Josmund - while your Bison may now win a beauty contest (as you said) and it probably wouldn't win an accuracy contest against a higher end ML, it looks like it will kill a deer just a dead. The accuracy of that 100 yd target is more than good enough for hunting accuracy. I have an old Knight that I paid $50 for on an online auction and I put a used Bushnell shotgun scope on it and it will shoot about 1" or so at 100 yds. (Even with a big ol rust spot about 2" down the bore)