the other day i went down to the local big 5. i had heard they got some m44's in stock, and i had been wanting one. it turned out they were m38's. well i already have one of those. but hiding in the back of the rack was a m95. i asked to see it. the counter guy said it's broken. we can't get the bolt back in, and we are going to have send it back. i said i still wanted to see it to look it over. he handed it to me, i held the bolt end in my left hand, pulled the other end and twisted till it locked, slid the bolt back into place. then asked if they would give me 10% off, since i fixed it for them. he went to talk to his boss, came back and said yes they would. so i bought it. out the door price 96$. i didn't think that was too bad. all the wood, including the upper forestock, both barrel bands, the bolt, the receiver have matching serial numbers. the only thing i don't think is original to this gun is the trigger guard and mag assembly. they are marked with a K and the receiver is marked with a R. the only thing i am not happy with is when it was rebored, one of the S was stamped over the original proof marks. i can make out the BP, and tell it has the double shield, and see the 1 part of the date. but i can't tell what the next number was. but i guess i know it was made somewhere between 1916 and 1918. now i just need to find a bayonet. well here's the pics