Funny that photo from the muzzle end must make it look long; it`s not. At best the muzzle reaches your hip. I`ve got a few Full dress military rifles with long bbls, this one is pretty short compared to them.
Oh I`ll change that nasty - ass rear sight for a proper Krag sight if it`s feasable; a No-smith scope mount from S & K it the original irons are too costly.
The other side has a triangular piece missing from the stock just ahead of the magazine cover. Macon makes new stocks for it ( last I`d heard anyhow ). It`ll probably get one of those.
I only purchased it because I love the mechanics of it; it`s like a Ross rifle, different enough to be interesting. Extremely well machined. I find Mauser`s and Lee Enfields to be somewhat boring.
The tricky part is giving it a freshen-up without making it look gaudy.
Right now it just looks `Rode hard and put away wet`
I purchased 250 rds of mixed manufactured Ammo, some of it is virgin unprimed brass & a set of dies.
Elmer Keith speaks very highly of it in `Pet Loads`a solid 200 yard elk gun. I plan on just shooting deer with it so that may extend my range to 300 yds; any more than that is unsportsmanlike IMO.