The day after the last-ever crate of these has been sold, I'll be able to afford one.  I want a full-crate table sooooo bad.

Mine (well, technically my wife's):

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Was it picked through by importer/Classic at all or did you get some good ones? Get any rarities in the crate?

 

Actually, I picked it up at a gunshow. One of the local dealers always brought a crate of 91/30s with him; there were 9 left when I got there so I bought 'em and he threw the crate in gratis. All are the typical arsenal refurbed garden-variety Tulas with 1939-1944 dates. I filled the empty slot with a wartime Izhevsk. Under the rifles are the accouterments and a wartime-vintage crate of ammo on chargers.  
Dunno if my crate is anything like the ones Classic is selling, but it required a lot of repair to be sound and strong. I ended up stripping about 4 coats of paint and color-matched the deepest layer for the repaint.

If you're thinking about making a coffee table, do it! It's supremely badass. Keep the best 10 rifles and sell the other 10 to recoup part of the cost; you really can't see under the top row of rifles anyway.