troy fairweather
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I got a hold of this rifle awhile back, don't worry I did not pay money for it.
From what I see it's a old Mossberg could even be pre wwii, the original barrel is gone . This is a strange bubba 22 because it's clear the person had a bit of tools/ machines, but just destroyed this gun.
start with the barrel, the fellow fitted a old numrich ruger 10/22 barrel.
from what I see it's just a press for barrel so should have been easy to match the original one. Well the did such a bad job the barrel was welded to the action.
keep in mind this person had use to a lathe and a tig welder. The few spot welds there are have cracked, but to keep the gun looking good he only fully welded the bottom.
then the stock, well it's 3 peases as far as I can tell. The butt and forearm are from a different stock. So the middle with the action is the original, the line were they are joined are very good. But the they thought they would checker the stock, bubba style. They did not have a butt plate so they just engraved one on.
the action bubba have it a weight saving treatment by drilling a bunch of holes so he could mount all his fancy scopes. Better yet there all stripped. Even had a base on the bolt body until he tried to open the bolt. There are no sights on the barrel either.
I have not shot this death trap yet mostly because I have not way to mount any sights or a scope, well I could but not one dollar will go into this gun.
I do plan to strip it down and see if I can fit the barrel proper, the stock is not to bad it could lose some weight, that would do away with the checkering. It needs to be beadded the action rocks in the wood. Figure out some sights or a scope base.
I have a 17 caliber barrel I was thinking of fitting but should save that for something else.
Sorry again for the bad pics, I figured you would get a good laugh.
From what I see it's a old Mossberg could even be pre wwii, the original barrel is gone . This is a strange bubba 22 because it's clear the person had a bit of tools/ machines, but just destroyed this gun.
start with the barrel, the fellow fitted a old numrich ruger 10/22 barrel.
from what I see it's just a press for barrel so should have been easy to match the original one. Well the did such a bad job the barrel was welded to the action.
keep in mind this person had use to a lathe and a tig welder. The few spot welds there are have cracked, but to keep the gun looking good he only fully welded the bottom.
then the stock, well it's 3 peases as far as I can tell. The butt and forearm are from a different stock. So the middle with the action is the original, the line were they are joined are very good. But the they thought they would checker the stock, bubba style. They did not have a butt plate so they just engraved one on.
the action bubba have it a weight saving treatment by drilling a bunch of holes so he could mount all his fancy scopes. Better yet there all stripped. Even had a base on the bolt body until he tried to open the bolt. There are no sights on the barrel either.
I have not shot this death trap yet mostly because I have not way to mount any sights or a scope, well I could but not one dollar will go into this gun.
I do plan to strip it down and see if I can fit the barrel proper, the stock is not to bad it could lose some weight, that would do away with the checkering. It needs to be beadded the action rocks in the wood. Figure out some sights or a scope base.
I have a 17 caliber barrel I was thinking of fitting but should save that for something else.
Sorry again for the bad pics, I figured you would get a good laugh.
