Well this is one I threw a max bid at, and won, walked out the door at my max bid of 380, that included 10% buyers fee and 5.3% tax. Been a while.... ok, years since I bought a Mosin, I tried to quit...
but, in my defense, I fell off the wagon....I didn't have an M38..
It's a typical forced match refurb, wearing an M44 stock, has the bayonet groove. It's a fairly common Izhevsk dated 1941, but not nearly as common as the M44, it has a really nice bore with some haze in the grooves, and numerous proof marks. Actually, it's one of the cleaner rifles I've bought, no grease anywhere, just needed some oiling up.