Yes that's a beauty, rifles like that don't come by every day, truly a rare find in rare condition!
I like they way you described how you had to scrounge to come up with the resources and almost had to re-mortgage the house as it were to purchase it, but low and behold you stuck your neck out and as a result the new owner. Please let me be the first to know when the novelty wears off, LOL!!!
I hope you're going to take it to the range bench a few times and I think we would all be interested to know the results.
Congratulations on that one.