>it's been sporterised

>well mine hasn't had any problems

Guess which gun

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>mfw pattern 1917's made up over 3/4 of the rifles used be the US expeditionary force, but most got sporterized by fudds during the past century

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>I gave it a custom paint job

>>32324192
My Taurus 454 revolver surprisingly

>>32324192
RAS47?

>>32324175
>sporterised
>tactical stock
>$2,000 scope magwelded onto the receiver
>freefloating barrel
>pistol grip
>rechambered for .30-06

>it once defended the motherland

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>custom glock 19 $1000 or $1200 trade firm

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>>32324175
ohh! I got a related story from last week.
>go to local Cabelas after job interview to look a nifty old guns
>picking through the Old/Clearance guns, cuz I'm poor
>thefuckisthat.jpeg
>pick up a rifle with a shitty grey poly stock, and bad scope mount
>Mauser style safety toggle and action
ohh no...
>look at tag
"Custom 98k"
>MFW I realize I'm holding a sporterized abubbanation of a perfectly good, and historical rifle.

I'm almost considering trying to buy it and get a good repro wood stock for the poor girl... but at this point it'd literally eat one of my paychecks whole...

>no fire or disassembly return policy

>Online auction only has one picture, zoomed out, blurry, and from a phone

>"Good condition considering its age"

>>32324175
>I put $2000 into it so price is $2000 firm

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>Sporterized SMLE and Argentine Mauser I inherited from grandfather
>I can't fucking get rid of them.

On the flipside looking up serial number and details on grandpappy's PPK (Serial is 843533, N with crown above it on barrel and slide, RZM logo) seems to point to it being a 1934-1936 make with the RZM being the Reichszeugmeisterei and it seems like it'd have belonged to a proper nazi party member. I'm not an expert though and it could be fake for all I know but I like it (though I do need to get a replacement for one of the magazines that jams/doesn't eject properly. Obviously keeping that magazine on the off chance it's authentic though it lacks the serial on the spine).

I'm not parting with that PPK until I die and then it'll be passed onto my offspring or failing that a museum or some shit. But those two sporterized I'd be happy to be rid of. Might keep the SMLE since I think it wasn't bubba'd, just front wood portions and such gotten rid of.

>>32325251
Have a pic of that SMLE? Might be pretty easy to fix

>>32324175
What is Sporterised?

Grumpy Napoleon is on the hood of NASCAR?

Or does he have his own flavor of Gatorade?

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>>32325533

I was checking the serial numbers and barrel and the receiver ring are the same, no serial for the magazine, none on the bolt. It's SMLE Enfield manufactory 1916 on the - I forget the term but metal piece where the buttstock and body of the gun join.

Top is argie mauser bottom is smle. Will post other pics of smle, but phone seems to be a bit shitty quality wise.

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>>32325760

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>>32325779

>>32325798

Also the green goop is from the froglube clp. Old can of it so if it's shit I'll switch to something else. Use hoppes for gun oil. And I get a bit OCD with oiling (even though I am fairly sure these rifles were last oiled before I was born in 1988, and god knows when grandfather #2 oiled the PPK last considering my mum and her family discovered it only after he passed circa 2010). Which in a dusty ass house with cattes means lots of little hairs.

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>>32325779
>>32325798
I'm probably in the minority here, but those are actually fairly tasteful modifications at a glance, and at least they seemed to be done with some level of care. And if your granddad liked them that way, why not just keep those the way they are and buy some unmodified versions for your own use? SMLEs and Argentine mausers aren't THAT uncommon.

They're your rifles now, so feel free to do whatever you want to them, but remember that unique isn't always bad when it comes to old milsurps.

>>32325863

They aren't bubba'd definitely since the SMLE at least I think can be reverted back. I'm not familiar with the argie mauser but from what I'd seen it looks like there is something amiss with the barrel section. Also the argie's bolt action is the worst goddamn one I've experienced. Trying to cycle it is like trying to arm wrestle a giant but I'm not sure why - while the grip part is pitted the rest of it looks smooth, the area within the rifle looks smooth but locking it into place is far harder than it should be.

I could get behind refurbishing the SMLE but I've no real attachment to the Argie mauser as a rifle or in its history coupled with the more expensive ammo and the bolt locking.

Do you or someone else have a site to recommend when it comes to surplus SMLE accessories and such?

>>32325779
Came

>>32325083
Don't worry, lad, there is a special place in hell for those that destroy history in such a tactless way. They shall have their day of reckoning.

>>32325555
Sporterized refers to taking a military surplus firearm like a K98 or an Enfield and turning it into a more civilian style rifle but getting rid of the hand guards and adding a scope mount, thus severely devaluing the rifle.

>>32325083
>abubbanation
Holy shit, this one got me.

>>32325779
All she needs is some new wood and she'll be good as new.

