I apologise if I sounded like I was trashing you, I was just suggesting you could get a rifle that was already converted into something else instead of using an original military 91/30. BTW, you might want to think about mounting your bipod on the stock instead of the barrel for better accuracy, and free-floating the whole barrel instead of bedding it.
I just saw ATI has a bipod that mounts to the stock. I will take your advice and try that. This was just a bipod I had sitting around.