A few years ago an old boy up the road from me went to meet his maker.His son a lawyer from Chicago came to settle the old mans estate,part of which were a lot of WWII items and a few capture weapons.All the son wanted to do was clear the place out and get back to the big city,I ended up with a Arisaka 6.5 rifle with the Mum still intact.To shorten this story I got it home checked it out and found that sometime in the late 50s or early 60s the old guy converted it to .257 Roberts,I spent a little money getting it D&T put some good glass on and it is my go to rifle for the Wisc.white tail ( Iowa is a shotgun only state) season.So IMHO there are some good milsurp rifles out there but the Mosin-Nagant is not one save your money
Gunny