Show me your customized surplus military/foreign rifles!!!

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

Tax return time is here. I don’t have a strong pistol itch…..But I DO have one for a rifle.

Show me what you’ve done with your surplus rifles!

I need ideas!

Thanks!

 

[GD]

I have a strong liking for Finnish rifles. They are generally accurate as is - I don't modify them in any manner. Among my favorites are the Tikkas. Most are in excellent condition with mirror bores.
Another favorite are Czech mausers. The M98/22s are very accurate.

 

[Lichter]

I like to keep my rifles original, but I've seen some tastefully done projects. I should go to the pawn shop in town and take pictures of what shouldn't be done to a rifle. They have quite the collection.

 

[Sans Authoritas]

Don't go the bubba route. You may end up doing something as horrible as this.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z161/tomh1426/tacMosin-1.jpg

I don't know about you blokes, but I nearly burst into tears whenever I see another butcher-barreled Krag or 1917, complete with a stultified stock that's been defiled by a crude rendition of some type of quadraped gouged into the wood, doubtless with simple obsidian tools.

Go pick on a Ruger M77 or something.

-Sans Authoritas

 

[Lichter]

wow that's a one of a kind mosin

 

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

naaaaaw...I don't want some hideous custom.

Actually - I have such a love for the Swiss Vetterli's.

Anyone have suggestions for this beauty????

 

[Sans Authoritas]

RIG and linseed oil. : )

-Sans Authoritas

 

[Chris L]

Mauser

I think this is my first post here. What better way to start than posting one of my favorites.



It's a WWII Mauser 98k with an 18" bull barrell in a Fajen stock. It also has an EGW picatinny rail and cheap Bushnell scope.

 

[bl4ckd0g]

I just purchased a Siamese Mauser that was hand fitted into an older (70's probably) Fajen stock. It's one freakin' huge .45/70 bolt action rifle- and I'm 6'6".

You might also consider converting a Steyr M95 action into a pull-bolt .45/70 rifle.

 

[Gator]

Heed the 11th Commandment:

Thou Shalt Not Bubba!

 

[Lichter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQM4h-UZtc

i think this is the best video I've ever seen of bubba at work!

 

[nwilliams]

Show me your customized surplus

Sorry I can't do that I take already customized or bubba'd milsurps and turn them back to their former glory.

 

[PTK]

You might also consider converting a Steyr M95 action into a pull-bolt .45/70 rifle.

I sure wouldn't do that if you happen to like your face intact.

 

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

Oooooh.
Harh.

I'm not gonna Bubba nuthin'.


I have a hankerin' for this too:

 

[browningguy]

This started life as a 1891 Argentine Mauser Carbine, everything is completely as manufatured, just some carving on the stock and the handguard removed.





This started as a VZ24 action, now with B&C stock, Douglas Barrel, Timney trigger.

 

[jpwilly]

It's not Buba's rifle...it's mine! Sit down and shut up!

 

[Bwannabe]

I'm in the anti-bubba camp, don't sporterize an old milsurp rifle. If you absolutely must have a custom rifle built on a military action, then there are two decent options: first, find a bubbaized rifle that cannot be easily converted back to it's original self, i.e. a 1903 that has been drilled and tapped, and had it's barrel cut down. Second, buy an action at a gunshow or from a gunsmith.

 

[RonE]

Some conversions from military surplus to custom hunting rifles are very well done indeed and some are not so well done.

Some of the most beautiful rifles in the world have been made from M-98 Mauser and from 1903 Springfield rifles. Once upon a time.....before Rugar rifles, and before Savage rifles we had mostly Remington, Winchester and custom made and production made military rifles. Look at some of the older Weatherby magnum rifles built on military Mauser actions.

Home gunsmiths have also produced some beautiful and accurate rifles using military actions, barrels and cut down stocks.

I guess an arguement can be made against butchering a military rifle but an agruement can also be made against living in the past.

 

[RonE]

Some conversions from military surplus to custom hunting rifles are very well done indeed and some are not so well done.

Some of the most beautiful rifles in the world have been made from M-98 Mauser and from 1903 Springfield rifles. Once upon a time.....before Rugar rifles, and before Savage rifles we had mostly Remington, Winchester and custom made and production made military rifles. Look at some of the older Weatherby magnum rifles built on military Mauser actions.

Home gunsmiths have also produced some beautiful and accurate rifles using military actions, barrels and cut down stocks.

I guess an arguement can be made against butchering a military rifle but an agruement can also be made against living in the past.

 

[Vaarok]

It's not economical to sporterize a milsurp, and nowadays it's also not economical to do a good job. Corners are cut or the result is achieved in a serviceable but aesthetically neutral fashion that gets the job done but nothing else. Workmanship is dead, all you get is technical competence and utilitarian functionality that the rifle usually already had as-issued.

'sides, they don't need no improvement.

 

[ColinthePilot]

I don't ninja-fy old milsurps. I finally bought a real bubbasized one a few weeks ago as part of a package deal. Sold it today and rescued a M38 Mosin from future tacticooling.

 

[35 Whelen]

I buy MilSurps because they're cheap. Then I like to "practicalize" them. Call me Bubba, I don't care. Here's two of my most successful ventures:

A former FR-8...now a practical and very frequently used Scout Rifle

A Swiss K-31 that now gives the silly black guns a run for their money at High Power matches:


35W

 

[WinchesterAA]

Vaarok, that stock is outstanding.

 

[Leif Runenritzer]

http://www.centerfiresystems.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1135

http://www.centerfiresystems.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=975

Bubba them with your eyes. This is only half a joke. Starting with a stockless rifle might be the way to go. What do i know.

 

[Nagant]

ditto that on Vaaroks rifle. That is a beautiful finish....