First deer 'rifle' was an old 1898 krag that was horribly cut down, had a bent 1903 sight stuck on it, front barrel band was a zip tie, and a lyman peepsite for the rear which necessitated the removal of the mag cutoff.
But it had a great bore and shot very well despite the 'reed blowing in the wind' appearance of the front site (apparently it was sighted in that way).
I hated 30-06 as a recoil sensitive sub 100 pounder, but with a heavy coat, that 8.5-9lb rifle was a breeze to shoot, as long as I didn't have to hold it up long. Sounded like a cannon going off too (not sure how short the barrel was...) but everyone would look over when sighting it in for the season.
