Christmas in July . . .

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That's very curious as I did not post the previous message, nor use the quote function.

What I said was:

Don't worry about your rifle, it looks fine and as there were about 37 million of them produced, they are never going to be worth much with or without the shellac put on them for storage purposes that would not last 3 days in the field.

This wasn't a typical M91/30 rifle, it was an original (although refurbished) WWII PU Sniper made by Tula. People who are very much "in the know" when it comes to these rifles estimate that there are between 5000 and 8000 of these rifles imported to the US. Only a very small percentage of those are Tulas.

Shellac is the original finish on these rifles, not something unique for "storage purposes."


Obviously the rifle really isn't ruined, just the resale/collector value.