To answer a few questions:
Bought used about 20 years ago. It is a NY rifle.
Been through the pre flight and Montana Tinkering threads as well as rebedding.
Would rebore but looking to go smaller with this, leaning towards a 7-08 since I don't have one.
Knock Leupolds all you want but these scopes have been on other rifles where they were proven and have gone on to others where they still work. Same with mounts.
As stated I have been tinkering with this for about 15 years and after exhausting anything I could think of to do wanted to get any other easy/cheap suggestions before buying a new barrel.
Don't remember if I had ever run the borescope down this tube before but after doing it realized the barrel is crap. The pics are just a few representative shots, the bore looks like that from one end to the other.

Thanks for the tips and suggestions, it's rebarrel time!

I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
Jack O'Connor