If you had a chance to mod a rifle (aka bubb-ing) what would it be?

[em9sredbeam]

For some reason I have always wanted to do a sawn off shotgun, although a short pistol grip mosin, would be...interesting if I could bring myself to commit the blasphemy.

[emcon5]

What with the price of Enfield Jungle Carbines, I wish I'd picked up one of those $100 mismatched No 4's on the market here 10 years ago. (But at the time I had 2 nice SMLE's.) Cut down the barrel and put one of those Jungle Carbine conversion kits on it. And a real recoil pad.

There was a guy up here (South of Carson City actually) that was making conversion kits to make an Enfield 7.62X39, that would have been a fun little rifle and cheap to shoot. He also makes .45 ACP De Lisle carbines, either with a suppressor or a fake for folks who don't want to or are unable to do the tax stamp.

Unfortunately he stopped making the 7.62X39 ones, and looks like he is giving up on the .45 as well:

http://www.specialinterestarms.com

[GunKraut]

Carcano.
Whatever you do to it will only make it better.

[81turbota]

Carcano.
Whatever you do to it will only make it better.

[Capybara]

I would never Bubba any C&R. Modern stuff, have at it, but even that doesn't interest me. I will confess to having bought an SG Works Bullpup kit for one of my beater Chinese SKS, but when I learned that I have to remove the bayonet and front sight mount, I chickened out, I don't want to permanently modify even my beater Chinese SKS. Anyone want to buy an SG Works Bullpup kit, never even opened the box. Will eventually put it up in the marketplace. C&Rs don't deserve to be Bubba'd, even ugly ones.

[Grendl]

Sorry Cap, but here's another vote for a K98 sniper. If I bought a real one I'd be afraid to shoot it, so a repro (bubba) is my only choice. I see nice fakes from time to time, so maybe one day I'll just buy someone else's bad karma.

[CSACANNONEER]

Mosins are cheap and most will never be worth much so, they are always an option for those who like Mosins. Mausers have a long history of being sporterized and make an excellent sporting rifle. Arisakas are also great actions to sporterize. However, if I could bubba just one rifle, I'd try to replicate what JMB did when he converted a lever action into a full auto.

[DennisCA]

Mosins are cheap and most will never be worth much so, they are always an option for those who like Mosins. Mausers have a long history of being sporterized and make an excellent sporting rifle. Arisakas are also great actions to sporterize. However, if I could bubba just one rifle, I'd try to replicate what JMB did when he converted a lever action into a full auto.

Mosins' aren't as cheap as the use to be!
(Then again - what is?

[JackRydden224]

I would bubba a SKS.

I'd go with a 16" barrel like the paratrooper model, detachable mod and the norinco thumbhole stock.

[CASEC]

I like to mod Gew. 88s. There is no paperwork. They are cheap. There are plenty of pre-bubbaed examples to work with. There are plenty of old sportorized ones to draw inspiration from. They are just a neat gun.

[spb_la]

I would never Bubba any C&R. Modern stuff, have at it, but even that doesn't interest me. I will confess to having bought an SG Works Bullpup kit for one of my beater Chinese SKS, but when I learned that I have to remove the bayonet and front sight mount, I chickened out, I don't want to permanently modify even my beater Chinese SKS. Anyone want to buy an SG Works Bullpup kit, never even opened the box. Will eventually put it up in the marketplace. C&Rs don't deserve to be Bubba'd, even ugly ones.

You do need to remove the bayonet, but not the lug or front sight mount.
I don't think any perm alteration is required unless you want to cut the barrel. If you put either an optic/red dot, or flip up sights, your line of sight will be above the original front sight.

Edit - I am not advocating for or against, and as stated, would only do it to one with missing or bad stock.

[pitfighter]

I would never Bubba any C&R. Modern stuff, have at it, but even that doesn't interest me. I will confess to having bought an SG Works Bullpup kit for one of my beater Chinese SKS, but when I learned that I have to remove the bayonet and front sight mount, I chickened out, I don't want to permanently modify even my beater Chinese SKS. Anyone want to buy an SG Works Bullpup kit, never even opened the box. Will eventually put it up in the marketplace. C&Rs don't deserve to be Bubba'd, even ugly ones.

I forgot about the DeLisle Carbine - yes, yes, I'd make one of those for sure.

That and a realistic looking K98 sniper - that i could shoot.
I could live with a fake Paratrooper stock on an M1, too.
Or an M1D lookalike.

You can keep the tactic-cool upgrades, I'm a luddite.

OK, OK, I'd have a Sterling that was dressed up as a Stormtrooper gun.

[LowThudd]

Are these Chilean Mausers any good to fool with? Or just scrap metal? http://www.centerfiresystems.com/MAUGUN-CH1895BA.aspx

[LowThudd]

Sorry, link didn't work http://www.centerfiresystems.com/MAUGUN-CH1895BA.aspx

[CSACANNONEER]

Mosins' aren't as cheap as the use to be!
(Then again - what is?

Yup, the 91/30s I paid $79 at Big 5 are now about twice that. Of course, looking at the exact same time period, the K31s that big 5 sold for $79 are now worth 4-5 times that. The $39 Big 5 Turkish Mausers are now going for 5-7 times that price. There are millions of Mosins out there and the run of the mill, common ones will never be worth much in comparison to other mil surplus rifles from the same time period.