I have five. They are neat as a piece of history. I don't modify them for that reason. I'm more interested in the history of the weapons than messing around with them in a gunshop. Some of these are real pieces of history.

I saw a model 1898 MN manufactured under the Tsar which still had it's Imperial crest on it. That meant it hadn't been taken over by the Commies yet. It was saved from such ignominy by being captured by the Germans during WWI. There was a German capture stamp on it. There was also an Austrian stamp on it so the Germans must have given it to the Austrians during the war and thereafter the Austrians gave it to the Finns as it also had a Finnish stamp on it. The Finns used MN's exclusively and they used them very well in fact against the Russians during the 30's and 40's. So that was a rifle that had been thru WWI and II in the hands of four major combatants and still didn't seem to be in too bad a shape. Would have been a great piece of history to have. Unfortunately I just didn't have the money

As shooters. They can be pretty decently accurate rifles though I prefer the K98 to them in that score as well. As regards mucking around with them. If you can find a really common version that's a really beaten up old thing then I guess there's no historical loss modifying them.

- Peter.

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