Rod, I think I bought a lot of Ruger stuff with no boxes, or even paperwork, in the past 40 years... Figured I'd always be able to find the missing parts, and that the price would level out in the future, so to say. Now, I think we are wiser and older.......That said, I suspect we still find ourselves out of control, similar to my being with the Potato Farmer at that auction in my home country on April 28th...........Must have bid too much and spent too much, as the Auctioneer thanked us both for making his day, whatever that meant......... :roll: :shock: 8)