And the Kingdom of Bubbas gets the new head honcho!

[TRaTSeRiF]

Yikes....

The workmanship...

The full story on ht tp://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?161806-Need-advice-on-salvaging-a-hack-job

I can think of 2 shops in Canada whose business ethics indicate that they'd let "workmanship" like this stand, but that's why they aren't CGN sponsors any more

 

[strider007]

I think that bit of work, or whatever you wanna call it, was actually performed in that Chevy...free-hand! That is truly hideous...

 

[BeaverMeat]

WOW!

Reminds me of the time I stepped into TNT Gunworks in Regina. "I over-torqued the gas key. what do I do now?"

 

[Zedbra]

Woah. I....just woah.

 

[6MT]

Incredible!

 

[Hoakster]

Ugh.
That looks like the kind of work I would do.
Which is exactly why I don't do that kind of work.

 

[Magellann]

A little bondo and some paint on it and it will be good as new again..... not! Thats a real shame.

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

Now I've had some of my Bubba moments around the kitchen table, but if I messed up a part so it can't be made to work safely, I'd replace it and this was just for my personal use. When you are a public-facing business that rests on a reputation, you DO NOT let a hackjob like that leave your shop. Even as a certified Bubba, I'd be ashamed to show someone "work" like that.

 

[nza]

So the gunsmith welded the FH and the gasblock. Then oops on the barrel nut, so split the gas block to remove and slide the barrel nut back on, then weld the gas block back together.

Face palm

 

[6MT]

A little bondo and some paint on it and it will be good as new again..... not! Thats a real shame.

a few love taps with a ball peen hammer, she be good as new

 

[8 ball]

My brain just exploded............

 

[mspben]

It'll buff out...

Unbelievable.

Ben

 

[greentips]

They called this guy a "gunsmith"??? I cannot believe it. That is an insult to all "gunsmiths".

 

[TV-PressPass]

Hey cool! It's from one of those underground gun shops in Waziristan!

Or is this from the Brazillian Favelas?

Maybe an home jobbie from the Australian Bikie gangs?

 

[tootall]

I think the kids in the Khyber Pass in northern Pakistan would have done better...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy

 

[mg4201]

It looks like someone was trying to unf@ck a hack job. You can't make chicken soup out of chicken sh!t. Edit edit edit. I wonder why the "gunsmith" didn't just turn the flash hider off with a lathe and buy a new flash hider?. With the state the barrel is in now I would have it turned to a lightweight profile and make an xm177e2 out of it. That way all the f@cked barrel would be removed. With a replica "moderator" pinned on the rifle wouldn't even need an SBR tax stamp. A competent machinist could accomplish that in less than two hours. As it sits now that barrel is essentially worthless.

 

[Omkaar]

I don't know that I've ever seen anything bubba'd that badly.

 

[ipscgraz]

Absolutely anyone can call themselves a gunsmith...

 

[X-man]

My eight year old nephew can run a neater bead than that. Everything needs to be $hitcanned as UNSAFE, not just because of the horrifying esthetics of the "work." The shop owner should immediately fire the hack posing as a "gunsmith" and buy the customer a new BCM upper after refunding his money. Small shops live and die by word of mouth. From what I've seen, this shop deserves to die before their shoddy work contributes to a client's death.

 

[Silverado]

That's the kind of gunsmithing I'd accept from an electrician. That one's a beauty.