JABQ04 said:
BQ_90 said:
JABQ04 said:
There is a circle in Hell reserved for people who sporterized these old weapons.
It wasn't an old weapon when it was sporterized
Whether it was done the year after it was made or 3 days ago it's still a travesty to do this to firearms.
(Just my opinion. Huge fan and starting to collect older military firearms)
When it was done, it was a cheap way for someone to get a serviceable hunting rifle on the cheap. In military trim, they're a lot heavier than they need to be in the deer woods.
Now, some of the TAPCO'ed out travesties Bubba has made, I'll agree with you on.
What sucks for milsurp collectors today is that the 'golden age' of milsurp collecting has passed. I'm old enough (just) to recall M91/30 and M1944 Mosins being sold for like $49 a piece. (And I still kick myself for not buying a crate of each) Soviet capture Kar 98K Mausers weren't much more. That, and Yugo Mausers and SKS were pretty much the last wave of cheap rifles available in large numbers, leftovers from WWI, WWII, and the early Cold War.
Might possibly get a small wave when the M9 Berettas hit the CMP. But other than that, everything since the AK-47, M-14, and FAL hit the scene have been full autos, and thus off limits since 1986. Plus the Bush41 'sporting use' limiting EO, means there's not much new coming in.
