Picked up a 1930 Springfield

[browningautorifle]

Lets see if we can re-state...a rifle that has a bad bore will keyhole at the muzzle. There are those that see rifling leaving the barrel with every shot. When a barrel is dark or eroded, it looses it's appeal and collectors turn up their nose at it. They will still shoot sometimes and yours is one that seems to do well. Lead bullets won't do well(maybe) but jackets are fine. Winchesters and 303s are examples of this. I've had both that were in this position. I had a Krag that had very little left to look at but handled jackets just fine. Many people start at 100 and don't do well but can't figure out why. The place to start was 25 to see where it prints. It gives you a very clear picture of where the fall of shot will be in relation to the vertical line. That is, left, right or on the aiming mark. The other thing I can't see from here is how much rifling is there, you say dark. That could be an almost new barrel that has been allowed to fur up and then was cleaned. Most of the time it means a less than stellar barrel. This is what I was thinking in your case, but again jackets seem to be fine. I'm hoping once you have a chance to print at 100 you'll come back and confirm my suspicions.

Lastly, I think you'll find the advisory staff and mods here are not really sarcastic or inflammatory. Some really have a great deal of knowledge and have been involved with this exact sort of thing for their whole lives...

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[Doug Rammel]

Lastly, I think you'll find the advisory staff and mods here are not really sarcastic or inflammatory. Some really have a great deal of knowledge and have been involved with this exact sort of thing for their whole lives...

I didn't see anything wrong with what you said.