I'm a little late on this question, I should ask: "Was it safe to fire!?"

I tested a Type 38 that looked complete in every way: standard sights, dust cover, barrel looked decent with OK riflings (a bit of wear at the muzzle). The 'mum was gone, and I don't mean ground off, it looked like it never had one. With factory Norma ammo, I couldn't get it on paper at 100yds, it looked like it was shooting low, smacking the ground even with the rear sight flipped-up and set at 800 yds. After 17 shots, mostly with pierced primers and the primer sticking out a bit, I ceased fire. It was then that I noticed that it had the two "00" in front of the serial number.

Did I flirt with death? Or are training rifles relatively safe but may have failed some standard for accuracy?

Thanks in advance!
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