In my opinion, if the bore is poor, the poor thing has become a parts donor. Years ago, an 03a3 barrel could be bought for peanuts, rethreaded and installed. Barrels were cheap and labor was cheap.
I agree with jon, wait for a better one, there are still plenty of "sporters" out there and with brass getting harder to obtain no doubt a few will be hitting the market .. my ha-penny
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