Oh, and this is the extreme end of what I consider to be bubba work:
Is that a pistol grip on that finely crafted 'tactical Mosin-Nagant 91/30 assault rifle'? I thought it looked more like one of those buttstock monopods used to tame the awesome recoil to allow faster and more accurate follow-up shots.
I must admit, I've only ever seen them on LMGs like the early Bren guns (to help the gunner control recoil while firing bursts from prone position to allow more accurate cover fire) and on sniper rifles that were either extremely heavy (to help support the weight to reduce tremble while aiming) or in heavy-recoil calibres (for faster follow-up shots). I've never really consider the 91/30 firing 7.62mmR to fall into any of those categories...
Was the bayonet refinished in a camo pattern to reduce glare?
As far as the Ross shown earlier, it looks like one of the English "gun trade" Rosses. After WW2, the Rosses shipped to England for emergency rearmament were turned over to the English gun trade - companies like Parker Hale - to be turned into nice looking hunting rifles. The same thing was done with a lot of Lee Enfield Mk IIIs and No. 4s. The resulting sporting rifles were then sold abroad as a means to bring needed hard currency back into the UK.
The degree of work done varied from just putting on a nicer 'Monte Carlo' wood sporting stock to replacing sights, changing triggers, and sometimes fitting different barrels. (Some of the wartime manufacture British No. 4s definitely
needed better barrels). The Ross rifles were all so well made to such a high standard that most of them just had the barrel shortened and either a nicer sporting stock put on or else just the forewood trimmed.
In keeping with British hunting preferences of the time, most of the rifles were either left with their original military iron sights or else had express leaf sights fitted instead; no provision for scopes. Although some of Parker Hales 'deluxe' Lee Enfield sporting rifles could be ordered with a side-mounted scope base if desired.
It looks like your Ross was a higher grade 'Gun Trade' rework -- and then Bubba in North America decided he wanted to mount his cool new Weaver scope on it and drilled and tapped the appropriate holes...
