To Bubba, or not to Bubba

Hairy Krisna said:
Am I the only forum member that doesn't know what "bubba" is or stands for??? Please enlighten me
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It's a term used by arrogant people to describe a process that they don't believe is in the best interests of humanity. They feel that an inanimate object has an inherent right to dissolve into dust rather than be repurposed into a form that suits the wishes of it's owner and they have no problem derailing thread after thread with their opinion.

I think I'll go onto the Milsurp forums and deride people when they have a heated discussion about the threadpitch of the lower left retaining screw on a Mark XI*** Henson & Bedges RP-186K (Polish issue, not Yugoslavian). Sounds pretty stupid, eh? About as stupid as calling someone out for doing what they want to their own property.

Too each their own.
If you want to carve your girlfriends' initials into the buttstock of your mint Remington Rolling Block, go ahead and please post pictures.
If you want to have a circle-jerk with others while talking about your unaltered firearm, have at 'er. (No pictures please)

The term Bu**a is rude and insulting. We need a term for the righteous people who think they have the right to belittle people and derail threads at their convenience.

To bad arrogant arse**le is already taken.
 
Bubba normally is an abused and over used word.

It's healthy for tinkerers and gunsmiths to take a common cheap firearm and make is better or specialised for personal reasons. I learn more from viewing the hundreds of pictures and video's of mods and the people who make em than all the standard manuals on each particular gun in question.

I see someone modify a sight, and I want to make one better. I see someone make an interesting change or part, and I take notes. That's the kind of content that makes this and other forums interesting. Pity those who live the same old same old lifestyle for they have no life of their own, only the borrowed lives of others.
 
If you want to alter something irrevocably, why don't you take an axe and chop off your left foot? Doing so is only slightly more stupid than ruining a good rifle.
 
wont ruin it, do what you want with it, no collector value, there are more than 15 million of these things worldwide. Do what you want and don't feel bad and i'd sit next to ya at the range and admire our sweet rifles :p hahahaha
 
Spotagwan said:
wont ruin it, do what you want with it, no collector value, there are more than 15 million of these things worldwide. Do what you want and don't feel bad and i'd sit next to ya at the range and admire our sweet rifles :p hahahaha
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How is that even a logical argument? There were 15,000,000 German k98s and 17,000,000 Lee-Enfilds built. Yet they will easily fetch $1000+ for an all matching example. Why? Because more than 75% of them were modified or bubba'd.

Then bubba will complain a few years later about how expensive they are. "They used to be cheap... Durp"
 
BeaverMeat said:
How is that even a logical argument? There were 15,000,000 German k98s and 17,000,000 Lee-Enfilds built. Yet they will easily fetch $1000+ for an all matching example. Why? Because more than 75% of them were modified or bubba'd.

Then bubba will complain a few years later about how expensive they are. "They used to be cheap... Durp"
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Then logic would dictate that you should be grateful to the bubba's who made the untouched so valuable. But having said that, there is a significant difference between the quality of the mausers and enfields when compared to a Russian or Chinese SKS. The vast number of mausers and enfields were not destroyed by bubba's but were melted down for the scrap metal because there was no market for them. Many are modified by the country of origin in order to find a market willing to take this burden off their hands. I have a N. Krag that was re-barrelled by the importers in order to find a market to 6.5 MS and we all know about the Cooey Carcanos.

Arguing over something so petty using misinformation is not what we should be doing in a forum that is meant to exchange information.
 
canuck94 said:
Then logic would dictate that you should be grateful to the bubba's who made the untouched so valuable. But having said that, there is a significant difference between the quality of the mausers and enfields when compared to a Russian or Chinese SKS. The vast number of mausers and enfields were not destroyed by bubba's but were melted down for the scrap metal because there was no market for them. Many are modified by the country of origin in order to find a market willing to take this burden off their hands. I have a N. Krag that was re-barrelled by the importers in order to find a market to 6.5 MS and we all know about the Cooey Carcanos.

Arguing over something so petty using misinformation is not what we should be doing in a forum that is meant to exchange information.
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Ok, ok. Different circumstances and not a fair comparison...

My point still stands. Some people get the notion in their heads that "cheap" means "I must improve (bubba) it because it's cheap".
 
BeaverMeat said:
Ok, ok. Different circumstances and not a fair comparison...

My point still stands. Some people get the notion in their heads that "cheap" means "I must improve (bubba) it because it's cheap".
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As it stands at this point in time, if it wasn't for the amateur gunsmiths and inventors, there would not be any market for the guns like the SKS. This has fed an incredibly large and lucrative after market industry and has helped to make this model desirable to many that under normal circumstances would not be able to afford to play with an assault type rifle.

I say "let's continue to encourage them".
 
BeaverMeat said:
How is that even a logical argument? There were 15,000,000 German k98s and 17,000,000 Lee-Enfilds built. Yet they will easily fetch $1000+ for an all matching example. Why? Because more than 75% of them were modified or bubba'd.

Then bubba will complain a few years later about how expensive they are. "They used to be cheap... Durp"
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Ain't arguing brother :p There's alot of them, enjoy it while you have it is all im saying...One could say i have bubba'd mine, but im proud of it. Range officer looked it over and said i did a nice job when i was there last. I bought a bbq'd painted mismatched parts SKS as my first SKS because i wanted to put it in a different stock, with all the fixin's....Also keeping in mind trying to make it easier for my little ###y 115lbs. blond wife to shoot and handle ( the more she likes it the more we can go shooting ) my evil plan is working !!! hahahaha
 
Bubba is only when the owner makes irreversible modifications.

Changing out the stock does not qualify as Bubba.
 
Spotagwan said:
Ain't arguing brother :p There's alot of them, enjoy it while you have it is all im saying...One could say i have bubba'd mine, but im proud of it. Range officer looked it over and said i did a nice job when i was there last. I bought a bbq'd painted mismatched parts SKS as my first SKS because i wanted to put it in a different stock, with all the fixin's....Also keeping in mind trying to make it easier for my little ###y 115lbs. blond wife to shoot and handle ( the more she likes it the more we can go shooting ) my evil plan is working !!! hahahaha
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I dunno... Anyone who proudly mentions their wife's weight, hair colour, and ###iness is usually an internet pimp.

Pics or it didn't happen.
 
canuck94 said:
As it stands at this point in time, if it wasn't for the amateur gunsmiths and inventors, there would not be any market for the guns like the SKS. This has fed an incredibly large and lucrative after market industry and has helped to make this model desirable to many that under normal circumstances would not be able to afford to play with an assault type rifle.

I say "let's continue to encourage them".
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Couldn't say it better myself. As much as I like having a mess of red rifles in their original furniture, I'm gonna have to bubba one at some point.............just for fun if nothing else, especially now that we are seeing some stocks that arent complete crap.
 
The bottom line on anything factory and its worth, is that a totally factory, unaltered piece of gear, be it a car or a rifle, is only wirth what a person is willing to sell it for.
Once it is used, it's no longer worth as much to the people looking tom buy it.
I shoot my guns, so I could give a ratz'z azz if they are factory or modified.
I have an all factory , unaltered long Branch that never saw service but has shot a zillon rounds in service rifle competition since it was made, but it's nit for sale at any price because it's a family heirloom.

I also have two heavily modded Enfields that have the butt sockets cut of and in very nice one piece stocks- one I would sell in a heart beat at the right price, the other is not for sale at any price - family heirloom.I
don't consider either of these rifles "bubba'd because they were well done and are super functional sporting guns.

Something that has been hacked up and pieced together is a bubba job i my books.
So, that being said, do what you want and have fun with it!
Cat
 
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