After a long scenic drive on 44/55 to Amenia, CT, I got to see an example of a sadly neglected muzzleloader that was very rusted and had carvings that were probably done by a guy who worked in a body shop and used a sanding disc and a die grinder. I say that because the seller also worked at the nice aforementioned body shop. The young guy traded a lawn mower for this Mountain Rifle and a Mossberg shotgun and just wanted to get rid of it, he liked more modern stuff. Anyways, after the long trip, I decided to liberate this rifle and give it a new home and some tlc...well, actually a lot...lol. It took several days of scrubbing the barrel, cleaning stuff, getting a few items from Deer Creek Products (awesome place), some frustrations, and I finally got it to go bang. The bore is pitted, but it still has good rifling, all things considered. The stock, I guess I'll live with it the way it is for now. I see why FG beds the tang on these, there's like a 3/8" gap or more under it, and if flops up and down when I remove the barrel. It looks like someone tried to remove the breech and drum with a pair of vice grips and a cresent wrench, the bolster screw it all buggered up, I filed it a little, but I'm not really concerned about replacing it. Man, I see why PRB guys like these. I googled an old Midway page from 2001 I think...$209.00 for the percussion, oh the good ole days. I'm used to flintlocks, so I had a few problems getting it to go bang. One of the things I got from DCP was a new nipple. I couldn't get ignition with the old one...after some cussing and tinkering, along with 60gr 2 F Goex and a magnum <a href='/tags/11' rel='nofollow' title='See all tagged subjects with: #11'>#11</a> cap, I took aim at a small deadly flower pot at a distance of about 25 yds and almost hit it...wasn't really aiming too much...but it got away unharmed...haha.