Well, I totally understand where you are coming from. But, here is a little bit more info about my interest in Sass and my progression in today's gun culture. I was raised on the old Westerns. I loved John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and the movie Tombstone will forever be among my favorite films. With both actors I was also heavily exposed to WWII and other military campaigns. After joining the Marines in 2006 I was further exposed to the stories of Bella Wood, Tarawa, etc and became enamored with Military history. I started my research at WWII and I would eventually start collecting WWII rifles so that I could find a way to share in the experience of that war. I moved forward into Korea, Vietnam, and into the modern day. I've built over 15 AR-15s now, most I built for friends on their receivers, so I do not have that many, but I also I started to collect Soviet and Warsaw Pact stuff and I became enamored in Russian history. This lead me back to WWI, because the Mosin was heavily used here, and I started to slowly collect guns from the WWI era. I don't have many, but I have a couple of pre 1918 firearms. I started back in college around this time fancying a history degree, so I started to learn things about the 1700's and 1800's...of course this translated to me wanting to invest in black powder weapons, which I have yet to do, and when learning about the incidents that resulted in the events like Custer's Last Stand my love for the old west came flooding back to the fore front of my mind. It was about here that I started looking into competition shooting for fun. I accidentally stumbled on Cowboy action shooting, and I am enthralled by the concept, the premise of reenacting, and getting to experiment with, experience, and collect a whole new niche' of firearms. Even the calibers involved are insanely interesting to me. So my thoughts on the Mosin that I have asked about...how is all of this relevant? I am interested in Black powder shooting, 3 gun, and long range. I do not have any guns that fall under the guidelines of SASS shooting as of yet, but I do have several Mosins and a ton of spare parts. I just wanted to know if there was some way that I could use one of them until I could find something more appropriate. Just so I can get started is all Thanks.