Super Bubba Mosin I built

[fpgt72]

You know 40 years ago 1903's where cheap nothing rifles, Krags even cheaper. My father in law bubbed a Krag rifle back in the day....the reason he did not do the 1903 is it was too expensive, the 03 was $25, the Krag $15. I picked up my G43 that had been bubbed after the war and had to hunt down a repro stock....Guess we should be cutting up SKS...10 years ago they cost $75 and there are buckets of them...too bad you can't get a junk one for under $200 now.

Just because it is worth not a great deal of money now does not mean it always will....time will tell, but in 20years are we going to look at the people that screwed up Mosins with the same distaste as we do to the people that screwed up a Krag, 03, or G43?....my hunch is yes.

 

[Davek1977]

and even if you DO look at them in "distaste"......SO WHAT? Guns are material items that owners oftentimes modify to their liking. Some people will never approve, and some people will continue not to give a darn about that approval. If someone wants a collection of pristine milsurps, thereis absolutely nothing stopping them from acquiring them, putting them in a safe, and looking at them from time to time.. Likewise, I don't see why someone should hold onto a Mosin or any other rifle they own and want to SHOOT, and keep it in a configuration that isn't conclusive to the type or style of shooting that they do, just because it may please some collector in the far distant future. I personally don't care about the potential future collectors value of a crude hunk of metal and wood I bought to essentially play with and modify to MY liking....I have an idea. People who want to modify can buy their guns and do what they want to them, and those who are purists can buy their guns and not modify them. Everyone wins....except those on some sort of perceived high horse, that is.

As for "cutting up" a $75 SKS.....I did exactly that, and now have a gun I like as opposed to one I wasn't real fond of. I don't plan on donating it to a museum, I plan on shooting it, and the mods I made to it make that more enjoyable. The way I see it, I'm still far ahead of what I initially invested in the rifle "bubba'd" or not.

 

[kwguy]

Amazing. It's HIS rifle. Even if it WAS some old, rare something or other, it's still HIS. Leave him alone. I think it's pretty cool.

 

[Mp7]

Really like this one.


To all the purists: Raise money via crowdfunding and buy thousands of them
to preserve them.

 

[bainter1212]

You know 40 years ago 1903's where cheap nothing rifles, Krags even cheaper. My father in law bubbed a Krag rifle back in the day....the reason he did not do the 1903 is it was too expensive, the 03 was $25, the Krag $15. I picked up my G43 that had been bubbed after the war and had to hunt down a repro stock....Guess we should be cutting up SKS...10 years ago they cost $75 and there are buckets of them...too bad you can't get a junk one for under $200 now.

Just because it is worth not a great deal of money now does not mean it always will....time will tell, but in 20years are we going to look at the people that screwed up Mosins with the same distaste as we do to the people that screwed up a Krag, 03, or G43?....my hunch is yes.

I don't look at those old guys with distaste......they wanted a nice hunting rifle, were basically priced out of the market, so they took the initiative and got very creative with a milsurp so they could put food on the table, just like the the "country club Joe" down the street with his expensive rifle.

Back 40 or 50 or 60 years ago a working man would've had a much harder time saving up to buy a decent hunting rifle than we do at the current time. We have tons to choose from at very affordable prices.

I can also see why a guy today might get the same creative urge to modify his things to suit his needs, instead of just buying. There is a special sort of satisfaction when you undertake a project and complete it successfully.....especially when you take an old, poorly machined firearm and make it into a very accurate and practical weapon.

 

[leadcounsel]

I think the OP did a great job on HIS rifle. I agree that there may be some historical significance to some Mosins, but let's be honest. There are tens of MILLIONS of them. He didn't throw it in the lake. He updated it. It's STILL a Mosin. He just breathed new life into it. We're not talking about modifying one of only a few hundred thousand remaining items, or even one in a million.

I have several MNs., but I also have this one. In it's former life it was a hex Mosin. Now it's a light weight camo fine little carbine.

She groups very tight (about 2" MOA) and can easily ring the 200 meter pie-plate gone with a 4x scope. Heck of a kick though, and sheered the hex pin off my Weaver mount. I'm going to thread and put an AK brake on it soon. Take away some of the recoil. The noise is not much worse than my .308 with a 20" barrel. I double up on my ear pro, that's for sure.

 

[fpgt72]

So very true....but it is very different now with what people are doing. Back then that was really the only way you could get a rifle that would put food on the table. Today it is very different, you can buy a rifle that will do the job better for less money and less time. I do understand the satisfaction on taking something old and making it new again...I restore cars as a hobby....making the old new again....doing something because you can and it is yours is not a real good reason in my book.

I look at it along the lines as this....really fits with the mustang...took a poor out of date car and make it into something that just makes people sick to their stomach.

But bottom line in 40 years when the originals are worth more and the "sporter" versions are worth much less....the way it is now will not change.

 

[Virg461]

Comparing a Mosin to a '03 is ridiculous.

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[Napalm]

Haters gonna hate.

Fact is my cut up mosin shoots better than the other one I own and left original.

 

[kwguy]

doing something because you can and it is yours is not a real good reason in my book.

???

Well, I guess those those first two reasons, combined with the fact that you WANT to are all the reasons anyone needs.

 

[Catpop]

Bought my first and only at $ 8.95 from Sears I think, but could have been Kliens or Potomac pre gca 68. To far back to remember. Let's see I was about 12 at the time. Still have rifle and still have never shot it! Go figure.
Ah, the good old days!

 

[Black Butte]

No one is entitled to a $100 Mosin

No one is entitled to a Picasso either. That doesn't mean we should burn them all.

nor is anyone entitled to tell others what they should do with their own private property.

Simply not true. Government regulates what you can and can't do with private property all the time.

 

[Ryanxia]

Not me, I kind of hope he ruined any accuracy by chopping the barrel. But I'm a purist at heart. And even I have to admit it looks like he did good work, even though I'm a keep them original kind of guy.


Praise him and dang him in one paragraph.

Ya pretty much this.

Nice job on it, looks cool. Was thinking about getting the archangel kit for one of my Mosins since I believe it's just drop in and if/when I'm done with it I can put it back to factory made.

 

[chicharrones]

No one is entitled to a Picasso either. That doesn't mean we should burn them all.



Simply not true. Government regulates what you can and can't do with private property all the time.

And the thread hijack continues.

 

[tahunua001]

black butte even if everybody that owns one bubba's half their rifles that still leaves 6 million 91/30s alone(that doesn't count 1891, m28, m39, m38, m44 or, t53). that is still twice the numbers of every springfield 1903 and variants that ever existed.

not everybody that owns a mosin nagant bubba's it. I would say less that 10% actually do modify their guns in any fashion that is irreversible.

by your own logic we are the 2nd and 3rd generations wishing to own these firearms and the blue collar aficionados are still able to get their mosin nagants for $200(lets face it if you can't spend more than $200 on a gun you probably shouldn't be buying guns anyway for safety reasons). so this rifle has already seen a generation come and go and there are still tens of millions out there and the surplus is still rolling in.
something tells me the next generation will be just fine.

 

[happygeek]

Hey at least Mitchell's didn't ahold of it so they could add a reproduction scope and sell it for $600 plus.

 

[kwguy]

I'm thinking of buying a mosin specifically to do that with, ever since that archangel stock came out. That's just plain cool, especially if the accuracy is helped.

 

[Blue Brick]

(lets face it if you can't spend more than $200 on a gun you probably shouldn't be buying guns anyway for safety reasons).

What?? Really...?

 

[Black Butte]

black butte even if everybody that owns one bubba's half their rifles that still leaves 6 million 91/30s alone

Only on the first halving. Bubbas must always take new projects from the diminishing supply of remaining rifles. Fpgt72 makes the point quite effectively in post 74.

 

[mgkdrgn]

Another piece of history destroyed for future generations.

ya, now we are down to only 17,399,999 of them!

 

[Coop45]

Next thing you know, they will be telling him how big of a coke he can buy. By the way, nice job! I bet you aren't bothered by mosquitoes after you fire that thing.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Thanks to my supporters.

Fact is, it is my rifle. I can do whatever I want with it.

Absofreakinlutely! It may not be my cup of tea, but its your freakin rifle. Do with it as you please.
Anybody doesn't like it, give em a one finger salute.

 

[fpgt72]

And the thread hijack continues.

I don't think it is too much of a hijack....He is showing off his modified gun...some like and voice why...others do not and voice why...each side tries to support their view.

 

[dprice3844444]

http://www.rocksolidind.com/mosin-nagant/mosin-nagant-bolt-body-with-handle.html

 

[krupparms]

Thanks for the post & the link for information! That's one nice job you did & I think some people don't appreciate the fine work done in home work shops by bubba gunsmiths! You should be proud of the company your in & the work you did! I was thinking of buying that same stock for my 91/30. Hope mine looks as good as yours when I am done!