I picked up another nice rifle a couple of weeks ago, an 1895 Spanish Mauser Carbine in 7.62.
Ive done a few things to tidy up the rifle and I'm happy with the aesthetics, now I just have to bed it and ill be done.
I have written a blog post about it here http://trumpychris.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/1895-spanish-mauser-carbine-762-nato.html
I put some rounds through it out at my range and it seems to be a sweet shooter and it has nothing like the recoil of the Mosin M44!
I'm taking this rifle on a pig hunt on Saturday, it should do the job quite nicely.