I have one that I thought was beat up. The wood is really gouged in spots like it rode in a wagon with no protection. It came down my wife's side of the family. One of my uncles had one from dad's side that was in very good condition, but I think one of his worthless grandsons got it. Probably sold it for drug money.
I shoot the one I have occasionally with lead bullets and a light load of 2400 powder. It shoots pretty straight given the condition of the bore. What it does do is shoot very well for me offhand. I can shoot very good groups, for me, offhand with the open military sights. The only change I have made to it was replace the front sight blade with one a lot taller so it would zero at 100 yds.
I killed an antelope with it, and placed second in a shoot'n match. Alliance Ne. used to hold a match just for original trapdoors. Don't know if they still do or not, that was some time ago.
