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  • 223 Gunner

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    I wish "Bubba" would leave sh*t alone.
    That poor AK. indykid I have a similar reaction when I see K-98's and Enfield's turned into "hunting" rifles. Where bubba smith got a hold of them.
     

    johny5

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    As a collector of Chinese AK variants, when that page opened I actually verbalized "Oh my God!"

    Never owned an AK. Don't particularly like them. But I teared up a little looking at this. Saddest part? Somebody, somewhere is proud of what they did to this gun...
     

    Thor

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    I'd be surprised if it cycled at all...looks like he actually cut into the gas channel. If it did cycle you'd be lucky as heck to actually hit anything with it using only the rear sight. The only right price for that would be free...and then only to put it out of its misery.
     

    LarryC

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    I wish "Bubba" would leave sh*t alone.
    That poor AK. indykid I have a similar reaction when I see K-98's and Enfield's turned into "hunting" rifles. Where bubba smith got a hold of them.

    That Bubba monster sure doesn't appeal to me, might at $125 or so!

    Mosin's seem to be the latest ones being turned into hunting rifles. I saw one at a Gun Show recently I almost purchased! It had a well fitted nice looking wooden stock, decent sights, set up for a scope, Actually looked like a decent Gunsmith had converted it, they were asking $350, didn't quite pique my interest that much. I have several Mosin's, when they were $89 ~$99 at the GS's, I picked up one or two at most every show I attended. Did the same with SKS's. Shot each a few times cleaned them, lubed them and put them in the safe.

    Seem like the "cheap" guns I bought increased in value the fastest and most of all the the firearms I collect. The only exception to this is my Colt "Snake guns" and an SVD-40 (picked it up a couple of months before they banned the import).

    I really don't mind a sporterized Enfield or K98 if they are done properly. Several excellent hunting rifles have been converted that way. I wouldn't convert one, and I own several K98's and a couple of .303 Enfield's and a 30-06 US Enfield, but I can understand someone wanting to do the conversion.
     

    223 Gunner

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    That Bubba monster sure doesn't appeal to me, might at $125 or so!

    Mosin's seem to be the latest ones being turned into hunting rifles. I saw one at a Gun Show recently I almost purchased! It had a well fitted nice looking wooden stock, decent sights, set up for a scope, Actually looked like a decent Gunsmith had converted it, they were asking $350, didn't quite pique my interest that much. I have several Mosin's, when they were $89 ~$99 at the GS's, I picked up one or two at most every show I attended. Did the same with SKS's. Shot each a few times cleaned them, lubed them and put them in the safe.

    Seem like the "cheap" guns I bought increased in value the fastest and most of all the the firearms I collect. The only exception to this is my Colt "Snake guns" and an SVD-40 (picked it up a couple of months before they banned the import).

    I really don't mind a sporterized Enfield or K98 if they are done properly. Several excellent hunting rifles have been converted that way. I wouldn't convert one, and I own several K98's and a couple of .303 Enfield's and a 30-06 US Enfield, but I can understand someone wanting to do the conversion.

    I think a lot of those conversions were done in the 1950's,(this by the way is before my time) when surplus rifles were plentiful and did not have any "collector" value.
    I did own a few Mosin's sold all of them, they kick like a mule, and have a "gritty" bolt action compared to '98's and Enfileds. I personally do not hunt, not against of course. I too have seen some nice conversions done, and have seen some horrible ones too.
     

    johny5

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    I think a lot of those conversions were done in the 1950's,(this by the way is before my time) when surplus rifles were plentiful and did not have any "collector" value.
    I did own a few Mosin's sold all of them, they kick like a mule, and have a "gritty" bolt action compared to '98's and Enfileds. I personally do not hunt, not against of course. I too have seen some nice conversions done, and have seen some horrible ones too.

    I agree. I have an old sporter converted by my grandfather. He was a tradesmen whose craftsmanship was excellent. My father and his brothers all recall watching as my grandfather hand-fitted the walnut stock. Granted, the collector's value is next to nil, but I wouldn't trade it for a crate of pristine K98's :):
     

    223 Gunner

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    I agree. I have an old sporter converted by my grandfather. He was a tradesmen whose craftsmanship was excellent. My father and his brothers all recall watching as my grandfather hand-fitted the walnut stock. Granted, the collector's value is next to nil, but I wouldn't trade it for a crate of pristine K98's :):

    I have seen some that truly are works of art, if that is your thing. I went through a short "Milsurp" phase and owned some real nice pieces. With ammo for some of them hard to come by, and not exactly cheap, I sold them all off.
    I still have a nice Yugo M-48 8MM (I know, I know, not a true Mauser etc.)
    Of course coming from your own Grandfather's hands, it can't be replaced. And today's shooter/collector wants un-molested examples.
    I'm sure it's nice, and a nice piece of family history.
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    I've gradually changed my viewpoint on "sporterized" milsurp guns. Not monstrosities like that one in the OP, or Enfields, Mausers or Mosins where "bubba" just cut the stock down and called it good, but if they have been done well, and by that I mean a sporting rifle basically built from the ground up with a military barreled action, they can be very nice guns. You just can't think of them as milsurp anymore... because they're not. I've got an Argentine 1909 re-chambered for 30-06, with a full Mannlicher stock and about a 1.5 - 2 lb. trigger that is just a joy to shoot and a thing of beauty. Also have a Carcano carbine with full Mannlicher stock, a Berthier 1907-16 (made by Remington), and a Krag carbine. Love them all for what they are, just not for what they were.
     
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