So I bought an M44...here's the story....
I was at a pawn shop I'd never been in before...I asked what that gun with the pale wood was, at the end of the display on the wall, and when the guy pulled it out,
I saw it was an M44 with no bayo, but the llug and screw are still there...
he said, "oh, you mean this old sniper rifle?"..... :laugh:
Then he says, I think its a Mauser.... :funny:
It's not bubba-ed too bad, they just took the bayo off, and pretty carefully "cleaned" the stock by sanding it lightly, all teh marks seem to be there, like the re-arsenal slashed rectangle...
Oh, and they bent the bolt handle about halfway to where it should be to be "bent" :evil: ...looks like they bent it by beating on it, no discoloration, but some slight dents or marks... but the numbers all match, and the bore looks decent.
I told him what it was, and why it wasn't a sniper, and what a 91/30 was, and then I offered him $75, but he said he needed $100, I told him they won't group without the bayo, I'd be needing to add that to even shoot it much, and he looked it up on ebay, and knocked another $10 off...
He had me spell Mosin Nagant when he made out the Fed paperwork...he thought it was all one word... :roll:
Looks like a round low wall receiver Izzy, early WW2 stock with the half sling slot things, counterbored muzzle, and I forget what year it said on the receiver, but in my head it was 1944....
Anyway....I need a bayo, anyone got one laying around? I need to look again and see what type the lug is...but I'll take anything I can get my hands on... :angel:
