GunnyUSMC
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I have read post that have blamed Bubba for the crimes commited against Enfields.
But it was not always Bubba and his evil doings that caused those poor Enfields to suffer.
Lets go back to 1965 and see how things were.
Here in an ad from an gun magazine '65 .
As you can see, sporterized endfield rifles sold for almost twice the price of one still in military dress.
So you can see that Bubba didn't have to chop up a rifle, someone else was doing it for him.
Most offten it was not Bubba buying the sporterized rifles. We know that he was cheap and would not spend the extra money. It was the guy with the extra cash that was buying them.
You must understand that during this same time a new hunting rifle sold from $80 to $150. Money was still tight for amoung blue collor workers. A nice sporterized military rifle for $27 was a heck of a deal.
So lets not be so quick to blame Bubba for all the sporterized rifles out there, just the ugly ones.
But it was not always Bubba and his evil doings that caused those poor Enfields to suffer.
Lets go back to 1965 and see how things were.
Here in an ad from an gun magazine '65 .
As you can see, sporterized endfield rifles sold for almost twice the price of one still in military dress.
So you can see that Bubba didn't have to chop up a rifle, someone else was doing it for him.
Most offten it was not Bubba buying the sporterized rifles. We know that he was cheap and would not spend the extra money. It was the guy with the extra cash that was buying them.
You must understand that during this same time a new hunting rifle sold from $80 to $150. Money was still tight for amoung blue collor workers. A nice sporterized military rifle for $27 was a heck of a deal.
So lets not be so quick to blame Bubba for all the sporterized rifles out there, just the ugly ones.