>>32325956
>They aren't bubba'd
Yea they are... they didn't get used like that.. the no1mk3 does not have a front sight barrel mounted. The metal finish is obviously redone, and the wood is irreversible altered.


Now you could refurb it, the barrel doesn't look shortened. I assume the front sight is just soldered on. The bluing is whatever. Replacing the wood and metal is expensive though and they were seriized to the rifle, and good luck finding NOS no1 parts

>>32325779
You'll need a new stock set and a new front sight and shed be good as new

>>32326014
Whatever that's stupid. I don't care what your kids lingo is.

>>32324213
I have 2 of those, I've restored the one to as orginal as I can get it. Still need the Kerr sling and bayonet.
The other I have in a sporterized stock (bought it already chopped on ebay) with the barrel stripped and a scope mounted in place of the rear sight. Everything can be taking back to orginal and I have all the parts.
The problem is the scope mount moves..so I kinda want to mill it, drill and tap it for real scope mounts...

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>>32326359
Obvious troll kek


It was old faggots that pioneered bubbaing

>>32324175

Someone I know has an original K98 and it has been sporterised. When I saw it I almost wept.

>>32326027
>>32326279

That's good to hear then. Thanks.

>>32326137

I figure bubba if we want to be specific can refer to straight up butchering that is unfixable unless you take it to a gunsmith.

>>32326544
You might be stupid.

>>32325555
Sporterizing is taking an old milsurp rifle and making it easier for shooting sports (hunting) This means making it lighter any way possible, cutting the stock, cutting the barrel, adding scope mounts, etc.

>>32327078
A sported stock is relatively unfixable. It might be refurbishable. That 1903 in the add wouldn't be too terrible to bring back into original co figuration.


>>32327194
10/10 rebuttle bubba. Good use of supporting evidence and counter arguments.

>>32327390
My mom knows Im a badass.

Tendies aren't free. I fought for that chicken.

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>>32327390

I don't mind if it's not 100% matching parts authentic personally. Obviously it's worse to bubba/sporterize a rifle to begin with (unless you keep all the parts and it's as easy as change the stock back from your plastic fantastic shit to proper wood and metal and good to go) but when it comes to refurbishing one if all I have to do is change the wood and get the little accessory bit (the nose-cap and screws and so on) then I'm okay with it.

Long as I am sharing stuff, the PPK from other grandfather. Sadly up close flash pic is like anti-facebook angle mode for ugliness. Green goop is aformentioned operator-pepe gun grease, oil is hoppes gunoil and I autistically slather oil on it since I don't know when it was last taken care of.

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>>32327483

And the dust is just this fuckin place man. Didn't have to dust for months on end at my apartment at Uni and here it'll be a light dusty coasting on my PC stuff a week after I dust. I've given up.

One mag is flawless the other won't eject properly from the magwell but also stovepipes when I tried shooting it. For range-fun I'll get a new walther magazine and put the bakelite finger-extension on it but keep the old mag on the off chance it's authentic. I didn't find any serials on it so I am not sure.

When I need to get a CCW gun I am definitely inclined to check out modern walther stuff, it handles really cozily in my hands.

>>32327229
Thus saving a large number of grams of weight and reducing the effective ballistics of most full powered cartridges found in military bolt action rifles.

The only real improvement would be scope mounts, and a bent bolt handle if needed to clear the mounted scope.

>>32327521
Yep, musclelets didn't like carrying an extra pound of rifle. Hell, they'd rebore rifles into more common calibers all the time too. Gotta love Sears & Roebuck.

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>>32325555

checked
555-5555

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>It's just been revoked

>>32324313

looks like fire damage
no fucking way

>>32326452
What really kills me is the rear sight ears getting chopped off. How much are you finding them for?

>>32324192
I.O. AK?

Literally every 1903 and arisaka

>>32328172
I got lucky and found a crate of them in my friends grandpaps attic as we were cleaning it out. Only snagged the 2barreled actions and stocks before someone else swipped the rest.
I dont want to mill the ears off and tap it but if I cant get the scope mount soild I might have to..

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Just a reminder that being sporterised isn't as bad as being bubba'd

>>32324175
The only exception is the MAK90
God tier AK desu

>>32325760
>feet
God damn it I love /k/

>>32329172
I'd drop $100 for a scattergat as long as it works. I'm sure that kind of retard could be talked down to it.

>>32324313

>no trigger guard cut

Are you even trying

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>>32324175
the only good thing I can say about sporterizations is that they're a good source of actions which you can then use for project guns guilt free.

I turned pic related into a pretty decent 03A4 with a new criterion barrel

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>>32329593
Came out pretty good I think

>>32329172
umm how the fuck does that stock work wtf do you... i give up

>>32329611
>>32329634
Doing God's work.

