P.S...Mine has the "well worn" look, lovingly applied by a few thoughtless previous owners....a few scrawks and dings on the woodwork and the bluing being well worn. Stock has been stippled by someone and, although it doesn't look nice, it actually feels good and offers grip. The off-colour pistol grip cap looks really naff, as well!
Someone fitted a Superstar style trigger blade at some point, too. And the trigger's certainly crisp enough to shoot them tight groups on paper and, most definitely, an excellent field trigger. I sort of take that pretend first stage up and treat it as a single stage trigger.
As I say, it really does have that well-worn look, like an everyday "farm tool", but the thing shoots that nicely that it will stay with me. And I wouldn't have thought I'd be saying this before owning the two rifles again in recent times, but I much prefer it to the Mercury S.
Not averse to getting another one, either, if one were to pop up at the right money........