From the Mind of BUBBA

Dmitri said:
Long post but relevant.. not all bubba projects are the same.
I built this few years back.. back than most of you guys liked it. :)

" At first i thought i would use the m-38 since it was already shorter, but after i found out that carbines didnt come with dovetail under the rear sight i decided to stick with 91/30 model and have more options for a scope mount. I ended up byuing 3 rifles before i found one i wanted to use for this project, it was a nice matching 1939 tula with nice bore, strong rifling, good blueing and great never repaired stock that was pealing and asking for new finish.

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After thinking it through i decided to cut 10 inches of the barrel and make the factory stock fold, i know it sounded ridiculous at the time, but i found a mechanism that could potentially work and gave it a try ...and it worked !!

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The foldin unit is SFU from Hera arms, i ended up attaching a part of the Ar15 buffer tube to the back of the mechanism and screwed and JB welded it in to the stock. it is now rock solid with no movement and very tight lock up.

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Then i had to fit the barrel band spring , sling plates and front metal handguard caps

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Then instead of trying to figure out how to reinstall the front sight, i ordered a m39 sight that simply slides on to the barrel and looks way better. I also ordered a nice brake with 15x1 thread. it took 3 months for the front sight to arrive, but it eventually arrived and i was able to complete the project.

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Also tried two different scope mounting solutions.. ended up going with SK mount. Although the dovetail mount was 1/8" lower, it didnt have a way of stopping it from recoil, plus SK mount just looked better with rear sight base still on.

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And at last after countless layers of polyurethane i figured i will experiment with some grip tape design. I will add here that the stain i used was a custom mix and that the stock was stripped chemically leaving all the stamps very visible.

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The following is the final product, let me know what you guys think, and im sorry if i offended some purists here :) just thought most of you guys would like to see it.


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Found this 10 rd extension by Howling Raven, i have mixed feelings about it, i like the look but its plastic and mag spring is kinda loose inside the mag. so it looks good, and functions ok, but if i ever take this beast hunting, factory mag plate will be reinstalled.

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I find it hard to express how badly I want to shoot this rifle hahaha !! Love this actually.
 
Evanguy said:
That saddle ring gave it away to me. But also an Enfield carbine will be stamped LEC 1 or LEC 1* a Metford carbine would be just stamped I or I* or II if it's not a commercial rifle

The pic of the RIC carbine in your other post is nice but the best looking LMC/LEC in my eyes are the LMC/LEC cavalry carbines
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Me sick and twisted, but I’ve been thinking of a clean way to attach my uncle mikes single point sling. I love that thing, just don’t like the rifles that accept it easily. This is cool.
 
I think we should have an official CGN Ugly Duckling challenge to see who here can be the most creative taking bad, non-salvageable old attic milsurp sporter, or collection of leftover useless desporterizing parts and rebuild it into something [Canada legal &] interesting. Need before & after pics.

Already some good candidates in this thread.

Categories:
1. Best classic sporter
2. Best "Wasteland" Sci-Fi blaster.
 
bearhunter said:
IMHO, that would depend on the condition of the Johnson when the smith did the work.

When those rifles first came into Canada, through Century International in Montreal, they were from offshore warehouses, where they were either left behind by US Marines or given to as Lend Lease.

They weren't allowed to return to the US as complete rifles but the parts weren't under such restrictions, other than the receivers.

Before Century started to strip them down, they approached the major firearms dealers across Canada to see if they were interested in purchasing the rifles in quantities large enough to be worthwhile. I believe, it was a long time ago, that the minimum order was 100 rifles, which was the equivalent of a full pallet.

Allen Lever was quite excited about them and we made the trip to the Montreal warehouse to see what we would get for the money, which was pricey for the time.

The condition of the rifles overall was quite good, ranging from Good to Very good for the most part, with a few hundred looking close to excellent.

That was what they appeared to be on the surface. We were allowed to fully inspect rifles from a randomly selected pallet from each ''grade'' and base our orders on what we saw.

This wasn't the norm but we had seen it before and the people at the warehouse were usually pretty good at assessing conditions.

In every grade there were rifles with shot out or badly pitted bores. Some were not functioning etc. Pretty much standard for such stockpiles.

Sidney I Robinson got there before us, which was also normal and put their placards on the pallets of rifles they wanted. They too, most of the excellent grade, but none of the other grades.

Lever managed to get four pallets of excellent grade and six pallets of Very Good grade.

We left after that, but not without checking the other grade. which was all marked "GOOD ONLY"

There were also bins of parts that were left over from warehouse stocks or had been stripped from rifles to make up many of the rifles in the "Good Only" grade pallets. This work was done in the UK, before being allowed into Canada.

In those days, it was still legal for Canadians to purchase, own and shoot full auto firearms. There were several Johnson machineguns in crates with spare parts kits available as well. Lever didn't purchase any that I know of.

There were enough parts in those bins to assemble a few hundred fully functional rifles, but condition would have been POOR at best when rated overall.

The rifle in the pic could easily have come out of those parts bins.

Whoever did the work, it's very good.
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The maker might have seen one of the later iterations of the Johnson rifle that was shown to the Netherlands Purchasing Commission representatives that visited Long Branch. They were getting ready for the colonial reconquest of Indonesia around that time. I am not sure if that model of Johnson rifle was ever produced in quantity.

'Daisy Mae'

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Marine Major Harry Torgerson on Bougainville holding a tie he received for a Christmas present. Note his Johnson Auto-Carbine to the right. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo

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I remember seeing that a few years ago. The Lee Enfield TAC A1 Mk.III. Goofy but looks well executed and probably accurate, though not suitable for milsurp competitions. #Quiet
 
I've seen worse and that actually looks quite functional. The receiver/barrel could very easily be cleaned up and make a fine base for a decent hunting rifle.


stickhunter said:
This one just popped for for sale on another Canadian gun sale site... I suspect it'll actually sell pretty quickly! 1908 DWN in 7mm Mauser


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