MassMark
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I just picked up my first M-44 last week for a whopping $75.00 At first I was concerned because the bore was very dark, but a good scrubbing and 100-rounds later and it looks new. I took it out in the snow on Friday and it was the most fun I've had in a long time. I was shooting at 50-yards and was surprised how accurate it is! I had heard, (read ), horror stories about them shooting 8" to 1' high and did not find this to be the case whatsoever. Mine was right on the money at 50-yards and I'm looking forward to stretching it out a bit. Ammo is super cheap, (get it while it is) and the M-44 is just a badarsed boomstick. I had some trouble working the bolt properly at first and even caught myself forgetting it was a bolt gun and squeezing the trigger for a second round... 
I also had the Mosin version of "Garand Thumb" - manually loading each round into the magazine was tough on my fat thumb, (man do I need strippers)....wait, did I just say that... However, by the end of the range time, it felt like an old friend.
I walked out of the gun shop with a rifle and 100-rounds of 7.62x54R for under a hundred bucks and am already plotting to buy another one....
I also had the Mosin version of "Garand Thumb" - manually loading each round into the magazine was tough on my fat thumb, (man do I need strippers)....wait, did I just say that... However, by the end of the range time, it felt like an old friend. I walked out of the gun shop with a rifle and 100-rounds of 7.62x54R for under a hundred bucks and am already plotting to buy another one....