Bubba guns, Show Your Homemade Or Modified

[LVSteve]

Here is one of the worst milsurp chop jobs I've ever seen. The gun was originally an Enfield No4 Mk1T sniper rifle.

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Saw two more bubba'd Enfields in the same visit.

First was a No1 with a heaviliy sanded stock that had also been bleached or attacked with easy off. Real shame as it had Iraqi markings.

Second was a Maltby built No4 Mk1 mismarked as a Mk1* and then upgraded and marked Mk1*/3. Some fool had cut back the original wood that was was stamped matching to the gun. Abominal thing to do to an unusual rifle.

 

[MOONDAWG]

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Looks a bit like a circa 1930's .351 semi-auto rifle upper mated to a S&W N-framed lower...

 

[MightyMouse4466]

Bubba's magna porting

Here is a picture of my super custom magna port job performed by Buba's customs. I got a sweet deal on this for obvious reasons, but it's a good shooter and I carry it often.

 

[steelslaver]

I am not a porting fan. I am really not a fan of drill bit porting.

Some people should not be allowed around power tools.

 

[LVSteve]

Some people should not be allowed around power tools.

As a milsurp collector I'll back that statement and add that they should also be banned from buying polyurethane varnish and Tru Oil.

 

[Duster340]

Here's my self bubba'd No4 Mk1 deer/woods gun known as "Stubs" by my hunting friends and family. Not pretty, but it works.

 

[jhnttrpp]

My $119.00 10-5, that I did 25+ years ago.

I learned a lot and had fun, The only thing I got help with was the plating. It's still very accurate, but "a bit dated".

No, I did not have a mullet.

Jim

is it too late to grow the mullet

 

[Stephanie B]

1898 Krag rifle in .30 Government that somebody rebarreled and cut to 19":

Probably why it was only $140 at the gun shop. Came with 2.5 boxes of cartridges, too. I had fun shooting in in a club 3-gun match.

Restoring it would start with $200 for a barrel. So no, not unless I get flush to a stupid level.

 

[Qc Pistolero]

Here is a picture of my super custom magna port job performed by Buba's customs. I got a sweet deal on this for obvious reasons, but it's a good shooter and I carry it often.

I'm only down to my second beer here and already start to see crooked and weird things.Guess I gotta quit drinking that cheap beer!

 

[1-1917]

I got this Winchester Model of 1917 that had the darndest custom stock I'd ever seen. I'm guessing a high school shop project when you could still do such things. I have since restored it to it's original appearance.. I did keep the stock just for fun.

 

[sigp220.45]

I got this Winchester Model of 1917 that had the darndest custom stock I'd ever seen. I'm guessing a high school shop project when you could still do such things. I have since restored it to it's original appearance.. I did keep the stock just for fun.

I think somebody got bored on the deer stand.

 

[forindooruseonly]

Not much Bubba (some of these are too cool!) in this thread, guess I better get it back on track...

 

[scoobysnacker]

I don't have any photos handy, but a couple years back I picked up an 1891 Argentine Mauser (Ludwig Lowe) for my son. I was fascinated by the antique status, that it could be shipped directly to the house without a license (seller just wanted proof of age). All parts seem to match, it's in pretty good condition, it's a nice shooter (thanks PPU for still making this rd)... but the stock was sawed off to sporterize it. No bands, no handguard etc. Wasn't even a smoothed cut, it was a straight cut right where the middle band would be.

Someone told me these were done like that long ago and sold as deer rifles.

Thankfully, I just recently came across a used and complete stock, and have picked up just about all the hardware to restore it. Right now, all I need are the endcap front screws, and a sling.

 

[ol777gunnerz]

I got this Winchester Model of 1917 that had the darndest custom stock I'd ever seen. I'm guessing a high school shop project when you could still do such things. I have since restored it to it's original appearance.. I did keep the stock just for fun.

1-1917, I have to say that rifle stock is by fat the most ugly rifle stock I have ever seen, maybe previous owner's wife did it after he made her angry.

 

[Buford57]

If you consider any gun modifed to be bubba'd, this would be one of the ultimate. First model of 91 S&W single shot target pistol modified the the great H M [Harry] Pope, famous gunsmith & marksman. It has added side adjustable rear target sight, crosscut trigger, trigger stop, Olympic chamber 22 short, 10 inch sleeved barrel. The work was done for R H Sayre, longtime officer & founder of the United States Revolver Association., as well as longtime record holder of U.S. M&P revolver competition & Captain of the first four U.S. Olympic pistol & revolver shooting teams.

I doubt anyone every called Mr. Pope "Bubba" to his face, even though he and Mr. Sayre destroyed the value of that pistol by first modifying and then shooting it.

 

[Buford57]

I got this Winchester Model of 1917 that had the darndest custom stock I'd ever seen. I'm guessing a high school shop project when you could still do such things. I have since restored it to it's original appearance.. I did keep the stock just for fun.

Gotta love that 0.7 LPI checkering.

 

[Targets Guy]

I like to find the Bubba that did this to my "S" prefix.

Sanded the diamond magnas smooth, filed the back side of the front sight and inserted some sort of material at the apex of the blade.

 

[ol777gunnerz]

Buford57, the pistol is not worth anything to purists, to the the other half of buyers the historical provenance has the pistol valued at over $3500 by one of the most respected members of the SWCA on this site, he is also a nationally known seller of fine guns.

 

[tndrfttom]

How about a Type 99 Japanese rifle that has had the barrel set back and rechambered to .308 Winchester? I've taken a photo of the modified rifle next to an original Type 99 to show how the barrel shoulder was removed to set back the barrel enough for the reamer to "clean-up" the original 7.7 chamber. Without the shoulder on the barrel I can't figure out how the builder tightened the barrel/receiver threads together (no cross pins or screws) but its in there tight. Head space is good; its been fired with M80 ball and commercial ammo without any issues. Accuracy is so-so because of the undersized bullet diameter. Somebody spent some time on this old Arisaka!

 

[ol777gunnerz]

Another Bubba

Another Bubba gun I seen online, some guys get crazy ideas.