>get Nugget
>plan on keeping it as original as possible out of respect for its historical value
>made in 1925, most likely saw combat use
>maybe add PU Scope if I want to deal with the workload involved there

>lol you should put an Archangel stock on that

>t. everyone

>>32324313
Looks like it got keyed

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>>32325083
>abbubanation

>>32329611
Are you actually my grandfather?

He literally just did this and the product looks almost identical.

>>32329676
To be fair, putting an archangel stock on it would be less invasive than mounting a scope

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>>32329773
I'm only 30.....so, no

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>>32327483
Nice gun anon

There is a sporterized G43 at my lgs. And it's not some 1960s job, the guy who sold it did it recently. It makes me weep.

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>>32328920
>and arisaka
Not mine

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>>32325798
The freaking filename

>but it's just a .22
IT IS A VERY COLLECTIBLE GUN

>>32329172
>pistol grip
holy fucking shit

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>>32326137
>Yea they are
No, THIS is bubba.

>>32333274
Reported.

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>>32333274

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>>32333274
What kind of beast would create that, let alone use it?

As much as I hate it, someone please post the sporterized Martini Henry from a while back.
>>32333274
WE WUZ FALLOUT N SHIEET

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>>32333274

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>>32333274
Correct that is also a bubba. But so was the other ones. just more skillfully done.

>>32337268
If that was folding rather than being in two separate pieces, it'd actually be pretty nice.

>>32325760
>>32325779
just recently dusted off a sporterized SMLE thats in my collection and was curious about the black painted stripe at the front.
mine also has a similar stripe.
maybe that was the fashion at the time they were modified.
mine is missing the magazine, any ideas as to where to locate a new one?

>>32326452
> I've restored the one to as orginal as
It's really a waste of money to try as you usually spend more than the thing is worth and you give money to the assholes that part out perfectly good and matching guns to make a mismatched gun "original."
>Still need the Kerr sling and bayonet.
Kerr slings weren't put on M1917s all that often irl and they weren't exclusively used on M1917s as they used them on M1903s too as well as Thompsons in WWII (which is by far the most common use for them).

>>32337534
>people parting out matching guns

You're retarded. Parts are usually NOS or non fucked parts of an otherwise fucked rifle

>>32324192
WASR

>>32329611
Looks good man.

>>32340141
>Parts are usually NOS
That don't exist.
>or non fucked parts of an otherwise fucked rifle
Lolno. I see it all the time on fleabay. Every piece of a rifle parted out minus the receiver.

>>32329611
Beautiful anon, doing gods work

>>32340712
what, you mean parts kits?

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>>32324263
STOOOOOP

>>32340712
Are you actually retarded ?

>>32340712
Countries mad literal tonnes of spare parts. If you know where to look you can find them.
Things like enfields are especially easy. Pretty much any part can still be found packed away in boxes of ten

>>32325083
bring her back to her former glory
http://www.continentalmilitaria.com/zbozi-419-(No.32)-Mauser-Kar-98K-rifle-stock-in-laminated-wood

>>32337299
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/type-2-paratrooper-arisaka-at-nambu-world/
this is what it used to be

>>32343931
>Those hose clamps

Why do bubbas do that? Hose clamps never make a solid mount. I bet the mouth breathing sister fucker who did this was so disappointed and baffled that it wasn't holding zero. Are they idiots? Are they retarded? Do they have no technical skills to speak of? Some combination of the three? The world may never know.

>>32343931
Id be impressed if they had found 43 mauser ammo to use in that

>>32346910
the ammo can be reloaded, Brass and Bullets are available, just have to make sure it's 11mm mauser and not .43 spanish

>>32346476
Tbh, the top two look pretty ok, the scope rounds out the look somehow, then again, I might just still have some fuddish tastes.

>>32347222
I think if you put the stocks from the bottom one on the middle one or at least put a proper finish on the middle one it would look good, the one at top is definitely done right though

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>>32333274
Belongs in the hands of an African warlord as he tears ass across the serengeti in his Toyota technical

>>32329172
satan's leg stock

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>>32348454
this is the answer to that

>>32329611
Fuck Yeah it did

>>32347095
I doubt whoever made that setup has the mental facilities to load 43 mauser or tell the difference from 43 spanish

>>32350783
JFK eat your heart out.

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>>32324175
>see listing
>GERMAN NAZI K98 ALL MATCHING
>sporterized

Brain dead fucks

>>32346768
Are those fucking hose clamps?

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>bubba thread
>not posting "it"

for shame anons

>>32352272
is that a garand action?

>>32352498
giggle switch M2 Carbine mounted onto an AK parts kit.

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>>32337193
this is all I have regarding martini henrys

>>32324192
Universal Carbine.

>>32333274
No, that's Jamal.

>>32324175
>sporterised
>-ised

britcuck please, we know you aren't allowed to own guns anyway