kciH - Hmm, perhaps I need to be less traditional and consider a 7mm-08 in a BLR? I have quite a few lever guns but I have none in the .25 to .28 caliber range. I have looked at a Winchester 88 in .284 but it had the stock cut down and I passed on a Savage 250-3000. I have heard good things about the 7-30 Waters but I didn't realize that bullet availability was a problem.