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I bought this at a Big5 sporting goods store a couple years ago for $99. The barrel looked good. After cleaning there was some shine. The grooves remained a bit dark but the lands appeared sharp and strong all the way to the muzzle.
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That little chip of wood missing at the rear of the handguard in the right photo is the only real oopsie. As I mentioned in another post about this rifle elsewhere, instead of slugging it I had some cast 8mm boolits all lube-sized to .325" so I loaded 50 rounds, 10 each of 5 different generic type loads. Shooting them proved a bit disappointing. No wild but rather larger then a person would be really happy about :-)
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I got involved with several something else's for a period of time before getting back to this rifle. I had some of the Lee C329-205R's cast up so I oiled the barrel and drove one into the breech. It had upset enough to also give a throat measurement, which was just a couple tenths shy of .329". Egads!
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I then drove another up past the throat, and tapped it out and got a measurement of .314"x .327" (and a couple tenths). I did the same at the muzzle and got the same measurement. I then made myself a .328" push through size die. I then lube-sized a bunch of the Lee C329-205R's to .329" (I already had a die that size) and then sent them up through the .328" die. I also had to make a new 'M' type caseneck expander, and then loaded them up over the same loads as previously loaded with the muchly undersized cast slugs.
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I haven't had a chance to fire them yet, but I have high hopes as now I know they FIT! It's a nice rifle. The number on the buttstock matches the serial number on the action, barrel, and bolt. However I know these had been rearsenaled as the side sling swivels had been removed as evidensed by that round plug up toward the wrist. It has nice wood, and when I bought it I thought it was walnut, but now know it's some species of Elm.
...............Buckshot