probably never purchased the rifle in question and, therefore, never came back here. Hopefully those who made the effort to contribute to this thread have learnt something from each other because that is the purpose of on-line forums.