I had an old Mauser that was sporterized and rebarreled in .243(Don't hurt me, I got it that way), with an old Redfield scope on it. It kicked way harder than a .243 should have, thanks to that steel Mauser buttplate, but it was scary accurate. My dad taught me about guns on this rifle, it was mine. He got my brother a Savage .30-06, and my brother would have a blast shooting the 4x4 support posts at the gun range, but I was a better shot than him with my old .243 Be it stroke of luck or not, at 13 years old, I was able to shoot through a previous hole near the 10 ring on a paper target at 100 yards. My dad told me he would've called it a miss if he wasn't on the range scope and watched the hole get bigger as the round traveled through it. We picked her up for under $100, and when times got tough after my parent's divorce, the old Mauser had to go....
...I miss that old gun....