ky wonder
US Veteran
well since the bubba gun thread got a little sidetracked, id like to show off a modified bubba who was a great rifle smith
picked this up on a trade a few weeks back, its a early pre 1950s built using a large ring 1920 over 1918 effort dated mauser from world war 1
which was mated with a p in oval ( Winchester mail order proof) Winchester model 70 brl with 30 GOVt 06 markings,1940s markings , the original bolt had the handle bent down and the knob had been hammered flat, checked the chamber with a go/no go guage and it passed with flying colors
the rifle was then mated to a plain walnut Monte Carlo stock which had the cheek rest shaved with a dip to get his proper cheek rest, the metal was then reblued with a dark lustrous blue that reminds me of a 1950s colt python
metal to wood finish is great, balance is superb, it shoulders like it was built for me.
when I got the rifle it had been drilled for a three screw mount, but no sights
so I sent off to midway and ordered a Leupold one piece 98 base, and it was a perfect fit to the earlier drilled holes and then used a set of steel Leupold rings to mount a Bushnell 3x9x40 trophy scope
and will his old girl shoot, last Thursday it was in the 30s with a steady 12-15 mph cross wind, we were able to get less than 1moa from federal blue box 150 gain, at a 100 yds, but when I sent some 180 grain hornady down range it shot a one whole group, so either the range gods were smiling on the old gun or I got lucky.
when I turned around to send it to a 450 yd 18" metal plate my first three rounds rang the plate by holding 1.5 plate high, so I road down to the swinger and checked the hits, returned and missed it the next three times
so I called it a day and came home,
but this rifle is now out of my trade fodder guns
picked this up on a trade a few weeks back, its a early pre 1950s built using a large ring 1920 over 1918 effort dated mauser from world war 1
which was mated with a p in oval ( Winchester mail order proof) Winchester model 70 brl with 30 GOVt 06 markings,1940s markings , the original bolt had the handle bent down and the knob had been hammered flat, checked the chamber with a go/no go guage and it passed with flying colors
the rifle was then mated to a plain walnut Monte Carlo stock which had the cheek rest shaved with a dip to get his proper cheek rest, the metal was then reblued with a dark lustrous blue that reminds me of a 1950s colt python
metal to wood finish is great, balance is superb, it shoulders like it was built for me.
when I got the rifle it had been drilled for a three screw mount, but no sights
so I sent off to midway and ordered a Leupold one piece 98 base, and it was a perfect fit to the earlier drilled holes and then used a set of steel Leupold rings to mount a Bushnell 3x9x40 trophy scope
and will his old girl shoot, last Thursday it was in the 30s with a steady 12-15 mph cross wind, we were able to get less than 1moa from federal blue box 150 gain, at a 100 yds, but when I sent some 180 grain hornady down range it shot a one whole group, so either the range gods were smiling on the old gun or I got lucky.
when I turned around to send it to a 450 yd 18" metal plate my first three rounds rang the plate by holding 1.5 plate high, so I road down to the swinger and checked the hits, returned and missed it the next three times
so I called it a day and came home,
but this rifle is now out of my trade fodder guns
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