DrB Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Bubba Ruined these rifles. The front sights are missing and they mounted junky scopes. There are stamps in the stocks so I guess I'm a gonna have to sand them down and start over and get some good scopes to mount.. Yea...I am just joking..... Keep the pitch forks and torches at home..........Dave.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 39 minutes ago, DrB said: Yea...I am just joking..... Keep the pitch forks and torches at home..........Dave.... So, what's the plan here? Nice looking guns, btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, minervadoe said: So, what's the plan here? Since you asked. Since Bubba ruined these fine military rifles by taking off the front and rear sights and mounting some cheap scopes. He even ground down the bolts so they would open with the scopes mounted. Stamped the receiver with the serial number in a different place because the scope mounts covered up the original. I called Remington up to see if they would send me the correct parts and they just laughed at me... Since they are forever ruined I'm thinking about getting some nice Boyd's stocks and a couple of nice Tasco scopes for them. Might saw the barrels down to 18" to make nice handy carbines. for throwing in the truck. Dave...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Bubba should...be shunned by the community and sentenced to watch Sgt. York twice in a row. And write a book report on A Rifleman Went to War. Then seek a priest for confession. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 No, these rifles are getting cleaned and going back.. The scopes on both are still clear. Bubba did miss these, thank god... Just thought you folks might enjoy the pictures. Dave... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Those are screaming for some Tascos... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Valmet said: Those are screaming for some Tascos... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 10 hours ago, DrB said: Since you asked. Since Bubba ruined these fine military rifles by taking off the front and rear sights and mounting some cheap scopes. He even ground down the bolts so they would open with the scopes mounted. Stamped the receiver with the serial number in a different place because the scope mounts covered up the original. I called Remington up to see if they would send me the correct parts and they just laughed at me... Since they are forever ruined I'm thinking about getting some nice Boyd's stocks and a couple of nice Tasco scopes for them. Might saw the barrels down to 18" to make nice handy carbines. for throwing in the truck. Dave...... Rather than going full retard with a "sporter" stock, just leave the stocks the way they are and replace the front sights just for looks. Then mount decent scopes on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I have never seen "nice" and "Tasco" used in the same sentence. The rifles do look nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Stick Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nice. I have a Gibbs reproduction on a Remington receiver. One of these days days I might get around to replacing the scope with a better reproduction. But it does good on the range for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 21 hours ago, Borg warner said: Rather than going full retard with a "sporter" stock, just leave the stocks the way they are and replace the front sights just for looks. Then mount decent scopes on them Nahhh. I was just joking. They are going to stay how they are. The scopes are original not repros. Bubba, I am not. I love these old rifles. Dave... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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