Back in September, I picked up an M44 and as part of the deal, I gunshop tossed in a 91/30 Barreled receiver for $25.00 missing allot but I just happened to have most of the parts including a stock The only thing I will need is a complete bolt to make it back into a shooter.
I found a POS bolt assembly that I will have to rehab as well but its cheap. So my dilemma; The rifling in the barrel on this 91/30 is really good, the issue is that it has been, like a lot of Mosins, factory counterbored.
know I know that counterbore of itself is a good thing if the crown is damaged but I that's about it. So since this barreled receiver is just the original reciver, barrel, trigger guard and trigger group. There is much value in it.
I've always wanted to do a project rifle and this would make the perfect one; cutting the barrel to 26" like the Finnish M39 barrel and dropping it into a handmade custom or modified stock made from a damaged 91/30 stock.
So here is my Dilemma, I hate... really hate taking an original chunk of history and in reality destroying it (in this case just the barrel and bolt handle. I know that I would have a rifle I would enjoy shooting and hunting with but just can't get over messing with a historical item, no matter how sad it is right now.
That's my world though, I have a lot of rifles that I have brought back to life and it almost always cost me more then the rifle is worth if I had bought whole and in shooting condition.
As a matter of fact, just bought a Remington Model 12 on Gunbroker that need a lot of tender loving care which I will give it. (http://www.gunbroker.com/item/702087436) but I don't care because I have a love affair with model 12's it was my first rifle, my grandfathers rifle passed to me (I still have it and another 5 variations of the model 12)
What to do!!!!! Crap-o-la....
