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tahunua001 · July 7, 2013, 12:06 PM

unless you get that decent gun for $250, it is not going to be a cheaper route. as I just itemized, especially with a replaced stock, you will have a number of small parts to replace along with the wood that if you are lucky, only sells for $100. those put the actual cost of the stock replacement at nearly what you pay for the rifle, especially if you are forced to buy parts one at a time from different vendors and have to pay shipping on all of them.

I once got a 1903A4 barreled action for $150, I ended up spending over $1000 to get it back looking like original condition and it had a lot of repro parts. it is much easier and in most cases, cheaper to just get on in original condition than it is to rescue a bubba gun.

July 7, 2013, 12:06 PM	#8
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	unless you get that decent gun for $250, it is not going to be a cheaper route. as I just itemized, especially with a replaced stock, you will have a number of small parts to replace along with the wood that if you are lucky, only sells for $100. those put the actual cost of the stock replacement at nearly what you pay for the rifle, especially if you are forced to buy parts one at a time from different vendors and have to pay shipping on all of them. I once got a 1903A4 barreled action for $150, I ended up spending over $1000 to get it back looking like original condition and it had a lot of repro parts. it is much easier and in most cases, cheaper to just get on in original condition than it is to rescue a bubba gun. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin