I won one at a raffle. Mine wasn't as bad as your's sounds, but very very underwhelming. Emphasis on very... I ended up trying to clean up the action and the trigger and the stock and tune it the best I could. Grabbed all the spare parts and an ordered an inexpensive scope for it and gave it to my brother for his birthday. It wasn't even worth the time I put into it. But my brother was happy and it will be just fine for what he intended to use it for. I try not to trash other people's products if I can help it, but I don't know that I could ever in good conscience let anyone I know pay money for one.