Sporterizing milsurp C&R's

[ivanimal]

I got the Whelen I was waiting for today, I must say the guy that did the sporterizing did an incredible job. It has an RCBS 35 Whelen Improved barrel and a custom muzzle brake. The wood is first rate and the action and trigger have been lapped and tuned. This was all done on a 03A3 action. I am just giddy.




The magazine cut off is great for road hunting because you can keep one in the chamber on safe on backroads and just remove the chambered round if needed, this helps to keep spire points from deforming due to removal and reloading.

It also came with 120 rounds of custom ammo and reloading dies. I could not have done as good a job for 1000 bucks. I did not pay 1/2 of that including DROS.

There are some incredible deals to be had in sporterized milsurps if you look hard enough. I know some people feel this is "Taboo" I respect that, that just makes these easier for me to aquire.

[tankerman]

Sweet gun
Thank god so many people are bias against MILSURP sporters helps keep the price down....Nice buy, I'm jealous.

[glen avon]

Because ALL misurps are collectable on the magnatude of a Yenko Camaro or a Shelby Cobra, give me a break.

settle down francis, I was being silly, not sarcastic.

[-hanko]

I won't sporterize any military C&R, but buying one already done (especially 20-30 year old) doesn't bother me. It might be just a matter of timing, 30 years ago springfields were as plentiful as Moisin's are now, so no big deal to get a beater & chop the barrel & restock. Times obviously are different now.

Ugly guns are just fine if you don't let anyone know you have one They do go bang every time and shoot big bullets.

-hanko

[-hanko]

I got the Whelen I was waiting for today, I must say the guy that did the sporterizing did an incredible job. It has an RCBS 35 Whelen Improved barrel and a custom muzzle brake. The wood is first rate and the action and trigger have been lapped and tuned. This was all done on a 03A3 action. I am just giddy.

There are some incredible deals to be had in sporterized milsurps if you look hard enough. I know some people feel this is "Taboo" I respect that, that just makes these easier for me to aquire.

Get thee to Idaho & go back with an elk (or anything else)

+1 on the great deals with just a little or a lot of looking.

-hanko

[ivanimal]

Get thee to Idaho & go back with an elk (or anything else)

+1 on the great deals with just a little or a lot of looking.

-hanko

Thus the real reason for buying the whelen! I was thinking Montana though.

[M. Sage]

A topic that strikes a bit close to home...

I tinkered a bit with my 91/30, but like someone pointed out, it's not like they didn't build enough of them (more so in my case, since it's a 1942 Ishevsk). But I kept everything 100% reversible.

The only things I've done to take it away from the condition I got it in were:

Added a Mojo rear sight. Anybody who hasn't seen one, it's kind of neat. You take the tangent rear sight off the rifle (it comes off with a pin, so I can put it back anytime I feel like trying to break my thumbs again) and the Mojo is a diopter-style sight. Very nice, especially since my rifle was shooting about 6" high at 100 yards at the minimum range setting, and the other option was to file a rear sight down (I actually bought a spare rear sight just for this...) or install a taller front sight post (no thanks.)

The new sight picture. Notice how the diopter blends into the globe when they're aligned properly. I love that:



The other thing I did was since the shellac was falling off the stock at a horrible rate, melting off from heat when I shot it, I stripped the stock and refinished it in Tung oil. I also plan on hunting with the rifle at some point, so I wanted something I could count on staying waterproof. I didn't sweat this one too much, since the stock had been horribly re-shellacked during refurbishment. You could see brush marks in the red coat that was on top. Eww.

Before (the day I brought it home, before the finish started falling off):



The finished product: