How does it shoot? That movement is no big deal normally but let the accuracy tallk to you. You can see that slop and it may bother some, whereas you can't see the slop thats in most bolt rifles that causes them to not shoot the best either. Rely on what the paper tells you.

I've got an Encore in black powder with play in it that will shoot 3 shot groups at 300 yards off bags that averages around 4-5 inches max. For blackpowder thats decent enough. But I am a competitive shooter and anal so I'll be tweaking the gun. Not only the pin, but the pin won't fix the side to side movement. That will need to be shimmed. It'll be a good winter project one year. In the meantime the gun has taken one muley at over 200 yards. And is capable to over 300 easily. What more do I need at the moment?

Jeff