"Gunsmithing" gone wrong on gunbroker (Warning, eye burning, and hair pulling may occur when viewed)

MosinT53Hunter said:

I know each of us that frequent Gunbroker has seen some things that cannot be unseen, we might cringe and wonder what in the world someone was thinking. I thought I'd share something I saw recently, looks to be a 1916 Spanish mauser, caliber unknown, but that "custom" scope mount tells the sad tale. Does any one else have pictures or stories of what you found on Gunbroker?View attachment 799706
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AHHHHHHHH!!!!! My Eyes!
It burns.......!!!!

Why would you do that to us? You could have at least put a warning in the description! That poor rifle is a good answer to the question, "Just because we can, does it mean that we should?"

Well, at least one won't loose his zero because of poor fitted scope mount... I've seen stuff like this - it's a 100% "Bubba" job, but done well it works. My personal favorite was a somewhat decent over and under that the owner decided to "re-blue" - automotive black spray paint on the whole shotgun without disassembly... And then he broke a hammer spring - I learned some very sophisticated swear words from my local gunsmith that day when I dropped by to share a coffee with him.

Oh my, that looks like solder, plain solder. And door hinge slotted screws.

So, I'm presuming one attaches a scope using shoelaces & duct tape?

Envy is a very powerful emotion...

MosinT53Hunter said:

Better?

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Much!

It burns it burns, make it stop.

Get 'er done!!

Bubba D. Smith strikes again.

I'm just thankful he didn't start with a GOOD rifle..... There's only so much harm you can do with/to a Spanish 1916....

PRD1 - mhb - MIke

That looks like my old buddy Dean's rifle. And yes, I can see him butchering a weapon in that way. Oy.

CapnMac said:

Oh my, that looks like solder, plain solder.

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If it's ordinary soft solder there might be hope to UN-solder it without affecting the heat treatment of the receiver. From a restoration standpoint, that's better than high-temperature silver solder, or welding. At least he didn't drill and tap the receiver.

Looks similar to what the "side-street gunsmiths" in Afghanistan and India do.

beag_nut said:

Looks similar to what the "side-street gunsmiths" in Afghanistan and India do.

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Don't insult them like that....even their work is better. This is even worse than a Century Arms CETME....

Look at the muzzle looks like they growned off the front sight and did not know when to stop. Its cone shaped. I have seen worse. Look on the everygunparts.com and look at the nfa guns. most are much worse then this.

entropy said:

Don't insult them like that....even their work is better. This is even worse than a Century Arms CETME....

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Are you certain that the fine crew of Century Arms didn't do this rifle?

boom boom said:

Are you certain that the fine crew of Century Arms didn't do this rifle?

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Lol i had a century and it was not bad it was an early one and shot real good sold it when ny did the dang safe act.

MosinT53Hunter said:

Well, I was on gunbroker again, looking up some rifles I would love to own, when I came across this....um..."custom" 1915 Westinghouse Mosin Nagant...be warned, the images may induce anger and head scratching. Makes one wonder..

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Where is the face palm smilie? At least I can use this one

There’s still a good use for them: rat-rod rifles are in these days!

MosinT53Hunter said:

Well, I was on gunbroker again, looking up some rifles I would love to own, when I came across this....um..."custom" 1915 Westinghouse Mosin Nagant...be warned, the images may induce anger and head scratching. Makes one wonder..

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and its a westinghouse.