Milsurp Starter

[dennishoddy]

I actually own a milsurp that sporterized!

 

[glassparman]

I bought a sporterized No4 Mk1 back in the day but they had only changed the stock and not cut the barrel. I have replaced the stock and metal.

Maybe we could start a new thread showing off the before and after pics fixing bubba'd Milsurps?

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

I actually own a milsurp that sporterized!

 

[Catt57]

Burn the heretic!!!! BURN!

I bought it to keep it away from Bubba. I'll never use it, I swear!

 

[BillM]

Burn the heretic!!!! BURN!

I'd like to have a copy of that book. And I have a large-format scanner...

Personally, if I were to get an AR/M-16ish rifle, I'd want to have steel and wood for it, too. Someday, maybe. I have here, a 1903 Springfield that someone sporterized very nicely long ago and far, far away, and in another universe. I've considered rebuilding it to the 1903 Springfield milspec... And I'd put the National Ordnance action on the sporterized barrel... A good how-to book can be read in reverse, after all. -

 

[dlbleak]

Somebody start a ‘Sporterized milsurp’ thread in the milsurp section. It will force me to get my 1917 Enfield out and maybe even shoot it!

 

[JEVapa]

This is kinda it...at least it morphed into it

 

[aarondhgraham]

I'm profoundly ashamed by the mil-surps I butchered in the early 60's,,,
An Enfield .303, a K98 Mauser, a Carcano carbine, and a 7.7 Japanese.

Mostly it was just cutting the stock down,,,
The rifles were cheap enough,,,
Most under a twenty.

But cash for a gunsmith to cut a barrel down,,,
And replace the military sights with new,,,
Well that was far and few between.

I finally wised up and stopped chopping the guns up,,,
Back then it wasn't hard to find used stocks,,,
I put the Enfield and K98 back to original.

The only modification I did was,,,
Strip the wood and give it a quality oil finish.

Aarond

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[Catt57]

I'd like to have a copy of that book. And I have a large-format scanner...

Personally, if I were to get an AR/M-16ish rifle, I'd want to have steel and wood for it, too. Someday, maybe. I have here, a 1903 Springfield that someone sporterized very nicely long ago and far, far away, and in another universe. I've considered rebuilding it to the 1903 Springfield milspec... And I'd put the National Ordnance action on the sporterized barrel... A good how-to book can be read in reverse, after all. -

Can be had on eBay for $15 and up depending on edition.

 

[BillM]

Can be had on eBay for $15 and up depending on edition.

Thanks, found a copy with shipping & sales tax for just about exactly that! Should be here by the 16th. Maybe that will get me up off my dead butt and onto my dying feet!