Eeek!!!!! (Some people's kids shouldn't be allowed to play with tools in the garage unsupervised.....) You're right -it's HIS rifle and he can do what he likes with the poor thing. If it were mine I'd be doing a Rodney King on him.
Given that this guy has the metal-shaping skills of Katy Perry, this Acme bolt handle didn't clear the stock, so he chiseled a gouge in the stock for it to rest in.
When I had my own gunsmith shop, quite often I would have someone come in and ask if they could get a job as an apprentice . ( usually about two or three people a year)
After having an interview with these people and finding out if they were series about an apprentice program I would ask if they could show me an example of what they considered their best work.
Most of the time their work had the same quality as the above "bubba job"
Needless to say not very many got into a apprentice program. Only four people made it in the thirty years the shop was open.
When it comes to most Mosin's, Bubba jobs don't bother me so much. There were so many 91/30's made, having several thousand turned into bubba jobs doesn't hurt so much. Even brings the value of unmolested 91/30's up a little.
But......when a Mosin with a little more history behind it is "destroyed".......now that churns my butter!!
I have an early Finnish M28 Ski Trooper that some bubba got ahold of, but I managed to get my hands on it before too much damage was done. I am now only missing two parts to bring it back to original condition.
I am currently in process of converting a Mosin to 45-70. I have finished widening the mag box and receiver, machining the bolt face and tweaking the interrupter. I am currently looking for a barrel and a stock. I just parkerized the mag box this morning. Mosins are so inexpensive they have become the mice of the lab projects. It allows you to create without expense. I will probably have less than $100 in the project and Ohio just passed a law to allow rifles with straight wall cartridges to be used for deer hunting. Just one way to salvage parts, I would never do that to a complete rifle.
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