I'm still kinda looking for the right hex receiver 91/30*. Then again, I'm
still looking for the right M38 but, day-UM, have you seen the kind of
blood money 38s are bringing these days? Without the fruity folding
bayonet it's a lot handier and more useful than the M44, and I should
have picked one up when they were cheap. I have as hard a time
acclimating to the $250+ M38 as I do the $400 used Smith & Wesson Model 10.
Anyhow, it's not any kind of urgent quest. At some point in the future I will be in a gun show with money in my pocket and the right gun with the right price tag will cross my path.
*I've got a '44 Izhevsk 91/30 and a '53 Hungarian M44, but it's not the same as a hex-receiver 91/30 and an M38...