Look what bubba did to my k98k

[kevin]

this is REALLY sad. Everything matches even the stock, and all little parts. Bubba just had to cut the stock! He cut off the part for the cupped buttplate and took off the stock disks and did a really light sanding job. He cut off the stepped down part for the cupped buttplate and put on a rubber recoil pad! ive since removed it! ( i also have the barrel band still just not on the stock)

Im debating what to do. I may put a flat buttplate on and try to find another crappy stock and have someone slice it with dowels and glue?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/kevin917z/P1010134.jpg

[turbothis]

i think it looks great!


jesus, people will always destroy history..........

[mofocus]

i dont understan the whole sporterize thing, i get sick anytime i see those $40 plastic stocks for mosins even. if you want to use it alot and dont want to mess up the stock then its fine, but why "sporterise" ANYTHING like that?

[Norton]

I like milsup sporters done by a gunsmith or factory conversions i.e Mauser 96 and 98 actions with civilian barrels. I even hunt with one and buy them if I like the workmenship. But I hate to see people hack off the forearm to make a hunting rifle. You don't do anything that makes it a better hunting rifle.

[Smokehouse69]

I like milsup sporters done by a gunsmith or factory conversions i.e Mauser 96 and 98 actions with civilian barrels. I even hunt with one and buy them if I like the workmenship. But I hate to see people hack off the forearm to make a hunting rifle. You don't do anything that makes it a better hunting rifle.

I agree, my favorite deer rifle is a GEW98 that someone rebarreled to 30.06 and put a cheap sporter stock on about 40 years ago. It was highly polished, drilled and tapped and the bolt handle turned for a scope. It consistantly shoots close enough to where I aim that I'm not afraid to take a neck shot at 100-150 yards. One time I shot a coyote with it at close to 600 yards.
But, I like you wish that it was in original condition. My suggestion is to keep your eyes open for a 98K stock (preferably not a RC) of the correct style and put your metal into it.

[kevin]

i doubt i would hurt the value by splicing the broken stock back to how it was

[NavajoNPaleFace]

Often historical value is more important to me than monetary value and the historical value here is shot.

But, then again, it's not my rifle.

I, personally, wouldn't be caught dead Babbasizing a piece of history. Besides, there is a Man Law against it. :icon_biggrin:

[M1 Tanker]

Kevin, since its all matching, you have a vet bring back that the vet himself probably sporterized after the war. Its pretty common unfortunately.

Get yourself a stock and your in business. If you don't want it, I"ll be happy to buy it :)

[SteelCore]

Yep...Keep on buba-ing, you bubbas...it makes our stock milsurps gain in value! Go ahead, trash up 10 million Mosins, drive the value up on mine...

[LorDiego]

yikes..

thats like putting neon-lights and a subwoofer on a Ford Falcon.

[pigpen]

ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[okie shooter]

Remember if these were valuable as historic relics, the nations that used them would keep them thus they have not met their definition. Bubba bought it, right or wrong, thus it was his to do with what he pleased. If you buy it, as you see it, its yours to correct if you feel up to it, thus you are the edcuated consumer. If some of these didn't meet the fates they do, you wouldnt have firearms worth as much either then. Its like most collectables, its the lack of them that makes them worth more.

[turmanator]

I have a 03 Springfield my dad bought while he was in the Marine Corps
for $25.00 in 1952 (still have the original paperwork on the purchase)
Unfortunately my grandpa did the same thing. Shortened the stock and the
barrell. Great deer hunting rifle, though....

[westcoast]

i have a finnish m-27 that is sweet,during hunting season i have an old m-39 stock a member sent to me it's shortened so i trimmed it down some more and painted it od,since the stock was destroyed already it does save the un issued stock for field use.looks strange but works.by the way the rifle can be returned to stock condition in short order.i also cover as much of the metal as posible to prevent damage.does this make me bubba?:icon_neutral:

[97th Signalman]

i doubt i would hurt the value by splicing the broken stock back to how it was

I would go for it. Splice it at the sling barrel band and with some careful finishing, like your current rifles, it will look great and original.