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SPORTERIZING MILITARY RIFLES views and tho

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SPORTERIZING MILITARY RIFLES views and tho

I have to agree. I currently have an old Swede that has a short corroded section at the muzzle end of the barrel (shooting corrosive ammo & storing muzzle down?-I don't know how). For me to buy a new barrel and pay to get it installed, I'd be better off buying another one. However, I can cut off the bad section, add scope mounts, bend the bolt and put it into some new wood for just under $100 and take a worthless shooting gun and make it into a good deer hunting rifle. No one is hurt by missing a non-shooting gun, and I do have a usable gun that does look pretty good. I guess spending more than the gun is worth for the sake of keeping it original takes a different mindset than I have. Of course, I like all of the street rods driving around on the streets, too. Custom can be cool!
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SPORTERIZING MILITARY RIFLES views and tho

Some here suggest that mil-surplus prices may one day "fall out the botton". With some rifles that may be so??However, when you talk of these rifles there are some that are always gonna be highly sought after.For example the Finns captured Russian rifles & rebuilt them to Finn specs. Some arsenals did outstanding work(Tikka for instance) & a rifle from there is all else being equal gonna be worth more. One arsenal didn't make but about 10 or 15,000 rifles. They are rare today,highly sought after,& every time one is sporterized the others value goes up.So you might want to learn about the markings on Rifles because abeat-up dog from the right place is worth more than new arsenal-rebuilds are from another.A couple friends & myself made a pile of money off of those facts I have outlined for yall. :)
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Hud,the 8mm is ok but Worf is cool. :)
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