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This may be a stupid question, but if I'm at a pawn shop looking at old Mosin rifles and I'm interested in looking down the bore to see as to its condition, if I remove the bolt, look through from the receiver end to make sure it's cleared, put a flashlight on the receiver end and then look down the muzzle end, is this considered dangerous/foolish? I've heard that one is "not supposed to look down a barrel of a gun" for good reasons to an inexperienced handler but if you're checking on the condition you do get a much better look from the barrel end rather than the receiver/stock end.