Regarding Virtue

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I think the question posed was premature. As a newbie I've just recently upgraded from a shooter to colletable. I purchased A nice matching 1938 S/42 at about. The gun I don't think had been cleaned by the vet who brouht it back. After cleaning I see that the bore on the gun has very strong bright rifling, but has light frosting throughout and was kind of dissapointed (probably a reflection of all my modern firearms and what I'm used to seeing) I've searched the old boards and found some great info on bore grading which lends me to believe that this bore doesn't really fall into pitted, but frosted(light pitting). From what I'm reading this would be considered "very good to excellent?" I think I've also learned that "mirror" bores like what I see on newer firearms are the exception. Anyway I welcome and value your comments to this newbie.