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The bore (#1) has to be in nice shape and the lock (#2) has to be a decent sparker. Depending on what you find most everything else on the rifle can be "easily" fixed and or tuned.
 
Depends on what you want to do with it. The most costly scenario is your obtaining an after-market drop-in barrel. A LOT of guys if they find an inexpensive TC such as yours, but with a roached bore from improper cleaning, send it out to get the barrel reamed smooth in the next higher common caliber. So a lot of .50's become .54 smoothbores (28 gauge), and a lot of .54's become .58's (24 gauge). Normally these are plenty accurate for deer using roundball out to 50 yards, AND do well on squirrels and rabbits with shot, and this is often done for less than $150 including shipping. For a bit more one can have the barrel reamed and then re-rifled, if one needs to go for deer and such beyond 50 yards as a regular rule.

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Could make for a fun matchlock conversion…
 
I'll bet it's gone when you get back. If it isn't there's probably something wrong with it.
As I stated, black powder rifles don’t move much in these parts. But I’ll be back in that store on Thursday. But even if it is a total garbage rod, I could still use it to as a cheap intro to learn black powder and muzzle loading basics on. But then an in-line Traditions Buck Stalker don’t cost much more brand new.
 
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Where about in Pasco? If you decide to pass I might be interested ( I need a barrel for a renegade I bought)
 

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