Before anyone calls me a bubba, this M44 was in terrible shape with a not so great bore. I wouldn't have done this to a nice M44. I cut down the barrel to just above 16.5" and crowned, added the front sight back, modified the stock fore end, removed the bluing from the hardware, painted stock black, cut down a cleaning rod to fit, glued on the commie star, and added the black sling. It's basically a flame thrower. Numbers match though. Asking $275 obo. Meet in Commerce, this ain't Uber Eats or Door Dash.