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The barrel was probably like a 30 year old sewer pipe long before the other guy got the rifle. Mosins were issued to illiterate peasant conscripts who didn't care if the thing shot well or not,
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Kind of a shame to burst a bubble, but many MNs are un-issued. Pretty no, corroded out, no as well.
I had one that had to have come in from Spain before the wall went down (forget the arms dealer, but he was famous) - upshot was it had a very clean rifling. Either not shot or not shot much.
Of course the Spanish and International Patriots who used them were not illiterate Russian peasants