ndnchf,
The problem is, it is a "quality" original Remington barrel that's 135-140 years old inside. Looks good from the breech end but looking down the muzzle I can barely make out the rifling for 2-3 inches. It was a gamble that it would shoot and today proved it doesn't. Not hitting an 18X30 piece of cardboard with but one shot was telling. Not coming close to anything with the remaining 7 shots was the nail(s) in the coffin. They weren't all misses in the same direction either. One shot was high, the next was low. Then one went high and right, etc. and not by inches but by feet.
Dave