I had one in that age range though probably a bit older. It had a very long throat, but still held 5/8 inch five shot groups with my handloads. During that time Ruger bought their barrels and some were better than others. I believe mine was a Wilson based on the long throat. My son has the rifle now and it is still a good shooter. We are considering having it rebarreled just to see what a custom barrel can do.