Doesn't matter if it is or isn't - it's not an expensive rifle. Probably could tell a tale about being dragged through the brush or cradled on a Christmas morning. It looks like someone really cared about it at one time. Let's see a youth today put down his PSP and pick up some tools. Workmanship is in the eye of the beholder. I wish I could hunt down my first rifle - oh the tales it would tell.
It's still locked in Grampa's gun safe with about 30 others LOL. Never shot it, he wants to sell the whole works; just don't know how much to offer...Shoot good?
I got a model 4(magazine fed version) from a CGNer last week, should be scoped and shooting by the end of the week.
Here's some info on the Model 3s,
"http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163291"