it shoots rather well, it was passed to me by my father and to him from his father or grandfather i cant remember which, the wood stock is not the original and the rifle has been lightened and shortened, and the sights changed, from what i was told  the rifle came from one of the wars and was turned into a saddle rifle/ coyote gun for when they were working cattle, oddly this rifle dose not recoil any harder thana 30-06 or a 308 and about half the recoil of a mosin nagant, im thinking about putting the hand made wood stock in a safe place and getting a polymer stock system but im torn if i go with the ati scout stock i will not have to drill and tap the receiver for a scope mount it had a built in scope rail but minimal shooter adjust-ability, but if i go with the pro mag industries arch angle system i will have to drill and tap the receiver for a scope mount but i gain alot of adjust-ability shoulder stock cheek riser and the added benefit of a 10 round detachable magazine rather than a 5 round integral magazine im open to others opinions on the subject