Originally posted by Hawklore
What ever you do, do not sporterize them..
I'll buy them from you before you do that!!
If you need to sporterize it, do it so it isn't permanent to the stock or the gun.
It's a WWII gun afterall.
LOL. Hawklore, there's about 3.5 million 91/30's in the US right now, 1.2 and 1.9 million M38's and M44's.. it's not like these things are 'rare'. Same goes for Yugo and Norinco SKS's. Russian SKS's are a bit more rare.. only 950,000 of 'em here. The Albanian SKS is a mite more rare.. only 270,000 of 'em here.
The point is, carving up an old military surplus commie gun is not a 'crime against a museum piece'. I happen to like the damn things in their original furniture myself, but i wouldn't hesitate a second with regards to inleting or modifying one if it improved it's shoulder speed or accuracy.
On the other hand, rarer items like Finns and old Springfields or Nazi mausers, Swedish k31's, etc... I'd think a few moments before I carved it up, but still wouldn't feel bad if it improved the performance of the weapon.
In fact, I just put my best shooter, a classic and very rare Finn M27 up for sale on gunbroker because I wanted to scope it.. and cutting that stock for a scope hits me as not being a good thinng to do to a classic firearm of which fewer than 5,000 remain unsullied.
So, rather than carving it up, I'm selling it.. and I'll buy a second (and far more common) M39 with the proceeds and carve THAT up... unless of course it doesn't sell for my asking price, in which case the damn thing will be on the operating table in 9 days.
Finn M-27 Now's yer chance ta put up, or shut up. Stop me, before I carve it up for a scoped tack driver.
