I always wondered about those stoclks. I even saw a 788 that someone had put a TH stock on. Checkered and all. Spent more for the stock than the gun was worth. The 30-30 I had shot really great groups(pointy bullets)...always under an inch which is good for me. I got that gun from a guy that had a stuck bullet in the bbl. with a cleaning rod stuck behind it. Darn thing had a big ol gouge in the bbl after we got it all out. At least he didn't try to shoot the stuck bullet out!
The darn thing still shot great. He sold it to me for 50 bucks. Smoothed the bore up with jewelers rouge on a patch and kept on shooting it. I did have a guy that shot a stuck bullet out. Brought the gun to me cause it had a bulge in the bbl. He finally told me what he had done to get the bulge. It was a 22 Mag bolt gun. It also still shot ok. Most 22 mags never seemed to be the most accurate anyway