[PA Rifleman]

Not sure exactly what you're asking, Will. As you can see from the pictures the weld quality certainly is adequate and asthetically acceptable. It isn't original, but it does work.

As far as how I feel about it, it's more up to the end buyer. In my case, I'll leave it as-is for the short term. In the long run I'll keep an eye out for an original long-handle bolt body. If I don't find one, I may develop a technique similar to the original bolt handle modification and re-do it myself.

If you're asking about value, the decisive factor is the provenance of the basic rifle. If it was never a sniper, it will always be a repro at best, a fake at worst. Slapping a PU scope makes it nothing more than a scoped 91/30, and isn't worth much more than the cost of the rifle and parts. The real value of such a gun is the inexpensive and ubiquitous ammunition.

In my case, the new "sniper" appears to be an ex-sniper that was reconfigured back, an with a sub-standard mount that I chose to replace with an original. In this case, I will keep the rifle that survived the trip, but I have returned the rifle that arrived broken in shipment.

Does this answer your question?