The bore is actually pretty good. I don't know how much my grandfather used it when he was alive but I know he used it at his ranch for predators who might have threatened his cattle. A lot of critters probably met their end there.

My grandfather was a rancher who was brought up near the end of the depression so he would jerry-rig and fix anything himself instead of throwing anything away or buying anything new. I assume this is where the miscellaneous alters to the gun would have taken place. Also, I can't imagine the amount of banging around this would have had on the tractor and other equipment he brought this on and probably just tossed around. This is definitely a gun that has had better days but because of that, reminds me of him and is priceless.

My end goal was to keep the gun as close to how he left it as possible but just did not really like the old cheap scope that he had on it which was actually loose. I have actually purchased a really nice restored krag last year and that is the main one I shoot (when ammo is not super expensive) but it is nice to take this one out once in a while. It just has a more well used (in a good way) feel.