My father has been following my exploits with the Russianicon surplus rifles and decided to get one himself a few weeks ago. He managed to get a M44 cheap, something I havent' seen yet getting into the market a bit late for them.

I had a chance to look at it over the weekend and it is in very good condition with the exception of the muzzle which has been counterbored. It was difficult to tell the actual condition of the bore as he hadn't cleaned it out yet but it didn't look bad. At worst, some minor pitting, at best, it's just dirty.

I have not yet seen a 91/30 that has been counterbored but I know they exist. Is this common practice with the M44's and if so, why, they weren't used as long as the 91/30's.
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