Missed one of these the other day that got bid up to $500ish, my most successful tactic on gunbroker has been to target auctions that end after most boomers bed times, especially on off days (tues-thurs), bid right at 15min remaining, and cross my fingers.
Trying to bring old bits back together, pretty happy with the rifle, seems all correct to me except a mismatched Romanian contract bolt, but considering how hard of a life these lived in WW2....many being carried in to Russia by the Germans, many being captured, and then redistributed by the russians to the Romanians or whomever....im pretty okay with it. Finding a clean one and finding one with the Lion crest intact seems to be threading two needles. Sling may be upside-down, try to not give me a hard time if it is 🤣