Which mosin to bubba

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I have a 1933 hex tula and a 1933 hex ishevek. Both are in similar condition (maybe the ish is a bit nicer but barely). I'm looking to bubba one pretty good and I'm trying to figure out which one i should sacrifice.

I know some folks will get ticked that I'm going to bubba a historical piece...but come on...it's a moain and there are millions more.

FYI my plans include getting the bolt bent, cutting the barrel to 16-18 inches, and playing around with the stock a bit.

Which of the two would you bubba?
 
Neither. I know you saw this coming from a mile off but I wouldn't modify these guns unless they were too far gone and you were restoring them.

If you want a modern day bolt action go buy a Savage.
 
I'm not trying to make a.modern bolt action...I'm looking to make a 16 inch truck gun/flame thrower/shoulder dislocater.
 
A piece of history should never be "Bubba-ed." In doing so, you're denying a future generation.

Consider a favorite historic firearm currently in your possession. Now imagine it was priced beyond your ability to own because most were "Bubba-ed" by a previous generation.

My two cents.
 
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Take $40 of your bubba money and buy one already bubba'd. Then you can do whatever you want to it without destroying history, since someone else already has.
 
Get a tax stamp for sbr and cut it to 10.5 barrel. Give ATF a laugh "hey bob look at this, guy wants to sbr a mosin :)"
 
Each SBR Mosin comes with a free tube of Icy Hot and a single dose of Vicodin for use after the one time you'll fire it.
 
The Teacher said:
Take $40 of your bubba money and buy one already bubba'd. Then you can do whatever you want to it without destroying history, since someone else already has.
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I'd love to know where all these bubba'd Mosins that are practially worthless are being sold, because if you really could get them for $40, I'd buy ten to modify guilt free :D
 
I think you guys are misunderstanding...I am going to chop one of these up (unless someone wants to trade a round receiver plus...). Its just a matter of which one its going to be.
 
Are either of the rifles Finn marked? If so, they may be worth 300-400 bucks. The Tula is the more desireable of the two....chris3
 
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I'd shoot them both first & the one that shoots best is the one I'd cut up
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I'd do the opposite.
Sometimes chopping the barrel can enhance accuracy because it will make the barrel less 'whippy'.
Also, it may be less accurate because of crown damage from cleaning etc, and that would also become moot if the barrel was shortened.

I'm not keen on the idea of chopping a hex anyway, but surely keeping the better one original is the way to go?

Hex receiver MN's are going for $239 vs. $199 for a round receiver at my LGS.
If it were me, (and I do intend to buy a junker to modify) I'd sell a hex and buy a round to chop. Probably make a profit.
 
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To answer your question.....bubba the Izzy. The Tulas are more desireable pieces. They go for slightly more.
 
In order of preference.

berettaprofessor said:
91/30's? I'd trade a round M-44 Carbine for a hex receiver..any interest? Near Kansas?
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This.

jamesbeat said:
I'd do the opposite.
Sometimes chopping the barrel can enhance accuracy because it will make the barrel less 'whippy'.
Also, it may be less accurate because of crown damage from cleaning etc, and that would also become moot if the barrel was shortened.

I'm not keen on the idea of chopping a hex anyway, but surely keeping the better one original is the way to go?

Hex receiver MN's are going for $239 vs. $199 for a round receiver at my LGS.
If it were me, (and I do intend to buy a junker to modify) I'd sell a hex and buy a round to chop. Probably make a profit.
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Or this.

Full disclosure, I've bubba'd my own M-N. A round receiver Ishevesk with a truly awful stock I paid $80 for. I personally would not bubba a really nice example, even if it wasn't worth a lot of money.

I say this as someone with a degree in history who worked in the preservation field at a museum for some time. Not every artifact is worth preserving and some are more worthy of our efforts than others. This is especially true if there are multiple exemplars with varying grades.
 
Then why are people paying extra for hex? They made it over a longer time but fewer are currently available and production of hexes overall are fewer than round.
 
Again we are talking about a rifle that in its total span of production was close to 20,000,000 rilfes. Is a hex or round a piece of history? sure, but so are the other 19 million or so just like it. The few mosins I sported were hexes, mainly because the earlier rifles were better made astheticaly, not the rough as nails war time rifles. I've since moved on to mausers, no matter how nice or beautiful I got them it was still hard to overcome the single stack exposed mag on the mosins.
 
ive been wanting a hex to go with my other mosins and type 53 style mosin. got a round 91/30 i will trade for your hex
 
It's strange how much disparity there is when people talk about production numbers of these rifles.
I've read 17 million, 47 million, and now 20 million.
Whatever it is, there are so many of these things in existence that, as long as it's not a rare example, destroying a piece of history is not such a big deal.

Hell, I bet there are plenty of guns that are rarer than a MN, I wouldn't be surprised if there are more MN's than Glock 17's.
Does that mean that people shouldn't duracote a Glock 17 because it's rare?
 
Ah man. I made that mistake. I drilled/tapped the receiver of one of my 91/30s and sometimes I even regret doing that. I'd really be sad if I'd hacked it down. Mosins don't really have that much recoil anyways. If you want to cut something up into a plinking toy / shoulder punisher, just get a handi rifle in .45-70 or something like that, or post wanted ads for a cheap mosin that has already been tampered with. Mosins are a dime a dozen, but you might want to learn from history instead of ignoring it- 1903 springfields, german mausers, arisakas, and dang near every other surplus rifle that might currently be treasured were once cheap and easy to find as well. I'd recommend buying a modern gun if you want to hack it up. It will probably shoot better anyways.
 
Mosin

I agree that they were a dime a dozen in the recent past and they will never be rare. Any Mosin with the barrel chopped to +- 18 inches will produce a very impresive fireball about equal to a broadside of the Battleship New Jersey. All joking aside, such a short barrel would give a very bad muzzle blast.
 
Who cares which good rifle you destroy, either way itll be a hack job and likely not accurate at all.

My 10 year old daughter loves shooting her M-38 carbine with heavy ball, no problemo.

With proper shooting hold and skills, anyone can comfortably shoot a Mosin Nagant.
 
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