Bubba Been Busy, RMC Project

[painter777]

Relax Thaine,
Williams Gun sight, Not far from me, made a lot of their income selling Frt and Rear sight set ups for carbines. Also many different stock set ups, scopes...etc.

In the above posted link to the RMC, I was trying to show how much work the guy (I called Bubba) had put in to his shooter.

Cheers,
Charlie-painter777

[browningautorifle]

I have a book here from Paul Wahl called the Carbine Handbook that details the way to do up one of these guns. Also how to make a pump rifle out of one. It was a 1964 printing with a copy in 1974 and I bought it in 1984 or so. I personally created a couple of these pump rifles for people and they were thrilled. I was part of the time when these guns were cheap and plentiful and not really desireable. I could tell the difference in them and knew some were better to hold on to then others. Unfortunately I was making about $4000 a year so this wasn't an option. I miss those times but one can't turn back time. All the same, the one pictured is neat...just not my thing.

[DaveHH]

You would see this stuff all the time. They would sporterize Johnsons, any Mauser, Arisakas, Garands, anything. As David points out, there were many publications, some from the NRA on how to do it.
Commercial hunting rifles were expensive. I recall when we got our first 22 magnums, I was maybe 19, I bought a new Mossberg bolt action $37, almost a weeks pay. My buddy bought a Winchester 61 for about $125 (in 22 mag, today worth about a grand). People sporterized military arms so they wouldn't get laughed out of camp. I didn't care and used a byf44 box stock, the older guys made fun of me, but I outshot their 264s and 270 all the time.

In those days a military rifle was just that. I shot my first carbine in Boy Scouts I had no idea who made it and didn't care. I can't tell you if my M14 in basic was a Win, TRW, SA or H&R. In Vietnam, I remember it was an H&R because it was new in the box. Carbines like these are part of the history, not a travesty.