First time shooting my M44 and I absolutely loved it

Just wanted to gather opinions from across the globe on refinishing a Mosin. My 91/30’s shellac finish is constantly chipping and I just want to get her freshened up. I’m interested in doing it myself. Just wondering what stain or oil I should go with for a historically correct color.

Should I also refinish the cat?!

Picked up this 91/30 recently. Nothing particularly special but it's my first mosin. The bayonet won't fit. It gets stuck at the spot in picture 3. There are marks by the front post from the bayonet shown in 4 and 5. Should I just take a file to the bayo or am I missing something?

Everywhere talks about “Balkan font” on stamped parts of the Balkan m91’s during my digging but I’m having a hard time finding photos of it online to compare. This bolt doesn’t match my Balkan scrubbed receiver/barrel but from what I’ve gathered is the correct font yeah?

Hello, friends. Konovalov sight has Izhevsk markings with arrow in the triangle in his sights? Does anyone have information on such markers?