ITT: bubba strikes again. pic related
>>29594087
Holy shit that makes me mad as a 49/56 owner. Those guns are so beautiful.
>>29594087
I've seen worse. Didn't take a picture, but it was a 49/56 with polymer stock, picatinny rails and a scope mount.
>>29594087
You've seen nothing.
>>29594087
>>29594535
>>29594549
>>29594555
It's weird to see Bubba'd MAS' that have been recently defaced and not sporterized in the 50s. I mean it's not like 7.5 French was ever really a common round outside of maybe the Post-WW2 influx of milsurp and the CAI .308 converted MAS that exploded.
>>29594555
>tfw kind of want that extended mag
>>29594615
It will foever trigger me that Century fucked the MAS like that and gave my gunfu such a bad name.
>>29594123
If it's any consolation, I unfucked it. The grip was screwed and glued in
>>29596030
my hero
>>29594087
Why? Does a stupid grip like that provide any advantage to a fucking MAS 49? Wtf is wrong with people?
Only half decent bubba I ever saw on a mas.
>>29594615
I'm also not understanding this
An SKS \ Mauser \ Enfield \ etc getting sporterized is always kind of a shame but at least that makes sense. The guns are/were cheaper than factory new hunting rifles and came in an adequate (SKS) or 'if it bleeds we can kill it' (Mauser and especially Enfield) hunting round.
Unless there is some niche country with bizarre import or ownership laws I can't imagine getting a MAS and bubba'ing it being cheaper or easier than doing the same to an SKS. Especially if you are planning on firing 7.5 French with regularity and don't reload.
>>29597349
Most of the Bubba's specials I have dealt with are less a matter of cost and more a matter of simply having it sitting around.
Original buyer sells it, Bubba gets a deal and goes to town. Or Bubba picked it up at a gun show for cheap with a bunch of ammo, so why not?
Most people don't place a great deal of value on the historical value of surplus firearms until they see the Mosin they just butchered sell for $300.
My boss, for example, once cut the crap out of a Springfield, drilled and tapped it for a scope (fixed 4x, of course) only to find out that it was in 30-03. At the time, he was out $10.
>>29597349
I want to say any MAS that got bubba'd, did so because bubba doesn't give a shit about collector value, and it's just a cheap semiauto to him. Or maybe bubba is an older dude who wants a little more stability and handguards are cheap enough to replace, like in this case. It's inexcusable to me in either case.
>>29597458
>ruining a 30-03 Springfield
how did he not check that it was 30-03 before fucking it?
what a retard
>>29597518
He was in his teens at the time, and still managed to flip the rifle after destroying it. At the time, 30-03 could still be found commercially, but was on it's way out.
He literally ordered it from a print ad, and I imagine he expected to receive a 30-06.
>>29597182
>>29594087
Yummy
>>29597767
>muh matching numbers
>implying that even remotely matters after fucking a rifle in the ass that hard
reeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>29597767
Easy to have matching numbers when theres all of two serial numbered parts left on that fucking gun
>>29594555
Nice Valmet
>>29596030
It's still in 7.5?
Mad props.
>>29598613
Yeah m8, the rifle may not be in the best shape, and the finish is very worn but at least I could get a replacement handguard and its in 7.5 French Fry. I also got like 4 mags for 100 which is cheaper than anything on gunbroker
>>29598724
I think anywhere except Cheaper Than Dirt, is cheaper than gunbroker.
>>29598724
Also, here's a grainy shitty picture of my MAS 36 in 7.5 Baguette
>>29598735
Dreams of having got a good deal = crushed
>>29598753
I plan on getting one at some point. I hope they don't jump up in price in the next year
