Bubba Tales

[Drydock]

All lovers of old Military rifles dread the efforts of Bubba D. Gunsmith, fearless weilder of hacksaw, drill and the box of "extry" parts.

To wit:  Brought home my latest trade, an M1884 Springfield Infantry rifle.  Seemingly unmolested, but there was a problem with the extractor.  No problem, I've seen those (&%)?>#<%&$<! little springs break, replacements are easy to get.  Not so easy to put in . . .but easy to find.

Pull the action from the stock, slide out the block pivot pin, lift out the block and extractor, and peer into the hole revealed.  The plunger pin is gone, but there is a spring in there . . . a ball point pen spring!

I can just see it:  "Dang it!  Ain't no spring like that in the extry parts box, but this here "Bic" springs 'bout the right length!"

Have you met Bubba?

[Niederlander]

Chuck, consider yourself fortunate if that's the ONLY thing that got "Bubba'd"!  At least parts are available for that one. 

[River City John]

I guess "adapt and overcome" is on the other dang foot now, huh? 

RCJ

[Guns Garrett]

Some of these gimmicks come from Brownell's "Gunsmith Kinks" articles and books...for instance, did you know the ball in a zerk (grease) fitting is a perfect match for a detent ball on  Redfield/Williams/Marbles peep sights?

Not saying such repairs are "legit" - a lot of the contributors to these articles are Bubbas themselves...

[DeaconKC]

Oh yeah, sometimes you can laugh at Bubba and other times want to beat him with a Mosin Nagant.....

[pony express]

Well, he got it "un-bubba'd"c cause it was going "bang-clang" pretty regular today.

[G.W. Strong]

Here is one of my all time "favorite" visits form bubba.

[Niederlander]

CLASSIC!!!!!!

[1stSgt Fritz King]

I spent the weekend with a friend trying to unfuck a Bubba job on a 16-gauge Savage Semi-auto shotgun.  Shame... 

[litl rooster]

Some of these gimmicks come from Brownell's "Gunsmith Kinks" articles and books...for instance, did you know the ball in a zerk (grease) fitting is a perfect match for a detent ball on  Redfield/Williams/Marbles peep sights?

Not saying such repairs are "legit" - a lot of the contributors to these articles are Bubbas themselves...

How do remove the ball from a grease zerk?  Time is money order the replacement part.


Lets leave the Mosin Nagants out of this


I suspect Bubba had something to do with a recent purchase of mine.

[DeaconKC]

Here's a smile for my fellow Mosin fans:
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinHumor.htm

[Delmonico]

I shouldn't tell this but I will.  Savage 99's have a spring on the ejector that gets loose when you take out the bolt.  Mine departed for parts unknown many years ago.  Made one, (note I said "made one" ) out of some spring stock.  (Read that as an old Binks paint gun spring that had the right size of coil.)  Made sure it worked and used a touch of JB Weld to captivate it.   Has worked as well as the original for over 25 years.

[Guns Garrett]

@ Hopalong:
Obviously, a "bolt action"...

[Niederlander]

Well played, Guns..., well played!

[litl rooster]

@ Hopalong:
Obviously, a "bolt action"...

West Virginia sniper model