First of this month, I dropped in to Academy. They had their black axis on sale for $259 (still do on-line). Didn't even know about the rebate, at first. Knowing the Camo Axis, which I had been lusting for, regularly sells for $359, I asked if they had one and "how much is it on sale for?" Guy finds the only one left, hits it with the computer wand and shows me--$259! I said, "Sold!". With a wide-eyed, deer-in-the-headlights look, he said, "There must be some mistake". Swiped it two more times, even hand-plugged in the numbers and it still came up $259. With job security uppermost in his mind, he calls over the manager, who says.."What the hell", let it go for that. So... it was a no state sales tax weekend; I found an old Academy gift card in my wallet with $4.58 left on it; Savage had just implemented its first rebate--What else could I do? A message from God, right?