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Has it been counterbored? Many overhauled Soviet arms have.
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What he means by that is, if you look down the bore from the front (bolt out of the gun, please), do you see rifling right away, or is there a step inside the barrel before the rifling starts. Many rifles got worn near the muzzle end, so the response was to counterbore, or to drill a little ways down until there was solid rifling. It does not affect the accuracy and in some cases, will improve it from before. It is not a dangerous thing and your gun will be safe to shoot.
Welcome to the world of Mosin-Nagant. Although this is a great forum, you might also want to check out
www.surplusrifleforum.com , which is a forum strictly for surplus military guns, and they have years worth of M-N info there.
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