I know at the start of this thread you said no opinions,
But seriously, I don't understand why you would bother with a Mosin Nagant. I've heard of them, read up about them, seen them and had enough experience with family members who've owned two 91/30s who all put it's defining feature into 1 word: Junk.
Their only upside is their cheapness and introduction into how to completely overhaul a rifle made by some starved comrade in Russia, and maybe a half/decent cartridge. Although, any 30-06 or 8x57 would easily wipe the floor with it. Hell, even .303 british jacked up has pretty similar ballistics (200fps slower) Accuracy similar to that of the carcano (crap italian job) a bolt that gets brutally hard to work once it starts heating up, bayonets made from pitchforks and bits of pieces that look and feel like broken car parts should be enough to put a lot of people off of it. Most listings currently I've seen of 91/30s and M44 carbines go way up into the $400 price range here, and thats just ridiculous for them. Tho I'm sure they go for a lot cheaper other places.
Just to put down for different aspects too, if I wanted a big muzzle flash to fry marshmallows with, I'd get a No.5 mk.1 Jungle carbine (superior to M44), if I wanted something historical, I'd take a Long Tom Lee enfield. If I just wanted a good historical rifle, I'd grab a 98 model mauser. I've got nothing against you getting yours, I'm just throwing it out there, even though the information isn't that hard to find out either, that mosins are just cheap crap.
In fact, there's even a comparison between the 91/30 and 98 on youtube by TFBTV, take a watch of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzNlGlRHpMo