You're right, Mister Smith. It could be. However, I've now got a bunch of other things that are more likely candidates. Chief among them is the fact that I am at least the third owner in the past decade and the last one coughed this one up as a deal sweatener and threw in gobs of ammo to boot. That says a lot. For all the stories you read out there with fairytale endings, the average military Mauser wearing its existing barrel has quite often ended up a 2-4 MOA rifle-- not a tomato stake, but not a tack driver either.
I'm not giving up yet, but. . .
