Chris Goodwin has M44s on sale live for £150 in perfect condition 1945 dated.
If you are buying an SKS, Russianstamped parts got sold/transferred to the Chinese circa 1952. In my view the Russian version is better made. Zastiva in Yugoslavia
also made a version of the SKS fitted with a grenade sight!
Has a nice find for a friend last week. Bought a D/A,1938, laminated stock, long barrel Mosin Nagant rifle for £185.00 with a new sling and matching number bayonet. Both Ishmash made ( apologies for not reading and writing Russian correctly) Triangle containing an arrow stampings.
Kind regards, Lester