I found a russian mosin M91/59 in a local gun shop and it was sporterized with a cut down stock, a fabricated bent bolt, a trigger job and a newer front sight done by a local gun smith. He did an awesome job on it. I replaced the stock with the one from sportsmans guide and now she is a real looker. The bore/gun appears to be in new or unissued condition. Next to it in the gun shop was a m95 chilean 7mm mauser in excellent condition i bought that too. Bill
So far i built a german 98k sporter from parts, a chilean 7mm sporter from parts and a scoped mosin from parts. My german 98k cost me under $150 with a scope and a replacement barrel. I used the orginal german military stock with a military 3 post scope. I purchased a german 98k with a sewer pipe barrel for $20.