When I brought it home I ran a few patches through it and out comes what looked like metal, corrosion, fouling. The more patches the cleaner it got but the less the rifling was visible. At that point I knew it was toast. IIRC I paid under 300 for the rifle. Plus 120.00 for a replacement barrel. I have a RA 5-42 for it. Still a bargain for a shooter in my book. I am curios how the throat is gone as well as all the rifling but still headspaces??