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My new Hungarian 91/30 or more correctly Puska 48.M. Marked 1952 all matching and all properly marked with Hungarian 02 stamp. I believe I posted the original one I purchased, but when it arrived the bore was not good and the butt plate was rusted. Seller took it back and provided a full reimbursement. This one has been fully inspected and is good to go.
Hungarian 91/30's are sufficiently rare here in the US that you should have kept the first one also bore dark or no.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt