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I have been looking to build a reproduction Mosin sniper. For Christmas I got the reproduction sniper scope and mount from Sportsmans guide. I know, not perfection, but close enough for me. Well, I sold another set of rims I had and bought this '44 Izzy ex sniper from Pat Burns. It is a '44 with a very repaired ex sniper stock, which I thought was pretty nostalgic. The plan was to take the action, keep the stock as is, and drop the action into another stock with cutout for the scope mount. The action is kinda smooth. However the bore was listed as good sharp and shiney. Looking at it (got it yesterday afternoon), the bore looks very worn out. The lands toward the end of the muzle are almost worn down. Worse than my '42 infantry Mosin, and much worse than my '32 infantry Mosin, which is pretty sharp. Haven't shot it yet, but just in looking at it, I'm debating on selling it already and try another exsniper and try my luck. I wanted a really good bore, and even asked for more in depth crisper pictures, and they looked good via email. So now I debate, sell and go fishing again, or keep this one?
I would get a new stock like you said and slap a scope on it. I don't think the bore is horrible.
