The "BUBBA AWARD"

[Badboymelvin]

This is the one !

Rigby Side Lock Double, with rib relayed by Zambian Craftsman with use of stick Arc Welder, note rear trigger also broken off !

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OH... MY... GOSH...

 

[steve white]

OH... MY... GOSH...

I would love to own that so I could say "I have a SXS Rigby." Funny, in a tragic sort of way.

 

[ROCK53]

Haha, classic Bubba tragedy that Marlin 46A takedown getting drilled for a scope across the joint is peak didn't read the manual work. Ruins the whole charm of the takedown feature for zero gain.
Some legendary Bubba fails I've seen /heard:
SKS with a full length Picatinny rail JB Welded straight to the receiver top, then painted OD green over cosmoline residue. Scope fell off mid shot.
Mauser 98 sporterized into a "pistol" by hacksawing the barrel to 16" and adding a vertical grip turned it into an unregistered SBR nightmare.
Old double barrel shotgun "shortened" with a torch, barrels uneven, one bent like a banana, stock wrapped in duct tape for "cammo."
Mosin with a Tapco stock, hogged-out for an AK mag, and a red dot mounted via epoxy on the rear sight leaf. Looked like Fallout cosplay gone wrong.
Remington 700 bolt action Bubba'd into a "bullpup" with the action flipped backward trigger linkage was a coat hanger mess.

 

[EBaker]

I'll tell on myself with one. For the background on this, I have a Henry 45 colt I shoot suppressed, and for anything suppressed I like to be subsonic if possible with the heaviest for caliber bullets I can get to maximize energy while staying quiet. For this reason, I handloaded a bunch of 45 colt ammo with the 395 grain hornady sub-x bullets which is a good suitable load for the rifle and circumstance. I also had an Uberti army Remington with a 45 colt conversion cylinder. I knew then and know now that you aren't supposed to run jacketed bullets or exceed cowboy action pressures in these conversion cylinders and I did both. My dad lives close by and has a range setup at his house (which is also where I reload) and he was feeding his sheep when I went to go shoot. I actually told him I'm about to go try something stupid and shoot the loads I made for my Henry in that revolver. I was expecting some recoil with the heavy bullets and instead got none at all. The cylinder exploded on the first shot and deformed the top strap. I never found the rest of the cylinder, but I did find the bullet on the ground in the dirt in front of the berm and it looked like the back of the bullet had a peice chewed out of it. Luckily all that happened was damage to the gun and minor damage to the table I was shooting over.

 

[cash_tx]

I've side-stepped many a Bubba gun at local gun shops and gun shows over the years, but here is one I assembled just for fun a few years back.

 

[steve white]

I'll tell on myself with one. For the background on this, I have a Henry 45 colt I shoot suppressed, and for anything suppressed I like to be subsonic if possible with the heaviest for caliber bullets I can get to maximize energy while staying quiet. For this reason, I handloaded a bunch of 45 colt ammo with the 395 grain hornady sub-x bullets which is a good suitable load for the rifle and circumstance. I also had an Uberti army Remington with a 45 colt conversion cylinder. I knew then and know now that you aren't supposed to run jacketed bullets or exceed cowboy action pressures in these conversion cylinders and I did both. My dad lives close by and has a range setup at his house (which is also where I reload) and he was feeding his sheep when I went to go shoot. I actually told him I'm about to go try something stupid and shoot the loads I made for my Henry in that revolver. I was expecting some recoil with the heavy bullets and instead got none at all. The cylinder exploded on the first shot and deformed the top strap. I never found the rest of the cylinder, but I did find the bullet on the ground in the dirt in front of the berm and it looked like the back of the bullet had a peice chewed out of it. Luckily all that happened was damage to the gun and minor damage to the table I was shooting over. View attachment 740332View attachment 740333View attachment 740334View attachment 740335View attachment 740336

You're a lucky man, you should play the lotto...

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I've side-stepped many a Bubba gun at local gun shops and gun shows over the years, but here is one I assembled just for fun a few years back.

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Rails are fun to play with. Turn a gun into a Christmas tree.

 

[WAB]

I can't verify but I was told that the ATF has a very highly engraved AH Fox side x sides that now has a pistol grip with barrels hacksawed even with the forearm. Not sure if my eyes could handle seeing that one.

Years ago I was shooting in England. An armed robbery story hit the news. The fellow was using a shotgun he’d burgled to rob a convenience store. He’d sawn the barrels and stock off. Turns out it was a Purdey SxS game gun.

 

[Dirtdart]

Years ago I was shooting in England. An armed robbery story hit the news. The fellow was using a shotgun he’d burgled to rob a convenience store. He’d sawn the barrels and stock off. Turns out it was a Purdey SxS game gun.

That should get him more time than armed robbery.

 

[Vinootz]

Are some of those modifications considered tinkering, or tinkering with idiocy ?
I’d rather work for money to pay a qualified gunsmith.