I've seen MN's with all matching numbers that fit together like junk, and MN's that were rebuilt with nothing matching that work slick as greased owl doody. Different manufacturing plants, some with barrels shot out, rusted out, and some that looked factory new, some "armory rebuilt", some even missing pieces! All on the same rack, same supplier, same "grade", same price.
IMO, the balance and feel of the M30 is so nice (perfect!) it's a more practical and better gun than the M44. For being a broom handle, they carry through the woods EXTREMELY well to my experience. And the bayonet could be used to "poke" critters on the other side of a river if needed!
Last MN I bought I told them to just keep the accesory package, just give me the bayonet. There's to many of these things around to ever have collector value (talking about the $90 buys), and I've got to much junk as it is.
The one Quaker ordered has a realy nice looking finish on the steel. Let us know how it is!