Pls, pls , dont bubba an original SKS or any

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this German 98k duv-41 was found in a closet, wrapped in an old gi blanket several months after my buddies grandad passed away. it was rusty and contaminated by the blanket,
the stock finish was cracking and flaking off and it shoots pretty good with a badly pitted barrel(3"-4") open sights @ 100 yards. It was a WWII bringback and hadn't been shot in
20 years, so the story goes, (the barrel showed it) Grandma just wanted it out of the house. I did the best I could with it and here's the result.

before & after

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Man tahoe2, you have absolutely RUINED that rusty relic!!! How dare you breathe new life into a piece of history like that! May your soul be drug through broken glass throughout eternity for that unholy desecration of history! :D

BTW, love that natural color finish. Very nicely done tahoe. I do hope you realized the sarcasm. Granted, if all numbers matched on that old 98K you actually did de-value it but really, WHO CARES! You took a rusty, forgotten about rifle and turned it back to a beautiful, FUNCTIONING firearm. Personally, I would add a few long diamond ebony inlays with that finish and really set it off. Maybe some mother of pearl bordering the ebony for a bit of panache! HA!!! New project ideas!
 
There's just something wrong about buying a historical valuable firearm like a M1 Garand, or Springfield 1903 or even a K98k and proceed to "bubba" it because you decided that it's your gun. It's alil far stretched but to me the concept is as if you are buying a Monet piece home and splatter paints all over it chanting "its mine, its mine , i do what i want".

Just to think in 50 years or so, when the greatest generation all dies off and we are teaching our children what WWII was all about, and all we have to show them are some pimped out tapcoed Garand or GI 1911a1s that's all nickled out and pearl handled. to ME that would not only be sad but extrmely disrepectful

So in my opinion, if you buy a milsup, you are only the tempeory owner of that particular piece of memory until it passes onto the next person. And you should by all means preserve it in its correct, historical configuration.

Another question, what if you see some punk kid buying a WWII veteran's combat jacket then paint skulls or gang signs on it then wear it out of town like its cool? I know it took the most utmost restraint for me to not lash out physically when i caught some "hipster" on campus rocking a Korean war era Marine Corps Alpha Blues jacket around.
 
Not your call, dude. Guns are property and owners are free to do with them as they please. If you don't like it, just think about how each personalized gun makes your original one that much more valuable.
 
There's just something wrong about buying a historical valuable firearm like a M1 Garand, or Springfield 1903 or even a K98k and proceed to "bubba" it because you decided that it's your gun. It's alil far stretched but to me the concept is as if you are buying a Monet piece home and splatter paints all over it chanting "its mine, its mine , i do what i want".

Just to think in 50 years or so, when the greatest generation all dies off and we are teaching our children what WWII was all about, and all we have to show them are some pimped out tapcoed Garand or GI 1911a1s that's all nickled out and pearl handled. to ME that would not only be sad but extrmely disrepectful
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I don't get this argument. It makes no sense. There are millions of surplus rifles. If you wanna see any of them, go to any war museum and they will have all sorts of rifles for you to ogle at in mint condition. I'm certainly not buying any of my rifles to teach history lectures. Guns are for shooting. If you wanna own one, just buy one youself - it's really that simple. We're not your personal storage locker/pawnshop.

There will still be original milsurps fifty years from now, just like there are still original Springfield Trapdoors, 1903's, and WW1 mausers today.
 
One of my plans is to get a pair of Mosins, keep one stock and the other would get a Monte Carlo. If I can find a good wood replacement stock I'd get that instead of the fiberglass as I prefer the feel of bolt guns in wood.

To me, 'updating' a rifle is different than 'Bubba-ing' one. Bubba slept through shop class and his wood working skills show it. ;)
 
ErikO, check Boyds...I had hoped to have my Bubba project finished by now, but no such luck....I AM tempted to post my rifle as it stands, just to burn eyes tho :p
 
I dont mean to bust the bubba lovers but i like mine original. From my commie issue SKSs, AKs, Mosins to US M1 garands x 2, i kept them the way they should be. Cheap or not it s a tribute and respect to its long standing history as designed and conceived by those who were before us. Shoot them in the 10 ring and dont look back.
 
Original Military configuration in a surplus rifle is what counts. Anything less is an abomination. The notion that they aren't collectible is pure bunk. What does a nice Garand run these days? Thought so......

All of that said, it IS your rifle, you can ruin it if you want. It is still an abomination!
 
Go ahead and bubba custom all the guns you want. That way, mine will increase in value. It is sad when someone takes a 500 dollar rifle and does a bubba on it and ends up with a 100 dollar rifle that shoots no better than what they started out with.....chris3
 
thanks freedom!! it took many hours of scrubbing that barrel inside, with bronze brushes, and firing ammo, and scrubbing, and firing, after approximately 200 rounds the barrel started to come back in. It seems to get better every outing. The stock has waffenamts, cartouches & serial numbers(matching the rifle)that were not visible until the stain and varnish(damaged)was removed. So in my opinion I have legitimized the components & confirmed it matching, it is beautiful and it loves to shoot, and does so on a regular basis. A far cry from a GI blanket tucked into a corner closet. I put a Mojo rear sight on it (have the original put away for safe keeping). For those that don't know, a Mojo (ghost ring sight) replaces the rear leaf sight without altering the weapon. available @ midwayusa.com. The duffle cut stock was that way when I got it. That's 5 coats of Tru Oil on the natural color of that wood(lighting was yellow in the pic,sorry)
 
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Telling others what to do with guns they bought and paid for, is akin to ordering someone else's dog around.
 
Don't even get me started talking about the Floyd Rose.

Those blasted things are bigger abominations than the worst bubba gump Milsurp ever created.

Just TRY to keep one of those blasted things in tune. Just TRY to change the strings in less than 2 hours.

The ONLY guitar I ever sold was the ONLY guitar I've ever owned with a Floyd Rose (ESP Custom). I absolutely HATE those retarded things. Give me a strat with three springs any day of the week.
 
A moderator at "Surplusrifle" months ago was very insulting when a poster started a thread about this very topic. The OP only asked why they are sporterized (in a permanent manner).

I still wonder what that moderator's problem was/is, but it is his problem, not ours.
 
Seriously what better rifle to take a drill press to than an eighty dollar mosin nagant. I ain't doing that to a rifle that cost serious money. I so cut the barrel and bolt handle on a 91/30 then added an after market plastic stock. Also drilled and tapped it for a scope. Atleast with this gun and a total hundred dollar investment when I stuck and snapped the tap I wasn't scared to beat the crap out of it before I decided the broken part of the tap would effect function. Then I stopped playing around and took a welder to it to affix the bent bolt handle and scope base. Held on to it for about 2 years and got 20 bucks more than I had in it.
 
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i looooove a floyd on a les.

wasnt randy rhoads black beauty fitted with a floyd?
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A Floyd on a Les is fine (if that's your thing), but not on a '59. They're not like SKS/Mosin/etc where there are millions... They're quite limited. And unlike a Tapco stock on an SKS, you can't just switch back... On anything else, I don't care... it's not my place to care... but there's something a little sacred about the '59.

I myself prefer a fixed bridges for almost every thing. I'll only do a trem on a metal guitar (though my Schecters are fixed bridge as well), but other than that, they feel useless.
 
I'd say from the over the top reaction of some pards protesting their right to alter their guns as they see fit they have caught grief from other shooters.

It is discouraging though to go to a gun shop and find a gun I am interested in has been modified.
 
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